What secrets does darkness conceal? In our culture, we tend to associate it with evil, fear, ignorance and barbarism, but sometimes it is also a welcoming refuge. This is the case of cinemas, sanctuaries where myths, desires and ideals are forged, temples of pleasure in whose artificial night we can free our repressed emotions and seek answers that we seldom find in the light of day. Under cover of darkness, bodies lose their inhibitions and the chains of the forbidden fall. In our present of multiple screens, this book calls—without nostalgia, but also without resignation—for cinemas where spectators share hopes and fears, dreams and nightmares. The darkness of these cinemas is illuminating.
Screenings:
- Hoy es jueves cinematográfico (Ignacio Agüero, 1978, 4’)
- Watching the Detectives (Chris Kennedy, 2017, 16mm, silent, 37’, original version with Spanish subtitles)
Digital screening. Copy of Hoy es jueves cinematográfico courtesy of Ignacio Agüero and copy of Watching the Detectives supplied by Light Cone.
In collaboration with Editorial Anagrama.
