In the
mood for a movie tonight? How about some land art and a side of young Brad
Pitt (who could say no to that combination)? Head to the RISD Museum’s Metcalf Auditorium for
6PM for a free double
feature screening of Christo’s Valley Curtain and Robert Redford’s
classic A River Runs Through It as part of the America On Screen film
series.
Christo directing work at Valley Curtain, 1971, Photo:
Bill Wunsch
Running in conjunction to the
Museum’s must-see photography exhibition America In View: Landscape Photography 1865 to Now (more on that in an
upcoming post), the film series aims to explore the role of the landscape in both art and in film. An introduction notes
that the landscape often plays as big a role as the human characters in films
such as Redford’s River, and we see the land contextualized not only as the setting,
but material, inspiration, advocate and adversary in the documentary on Christo’s
large-scale installation. The films will
be introduced by Tom
Roberts, Senior Lecturer in RISD's Division of Liberal Arts.
America on Screen: Christo's Valley Curtain + A River Runs Through It screen Thursday December 6th at RISD's Metcalf Auditorium, Chace Center, 6:00 PM - 8:45 PM, Admission is free and open to the public.
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