At The Chazen: Austen, Kawabata, Oates and Didion On Film
750 University Ave
Madison , WI 53706
- Presented By: Chazen Museum of Art
- Dates: December 8, 2024
- Location: Chazen Museum of Art
- Time: 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM
- Price: Free
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OVERVIEW
Cast: Tuesday Weld, Anthony Perkins, Tammy Grimes
In contemporary Los Angeles, a failed actress (Weld), descends into madness after the dissolution of her marriage to a self-obsessed director (Perkins). Writer Joan Didion, known for her exploration of California landscapes and mythologies, wrote the screenplay, an adaptation of her own novel about the dark side of tinseltown. Never released on home video in any format, an excellent archival 35mm print will be shown.Sunday Cinematheque at the Chazen: Austen, Kawabata, Oates, and Didion On FilmPresented in conjunction with the Chazen Museum of Art’s exhibition, Petah Coyne: How Much A Heart Can Hold, this series presents four feature films that are all adaptations of stories or novels by writers who influenced Coyne’s body of work: Jane Austen, Yusanari Kawabata, Joyce Carol Oates, and Joan Didion. Each of these authors inspired original Coyne works in the exhibition, which can be viewed at the Chazen September 9 through December 23. -
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