APM Movie Night

Join us for the revival of the annual APM Movie Night at the Thalia, in abeyance since 2019!

Friday, November 1, 2024
FREE to APM members and their guests

POOR THINGS (2023)
director Yorgos Lanthimos

Discussants: Tony Bass and Hillery Bosworth
Poor Things, adapted from the 1991 novel by Scottish author Alasdair Gray, is both a dark comedy and a multilayered allegory about quests for independence and recognition. The film’s provocative sexual themes and imagery have sparked the most public debate: is Poor Things a feminist work or a sexist work? Does it have anything meaningful to say about female sexuality, as opposed to male fantasies about female sexuality?

Analysts, however, will also note its many subtler motifs, such as epistemophilia, the interpersonal nature of human development and metamorphosis, the phenomenon of scientists using their children as research subjects (take note, Freuds, Kleins and Jungs!), and other boundary violations.

*Warning to purists: Due to the movie’s length (2 hr 20 min), we will be screening most but not all of it to allow more time for conversation. Streaming makes it easy to see the rest another time.

There is so much to talk about.

Thalia Cafe and Theater, Symphony Space, 2537 Broadway at 95^th St.
Free for APM members and their guests.