The Tragedy of Man
- Tuesday, May 27, 2025, 7:00pm
Screening location: Northwest Film Forum – 1515 12th Ave, Seattle
Free for members of SV Archive / Scarecrow Video and the Grand Illusion (look out for a further email to confirm your seat). Admission for non-members: $10 (on a space-available basis after all members have been seated).
THE TRAGEDY OF MAN is Marcell Jankovics’ (SON OF THE WHITE MARE [FEHÉRLÓFIA]) adaptation of a mid-nineteenth century play, comprising the creation of the world through to the present and beyond, with each individual era stunningly rendered in an astonishingly imaginative visual-design. DCP restoration courtesy of Deaf Crocodile.
Twenty-three years in the making! The first time this Hungarian masterpiece has ever screened in the Pacific Northwest!
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“Lucifer the interlocutor delights in the endless conflict between human reason and a hands-off God.” Bill Stamets, Chicago Sun Times