Ellen Kushner introduces Vampyr
on November 19th, 2009RUBIN MUSEUM OF ART presents
CABARETCINEMA
Where Movies and Martinis Mix
Ellen Kushner introduces Vampyr
Friday, November 20
Free ticket with a $7 bar minimum
9:30 p.m.
Vampyr
Carl Theodor Dreyer, France/Germany, 1932
(72 min)
RUBIN MUSEUM OF ART
150 WEST 17TH STREET, NEW YORK CITY www.rmanyc.org 212.620.5000
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A student of the occult enters a small village outside of Paris that
is plagued by vampires. Dreyer manages to create a horror film,
fraught with gorgeous cinematography and complex characters that never
allows the audience to stop thinking. All the imagery is set in a
dreamy, gauzy world that seems to exist only for the telling of this
delicate tale. In Jungian terms the vampire is a symbol of the
libidinous instincts turning against life. The archetype often
reflects the symbiotic complicity that exists between victim and
victimizer.
Novelist, performer and public radio personality Ellen Kushner is the
host and writer of the national series PRI’s “Sound & Spirit”. Her
award-winning novels include the mannerpunk cult classic Swordspoint,
and Thomas the Rhymer (World Fantasy Award). Kushner’s children’s
story, The Golden Dreydl: A Klezmer ‘Nutcracker’, has been produced as
a CD (with Shirim Klezmer Orchestra), a picture book, and will be
produced onstage in 2009-10 by New York’s Vital Theatre. She is a co-
founder of the Interstitial Arts Foundation, and lives in NYC.
THE SERIES IS INSPIRED BY:
The Red Book of C.G. Jung
Creation of a New Cosmology
This unprecedented exhibition marks the first public presentation of
the preeminent psychologist C. G. Jung’s (1875-1961) famous Red Book.
During the period in which he worked on this book Jung developed his
principal theories of archetypes, collective unconscious, and the
process of individuation. It is possibly the most influential
unpublished work in the history of psychology. More than two-thirds of
the large, red, leather-bound manuscript’s pages are filled with
Jung’s brightly hued and striking graphic forms paired with his
thoughts written in a beautiful, illuminated style. Jung was
fascinated by the mandala—an artistic representation of the inner and
outer cosmos used in Tibetan Buddhism to help practitioners reach
enlightenment—and used mandala structures in a number of his own
works.
Other films in this series:
November 27 – Bob Fingerman introduces Star Trek: The Enemy Within
December 4 – Michael Rips introduces Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
December 11 – Doug Wright introduces Repulsion
December 18 – Ken Brown introduces In a Lonely Place
January 8 – Percival Everett introduces L’eclisse
January 15 – Nick Antosca introduces Blue Velvet
January 22 – Harris Smith introduces The Face of Another
January 29 – Arie Kaplan introduces Jacob’s Ladder
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More from Ellen Kushner:
Coming in December, two more events that fill me with joy:
• My kids’ holiday show, THE KLEZMER NUTCRACKER, is being presented
again this year by Vital Theatre (76th/B’way) in a *fabulous all-new
production* Dec. 5 – Jan. 3! Details & tickets here:
http://www.vitaltheatre.org/TheKlezmerNutcracker.php
• Tuesday, 8 December, 7:00 pm
I’ll be sharing the bill with Delia Sherman in a reading curated by
Claire Wolf Smith, sponsored by NYRSF, at the South Street Seaport.
I’m presenting the debut of a new, unpublished “Riverside” story to be
read in 2 voices…..
PS: Set in the world of Riverside, read free online this short story written by Delia Sherman and illustrated by Colleen Doran, The Tragedy of King Alexander the Stag.
