Friday,
November 7 at 8:00 PM
Masterpieces of World Cinema
The
Devil, Probably
dir. Robert Bresson, France, 1977, 35mm,
95 mins, color, French w/ English subtitles
Introduced by Richard Hell
A beautifully moving tale of a young
soul in torment, The Devil, Probably follows Charles
and his quartet of friends, all in revolt against the pollution
of an industrialized consumer society. Alberte leaves Michel,
an idealistic activist whom she loves, to care for the melancholy
Charles. Charles, however, finds temporary solace in the arms
of Edwige. Despite the concern of his friends, Charles is unable
to find redemption in revolution, the church, psychoanalysis,
or even love. He spirals further and further into a state of
inactivity, until one night, among the ghosts at the famous
Pere Lachaise cemetery, he makes a desperate bargain with a
junkie friend. A daring portrait of "after the revolution"
disillusionment, The Devil, Probably "expresses
the malaise of our time more profoundly and more magnificently
than any work of art in any medium" (Andrew Sarris, Village
Voice).
Writer/musician/actor
Richard Hell (born Richard Meyers) was raised in Lexington,
KY and moved to New York in 1966 to make his way as a poet.
In the mid-seventies, Hell became famous as an originator of
the punk movement and founding member of The Neon Boys (later
Television), The Heartbreakers, and Richard Hell and the Voidoids.
His album Blank Generation was chosen by the New York
Times as one of the ten best albums of the decade. More recently,
Hell authored the novel Go Now (Scribner Press, 1997)
as well as a collection of poems, drawings, lyrics and short
fiction entitled Hot and Cold (Powerhouse Books, 2001).
Tickets are $6.00
for general admission, $5.00 for I House members, students and
seniors. Available in advance at your local TLA
Video store, on line at www.tlavideo.com/ihouse
or one hour before showtime at the International House box office.
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