Word: bertolucci
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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...course will have a chance to see films that are rarely, if ever, screened in the Boston area. Definite booking has already been made for Glauber Rocha's "Antonio das Mortes" and "Black God, White Devil," Jean Marie Straub's "The Chronicle of Anna Magdelena Bach," and Bertolucci's "The Partner." There is also a possibility that Rohmer's "Ma Nuit Chez Maud" will be screened...
...CONFORMISTA, Bernardo Bertolucci's 1970 film, is a brilliant blending of psychological characterization and political action. The central character, played by Jean-Louis Trintignant, was the victim of a homosexual assault in his youth. Having developed a consuming need for normalcy, he joins the Fascist party and works as a counter-espionage agent. The lushness, the depravity, and the insanity of pre-war Rome and Paris provide a stunning backdrop for the story ofTrintignant's political, moral, and sexual peregrinations...