Lilith

Cabaret Cinema

Friday October 30, 2009 @ 9:30 PM

Robert Rossen, U.S., 1964 (114 min)

Set in a private mental institution, a trainee occupational therapist, Vincent Bruce (Warren Beatty), becomes dangerously obsessed with a schizophrenic patient, Lilith Arthur (Jean Seberg). As they grow closer, the two protagonists' established identities swerve in and out of sanity. Aspects of the transference/counter-transference relationship, fundamental to the practice of psychotherapy, come to the fore in this cleverly scripted drama.

Introduced by J. Hoberman

Free with a $7 bar minimum

J. Hoberman is the senior film critic for The Village Voice. Hoberman is the author of several eminent books on cinema, most recently The Magic Hour: Film at Fin de Siècle, as well as a collaboration with prominent film critic Jonathan Rosenbaum entitled Midnight Movies, published in 1983. He lectures on cinema history at Cooper Union, Harvard University, and New York University.

Inspired by the exhibition The Red Book of C. G. Jung the Red Book series presents classic films that explore Jungian themes, including the various archetypes and the exploration of the self through fantasy.