27 02 08: Club Filmosophy - Red Squirrel
Another great film for our regular Club Filmosophy - an evening dedicated to revealing the thinking behind great filmmaking and supported by Tartan Video. Hosted by Daniel Frampton, the night begins with a short introduction to the film, then afterwards the audience are invited to take part in a free flowing discussion. - 7:30pm Red Squirrel (Medem 93)
An early film from Spanish director Julio Medem (Lovers of the Arctic Circle, Sex and Lucia) Red Squirrel tells the story of Jota, a failed musician whose girlfriend has recently left him, who is about to commit suicide by jumping off a bridge when a girl on a motorcycle crashes off it. He discovers she has lost her memory, even forgetting her name. After telling the paramedics and staff at the hospital that she is his girlfriend, he later tells her the same. He invents an entire identity for her, giving her the name Lisa and a history of their relationship according to his own fantasies. He then takes her out of the hospital and away on a trip to the 'Red Squirrel' campsite. But her psychotic ex-boyfriend Felix is not far behind... Tonight's film will be introduced by Jo Evans, lecturer at University College London, and author of Julio Medem (Grant and Cutler, 2007). Daniel Frampton is the founding editor of the salon-journal Film-Philosophy (est. 1996), and the author of Filmosophy (Wallflower Press, 2006). (Free entry)
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