Screenings

Shirley Clarke: Portrait of Jason

Ingmar Bergman described it as the most extraordinary film he had seen in his life. The portrait of Jason Hollyday, self-proclaimed Afro-American hustler, would-be cabaret artiste, is filmed at a single session in Shirley Clarke’s penthouse apartment in New York’s Hotel Chelsea. Under the influence of a progressive intake of alcohol and drugs, Jason tells stories, both hilarious and intimate, acts, exposes and overexposes himself, and finally breaks down in a shocking, dramatic final confession. Shirley Clarke’s camera captures it all with unwonted authenticity: “There’s only one role you can do, Jason, and that’s you.” The film has recently been restored.

Portrait of Jason, Shirley Clarke, 1967, 100 min. [Video screening]

Date
12 January 2014
Times

18:30

Space
The Auditorium
Admission fee

1 session: 4 € / Concessions: 3 € /
5-session pass: 15 € / Concessions: 12 €
Friends of the CCCB: free of charge

Ticket sales

Advance sales at the ticket desk of the CCCB and from Telentrada: 902 10 12 12 www.telentrada.com


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