Sunday, November 9 – 5:00pm
at the Music Box Theatre
White Light Cinema Presents
Pere Portabella’s Masterpiece
Vampir-Cuadecuc
Introduced by Jonathan
Rosenbaum
Sunday, November 9 – 5:00pm
at the Music Box Theatre
Vampir-Cuadecuc (1970, 75 mins., 35mm) is a dreamlike combination of
documentary, narrative, experimental, and essay film styles and is one of the
key films of contemporary Spanish cinema. Shot on the set of Jesus Franco’s
Italian horror film Count Dracula, and featuring the star of that film,
Christopher Lee, Vampir is both a sly political allegory about generalissimo
Francisco Franco, a gentle homage to early films about the vampire legend, particularly
Dreyer’s Vampyr and Murnau’s Nosferatu, and a
work of subtle beauty and great richness.
White Light Cinema is pleased to be presenting one of only two U.S. fall screenings
of this rare film, showing in a new, restored 35mm print.
For more information about Pere Portabella and Vampir-Cuadecuc, visit Portabella's website.
Screening Sunday, November 9 at 5:00pm at the Music Box Theatre (3733 N. Southport Ave.)
Regular Music Box ticket prices apply.