GBFA Ciné-club: Permanent Green Light by Zac Farley & Dennis Cooper

GBFA Ciné-club
Permanent Green Light by Zac Farley & Dennis Cooper
screening followed by a Q&A with the filmmakers

February 20th at 5:30pm
PCA Cinema

Permanent Green Light (FR, 2018, 93’, Drama)
by Zac Farley & Dennis Cooper

Roman, a young man from a small French suburb, becomes fixated on the idea of blowing up for seemingly no reason other than pure spectacle. The film follows the development of this obsession as well as his friends’ different reactions to it.

Dennis Cooper (1953, US)

Dennis Cooper is a novelist, critic, director, blogger, and curator. His characteristic ability to combine cruelty with tenderness, sadism with anxiety, has made him one of his generation’s essential voices. In addition to his film collaborations with Zac Farley, he is known for novels such as the quintology The George Miles Cycle (1989-2000), The Marbled Swarm (2014), and I Wished (2021). Since moving from Los Angeles to Paris in 2005, he has written nine theatre pieces for the director/choreographer Gisèle Vienne.

Zac Farley (1988 US/FR)

Zac Farley’s films and videos embrace confusion as a kind of truth and thus strive to visualize the most ineffable emotions. Through careful editing and framing, they weave analogies between bodies, landscapes, and abstractions. In addition to his work as a visual artist, he has directed three feature films with Dennis Cooper.

The film deals with sensitive topics and features images that might be upsetting. If you feel uncomfortable with any of these, feel free to leave the screening room at any time.

As usual, the Q&A will be followed by refreshments.

We look forward to seeing you all there!