Benshi Film Discussion Club: "Chinatown" (1974)
Chinatown (1974), directed by Roman Polański
Benshi Film Discussion Club is a series of meetings of cinema-goers who enjoy the possibility of talking about movies. Free admission.
As before, in November you are invited to attend Benshi in the Centre for Culture’s Screening Room. The screenings are organized by Kinoteatr Projekt and Joanna Gładysz – PhD cultural studies candidate and a film buff.
Benshi - film screenings
Benshi – this is a series of film screenings-cum-meetings tinged with a dose of the unexpected. If you are a serious cinema-goer, join us. How can one describe Benshi? Well, when the cinema took root in Japan, the government decided to appoint a special official – a story-teller and an interpreter of film narratives. As foreign films constituted a cultural barrier for Japanese audiences, a person working as Benshi helped them understand contextual intricacies and provided any additional information that was crucial to enjoying the cinematic experience.
Original audio with Polish subtitles
Free admission