Opening Night | The films of David Lynch - a retrospective
Festive opening night with the exclusive cinema premiere of Twin Peaks 2017 (season 3) Episode 1&2 and film screenings of the brand new digitally restored versions of The Elephant Man and Mulholland Drive. 'The films or David Lynch - a retrospective' was set up in collaboration with the Bonnefantenmuseum and runs parallel to the exhibition Someone is in my House in which the museum exhibits the underexposed but versatile artistry of Lynch. The Opening Party with a DJ-set by Jef Hecker starts at 11:00 hrs in the Lumière bar. Dresscode: Red Room.
Programma
21:00 hrs Twin Peaks 2017 (season 3) Episode 1&2 (this screening is sold out)
21:15 hrs The Elephant Man (digitally restored version)
21:30 hrs Mulholland Drive (digitally restored version)
23:00 hrs Opening Party | DJ-set Jef Hecker (free entrance)
See the complete program of 'The films or David Lynch - a retrospective' here.
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Opening Night | Mulholland Drive
More infoDigitally restored version of Lynch classic Mulholland Drive. An erotic journey through Los Angeles, full of suspense and atmosphere, culminating in a bizarre finale where dream and reality begin to blur and characters change their identity, by the music of composer Angelo Badalamenti. Mulholland Drive was nominated for dozens of prizes, including a Golden Palm and an Oscar. Lynch received the Best Director Award in Cannes. Prior to the screening David Deprez (artistic director Lumière) gives a short introduction.
Betty, a young, blonde woman from a rural area arrives in Hollywood, dreaming of a career as an actress. She meets a mysterious brunette who lost her memory in a car accident on Mulholland Drive. Their quest for the identity of the brunette becomes an erotic journey through Los Angeles, full of suspense and atmosphere, culminating in a bizarre finale where dream and reality begin to blur and characters change their identity, by the music of composer Angelo Badalamenti.
MULHOLLAND DRIVE was initially planned as a television series, but TV channel ABC’s management decided to pull the plug after seeing the pilot episode. Too bizarre, was their verdict. Thanks to French film producers, Lynch could still edit his material into a feature film that was awarded the prize for best director during the Festival de Cannes.
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Opening Night | The Elephant Man
More infoDigitally restored version of Lynch classic The Elephant Man. The tragic life story of John Merrick, a deformed man who was known in Victorian London as The Elephant Man and exploited as a fairground attraction. The film was nominated for eight Oscars, none of which were redeemed. However, the film won a César and BAFTAs, for best film and actor. Prior to the screening David Deprez (artistic director Lumière) gives a short introduction.
The young surgeon Frederick Treves provides Merrick with shelter in a hospital and starts to examine him. Merrick seems unable to think or speak, but with great patience Treves manages to teach him a few words.
The second film by David Lynch is an oddity in his oeuvre: a conventional, linear story. The film features an outstanding performance by John Hurt in the greatest role of his career. Despite wearing prosthetics and makeup that rendered him unrecognizable, Hurt was nominated for an Academy Award. THE ELEPHANT MAN was nominated for eight Academy Awards, though it didn’t win any.
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Opening Night | Twin Peaks 2017 (season 3) Episode 1&2 (sold out)
More infoExclusive cinema premiere of Twin Peaks 2017 (season 3) Episode 1&2. It is happening again! Prior to the screening, Stijn Huijts (artistic director Bonnefantenmuseum) and David Deprez (artistic director Lumière) will give a short introduction.
Fans of the show had been speculating about it for years, but in 2017 the iconic TV series TWIN PEAKS finally returned. Twenty-five years after the murder of Laura Palmer we return to the suburban town of Twin Peaks. Although the series rejects nostalgia, various members of the original cast return. Lucy still runs the reception of the local police station in her own, inimitable way. In the Double R Diner, Shelly and Norma serve ‘damn good coffee’. And of course Kyle MacLachlan returns as FBI agent Dale Cooper, still fond of cherry pie and black coffee.
In this third season of TWIN PEAKS, Cooper is seemingly stuck in the Black Lodge. He is told that he can only leave if his doppelganger comes back. Lumière Cinema shows the first two episodes of this new TWIN PEAKS season on the big screen.