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DESCRIPTION:In the tradition of weekend matinee double-features\, the Museu
 m reprises two classic\, visually stunning films recently presented as par
 t of Fashion in Film Festival–Wearing Time: Past\, Present\, Future\, Drea
 m\, William Cameron Menzies' visionary 1936 H.G. Wells adaption Things to 
 Come\, and Andrei Tarkovsky's existentially haunting Stanisław Lem adaptat
 ion\, Solaris. Single ticket grants entry to both films.&nbsp\; \n\n	1:00 
 p.m. \n	\n	\n		Things to Come \n	\n	\n		Dir. William Cameron Menzies. 1936
 \, 97 mins. Imported 35mm print from the British Film Institute. With Raym
 ond Massey\, Edward Chapman\, Ralph Richardson. Although the streamline mo
 dernestyle\, which has come to define Things to Come in popular imaginatio
 n\, appears only in its final part set in 2036\, it makes a profound visua
 l impact. The 'age of mechanical perfection' (in H.G. Wells's words) is ov
 erwhelmingly white in both architecture and clothing\, cutting a serene im
 age of a world cleansed of manual labor\, disease and suffering. Wells\, o
 n whose 1933 book the film was based\, prophesied that clothing of the enl
 ightened future would be 'austerely beautiful\,' machine-made to measure\,
  and utterly disposable. He nevertheless elaborated more on the social and
  cultural conditions at the root of the new fashions than questions of sty
 le per se\,allowing the film’s costume designers to do their own bit of ma
 gic. As the film travels forward through a hundred years\, the costumes pe
 rfectly register social and political progress\, as well as regression. Th
 e final look is an intriguing fusion of angular modernism\, elements of he
 roic warrior wear\, and classical garb\, as seen in the 1930s couture. \n	
 	\n	\n	\n		\n	\n	\n		3:00 p.m. \n	\n	\n		Solaris \n	\n	\n		Dir. Andrei Tar
 kovsky. 1972\, 166 mins. Restored DCP. With Natalya Bondarchuk\, Donatas B
 anionis\, Jüri Järvet. In Russian and German with English subtitles. In co
 ntrast to the technotopian sci-fi productions of the 1950s and 1960s\, Tar
 kovsky’s Solaris offered to early-1970s audiences a completely fresh take 
 on a future world of interstellar travel. Within the genre\, the film is u
 ncharacteristically somber and understated in its preference for familiar\
 , 'human' imagery of nature and sixteenth century Flemish painting over th
 e exotically new. Tarkovsky's lack of reverence for technological marvels\
 , special effects or any kind of futuristic aesthetic allows space for an 
 extremely nuanced psychological portrayal of people affected by enigmatic\
 , haunting phenomena that unravel on the distant planet Solaris. This is o
 nly underlined by the no-nonsense\, lived-in clothes in an earthy colour p
 alette\, in which costume designer Nelli Fomina dressed the characters. \n
 		\n	\n	\n		\n	\n	\n		Tickets: $15 ($11 seniors and students / $9 youth (a
 ges 3–17) / free for children under 3 and Museum members at the Film Lover
  and Kids Premium levels and above). Order tickets online.&nbsp\;(Members 
 may contact members@movingimage.us with questions regarding online reserva
 tions.) \n		\n		\n		Ticket purchase includes same-day admission to the Mus
 eum (see gallery hours). View the Museum’s ticketing policy here. For more
  information on membership and to join online\, visit our membership page.
  \n		\n	\n
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LOCATION:Museum of the Moving Image - Redstone Theater
SUMMARY:Sci-Fi Saturday: Things to Come and Solaris
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