Film

The Joy of Life

 
 
Fri, Apr 24, 2015
  • 7:30PM
 
 
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RUN TIME: 65min
GENERAL ADMISSION: $14
MEMBERS: $9 (Movie Moguls free)
SENIORS/STUDENTS/VETERANS: $10 (Students 29 and under with a valid ID, Mon—Thu)
+  Q&A with Jenni Olson
 
 
 
 
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Directed by Jenni Olson | 2005
"Quite intoxicating... a meditation on gender, the ephemeral nature of lust, and the sheer importance of staying alive."
—Wesley Morris, The Boston Globe

San Francisco, sexuality, and suicide come together in Jenni Olson’s entrancingly minimalist essay film. Over static shots of eerily depopulated Fog City locales, the filmmaker muses on queer desire and identity; legendary poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti recites “The Changing Light”; and the Golden Gate Bridge’s history as a suicide landmark is explored via Meet John Doe and Vertigo. The result is an overwhelmingly moving meditation on love and loss.

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Q&A 
 

with Jenni Olson

This screening will feature a Q&A with director Jenni Olson.

 
 
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