![]() ![]() This is where the capital ‘C’ reading entrenches itself. To those with a passing familiarity with the Old and New Testaments, however, biblical allegory quickly intertwines with the film’s tense, off-kilter domestic scenes. Then, one evening, Man (Ed Harris) arrives.Īt this point in mother!, it would be fair to say the viewer’s proverbial thematic resonance mileage may vary.Ī reading of the film as an increasingly hysterical, anxiety-infused absurdist dysfunctional marriage farce – a la Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? – is feasible. Initially, Aronofsky’s film in many ways evokes the recent spate of home invasion horror films popular with B-movie fans. ![]() There is an air of banal dysfunction and unease permeating mother!’s setup, punctuated by flashes of surrealism and loaded iconography. His behaviour is, at minimum, aloof to his younger spouse and – at worst – contemptuous and dismissive. Him, moody and terse, is experiencing writer’s block, sulkily locked in his study immersed in sullen funk. Mother spends her days renovating the monolithic house and, essentially, attending to Him’s nurture mothering. The wife, or Mother, played by Jennifer Lawrence ( Winter’s Bone) is considerably younger than her husband, the moody poet Him, played by Perdita Durango’s (AKA Dance With The Devil) Javier Bardem. In a lowercase ‘c’ discussion of mother! writer/director Aronofsky’s narrative focuses on a detached, newlywed couple living in a remote farmhouse. It is subjective as to whether Aronofsky intended the ‘c’ in ‘creation’ to be upper or lower case – the viewer will potentially make that decision during the long conversations which ensue in attempted reading of mother! Since its world premiere in May 2019, MOTHERLOAD has been on a Global Screening Tour featuring over 500 live and virtual venues.This divisive new film from director Darren Aronofsky – who last graced our screens in 2014 with the reimagined biblical epic Noah – is a startling meditation on creation. Liz set out to learn more, and MOTHERLOAD was born. ![]() She Googled “family bike” and uncovered a global movement of people replacing cars with cargo bikes: long-frame bicycles designed for carrying heavy loads. Motherhood was challenging, but to Liz hauling babies via car felt stifling. MOTHERLOAD captures a new mother’s quest to understand the increasing isolation and disconnection of modern life, its planetary impact, and how cargo bikes could be an antidote.įilmmaker Liz Canning cycled everywhere until she had twins in 2008. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., and the film’s showing begins at 7:15 p.m. The film will be followed by a facilitated panel discussion. Time: Doors open at 6:30 p.m., film starts at 7:15 p.m.Īdmission is by donation. We will be showing the documentary film, “MOTHERLOAD” Join us in partnership with Kamloops Cycling Coalition for our March Films for Change event. ![]()
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