Mad Obsessions: The Films of Barbet Schroeder

PAST EVENTS

	Repertory Six in Paris (Paris vu par…) Fri, Oct 3—Sun, Oct 5 at 2, 4:30, 6:50, 9:15pm / Mon, Oct 6—Tue, Oct 7 at 4:30, 6:50, 9:15pm / Wed, Oct 8 at 4:30, 9:30pm / Thu, Oct 9 at 7:30, 9:30pm BAM Rose Cinemas
	Repertory More Wed, Oct 8 at 6:50pm BAM Rose Cinemas
	Repertory Terror's Advocate Fri, Oct 10 at 3, 6:15, 9pm BAM Rose Cinemas
	Repertory Barfly Sat, Oct 11 at 4:30, 6:50, 9:15pm BAM Rose Cinemas
	Repertory Maîtresse Sun, Oct 12 at 2, 4:30, 6:50, 9:15pm BAM Rose Cinemas

SERIES DESCRIPTION

Barbet Schroeder has worked internationally in all aspects of cinema—first as a critic for Cahiers du cinéma, then producing and acting in key works of the French New Wave before turning to directing himself. As a director, he has moved fluidly between independent films in France and mainstream projects in Hollywood, as well as between documentary and fiction, often incorporating realistic elements into his narrative work (such as real johns participating in S&M sequences in Maîtresse), or vice-versa (such as his grafting of a thriller-like structure onto his documentary Terror’s Advocate). No matter what form, his cinema is consistently daring in its treatment of controversial fictional and real-life characters, and provocative in its exploration of the dark, sordid side of any subject, from sexuality and human relationships to politics and history.