The final Film Night: Run Lola Run

“Breathlessly exhilatating” - Empire

“This gem is truly original” - Heat 

RUN LOLA RUN
dir. Tom Tykwer, 1999
17h30, Thursday 1 February
Basement lecture theatre one
Film running time: 77 minutes
SUAS / Landmark members free
SUAS Membership on sale

All good things must come to an end, and with the rapidly approaching launch of the 2007 SUAS Lecture Series, it’s time for the last SUAS film night of the year. It’s also going to be the last SUAS event to be presided over by James, your outgoing SUAS president. That’s because every so often, just like James Bond or Doctor Who, we SUAS presidents metamorphomise into someone new. So from the start of the spring semester next week, the Sheffield University Architecture Society will be under the capable direction of Rosie Greenwood. So why not join us for one last evening in the dark asbestos lined basement of the Arts Tower for something that is, as always, just a little bit special.

A true product of the MTV movie making generation, ‘Run Lola Run’ started with an image in the mind’s eye of director Tom Tykwer - an image of a girl with bright red hair running through a city against walls of bright grafitti and posters. That one image planted itself in Tykwer’s mind and around it came into focus one of the nineties’ finest pieces of young European cinema. Doing things never done before with a tri-perspective story line, Run Lola Run is a heart pounding adventure through the beautiful city streets of Berlin.

As always, we’ll you on Thursday and maybe your retiring society president will be getting the first round in at the pub afterwards.

Maybe…

SUAS BIG DAY OUT: a live recording of Countdown

How are your numbers and letters my friends?

We’ve pulled all the stops for a one-off SUAS BIG DAY OUT. Every once in a while, something comes our way that is just too good to refuse, and this is no exception.

We have for just **fifteen** lucky SUAS members, **free** audience tickets for a live recording of Channel 4’s legendary afternoon quiz show ‘COUNTDOWN’ on Wednesday 7 February. The show is filmed at the studios of Yorkshire Television in Leeds, and we’ve managed to secure this limited number of seats for one of the last recordings available this spring.

Ever popular with students (obviously not architects) who wake up around three in the afternoon and old age pensionners who have no choice about what’s on the nursing home lounge, ‘COUNTDOWN’ is both one of the longest running game shows in the world (four thousand episodes and counting), and the longest running programme on Channel 4.

With the passing of Richard ‘twice nightly’ Whitely in 2005, the show is now hosted by Mr. Suave himself, Des O’Connor. The beautiful and fearsomely clever Carol Vorderman will also be hand to explain how to get those numbers added
up.

So… if you want to come, all you’ve got to do is respond to the e-mail sent to all architecture staff and students before 16h on Tuesday 30 January. First come, first served, and I’ll keep a list of reserves in case anyone pulls out.

The date: Wednesday 7 February 2007
The time: 13h30 - 16h30
The venue: Yorkshire Television, Leeds

We’ll need to catch a train to Leeds around midday - however if you have your car and can take passengers let us know as parking is available. If you know that you can’t commit to those times, please don’t email.

Film Night: Le Mépris

 

LE MÉPRIS
dir. Jean-Luc Godard, 1963
17h30, Thursday 25 January
Basement lecture theatre one
Film running time: 100 minutes
SUAS / Landmark members free
SUAS Membership on sale

We may have mis-spelt his name on the posters, but that doesn’t mean we don’t appreciate the masteful cinematography of Jean-Luc Godard. In this, arguably his finest work, aspiring playwright Paul Javal (Michel Piccoli) is called in as a script doctor on a film of ‘The Odyssey’. He is caught between a director (Fritz Lang) who wants to capture the reality of Homer’s world and crass produce Prokosch (Jack Palance) who just wants more mermaids. As his artistic integrity gradually succumbs to the power of Prokosch’s cheque book, his wife Camille (Brigitte Bardot) regards him with increasing contempt.

The film was largely made in and around the stunning Casa Malaparte on the island of Capri. Designed in the late nineteen-thirties by the Rationalist architect Adalberto Libera, it has recently undergone extensive restoration. Russell Light will give a brief illustrated introduction to the house before the film.

Film Night: Renaissance

So the Christmas break was just too short, and the exams have just started too soon… you know what you need?

Yes! A SUAS Film Night! A quick two hour break tomorrow night (Thursday) will kill those revision blues in no time! And we’re back with something a bit special (two pound s*** in a one pound bag, as I like to say…)

‘Blade Runner’ meets ‘Sin City’ and stirs in a good dose of darkness. It’s animated French brilliance:

RENAISSANCE
dir. Christian Volckman, 2006
17h30, Thursday 18 January
Basement lecture theatre one
Running time: 105 minutes
SUAS / Landmark members free
SUAS Membership on sale

In 2054, Paris is a labyrinth where all movement is monitored and recorded. Casting a shadow over everything is the city’s largest company, Avalon, which insinuates itself into every aspect of contemporary life to sell its primary export — youth and beauty. In this world of stark contrasts and rigid laws the populace is kept in line and accounted for. Daniel Craig and Catherine McCormack star in this award winning film that will change the way you think about animated film.