UC San Diego Division of Extended Studies and the Burke Lectureship on Religion & Society, in partnership with Digital Gym Cinema, proudly announce the third season of the Burke Revival Film & Discussion Series. Returning to UC San Diego Park & Market’s Digital Gym Cinema, the acclaimed series continues its mission to explore profound ethical, spiritual, and societal questions through powerful works of cinema.
Each screening includes a guided post-film discussion led by Rev. Scott Young, spiritual advisor and film scholar, who curates the series and fosters community dialogue that connects the films to our shared contemporary struggles.
Synopsis: Brazil (1985) is a dystopian black comedy film directed by Terry Gilliam, starring Jonathan Pryce as a low-level bureaucrat who escapes his monotonous, nightmarish world through daydreams of being a hero, only to get caught in a web of bureaucracy and mistaken identity when he tries to help a woman from his dreams. Known for its unique visual style, dark humor, and anti-totalitarian themes, the film is a satirical look at a futuristic society choked by red tape, featuring a cast that includes Robert De Niro, Kim Greist, and Michael Palin.
Brazil is a film that takes you for a wild ride intellectually, culturally, spiritually, morally, aesthetically. Brazil comments on a specific time, and all times. It is cinema at its most enthralling and simultaneously at its most revelatory. The cinematography, score, locations, set design, and flights of fancy combine to generate a cult classic. For our purposes, this provocative production points it blinding light on the authoritarian/totalitarian menace then and now. Enjoyable in a resistance act of critiquing the enslaving system.
Admission/Cost: $6 - $9
Location:
Digital Gym Cinema
1100 Market St.
San Diego, CA
Thursday, May 28 - 7:00 PM
