Ultimate Double Feature: Vivre Sa Vie & The Passion of Joan of Arc

What is an “Ultimate Double Feature”? You might ask… Y’know when the characters in a movie go to see a movie and it feels really meta… Well, with an “Ultimate Double Feature,” we play the first movie up until the point when the characters enter a cinema to watch a different film… and then we play the film that they are going to watch… and then we go back to the first film and finish out that story. For instance, imagine if you were watching Annie Hall up until Woody and Diane decide to go and watch The Sorrow and the Pity and then it cut to the entirety of The Sorrow and The Pity, and then it went back to Woody and Diane coming out of the cinema in Annie Hall. (Don’t worry, we’re not doing that one).

In VIVRE SA VIE, just about 15 minutes into the movie Anna Karina’s Nana begs off having dinner with someone to go and see Dreyer’s THE PASSION OF JOAN OF ARC in the cinema. When the film cuts back to Karina she is visibly moved by Folconeti’s sensational performance and we hope that you will be too!

(Please note: both films also screen as a regular double feature on Sat, Feb 28)