5:30 - 7:30
We launch SFPL’s 100 Years of Surrealism film series with a screening of director David Lynch's Blue Velvet, a stunning example of Surrealism's influence in American cinema. In Lynch's dreamlike, subversive film the discovery of a severed human ear leads a young man to investigate a beautiful, mysterious nightclub singer and the psychopathic criminals who kidnapped her child.
"Brilliant and unsettling...this is the work of an all-American visionary—and a master film stylist." —Stephen Schiff, Vanity Fair
R, 120 mins., 1986. Closed captions (CC) in English.
100 Years of Surrealism programs:
World Literature Book Club Discusses André Breton’s Nadja – April 3, 6 p.m., Virtual Library
Film: David Lynch’s Blue Velvet (1986) – April 9, 5:30 p.m., Main Library, Koret Auditorium, Lower Level
Activity: Paper Dreams & Strange Scenes – April 12, 2 p.m., Main Library, Steve Silver Music Center, 4th Floor
Film: Salvador Dali: In Search of Immortality (2018) - April 13, 1 p.m., Main Library, Latino Room, Lower Level
Presentation: The Prague Surrealist Group - April 13, 4;30 p.m., Virtual Library
Film: Jan Švankmajer’s Alice (1989) + Surrealist Shorts - April 20, 1 p.m., Main Library, Latino Room, Lower Level
Film: Raul Ruiz’s The Wandering Soap Opera (2017) + Surrealist Shorts - April 27, 1 p.m., Main Library, Koret Auditorium, Lower Level
Presentation and Activity: SF Ballet’s Frankenstein - April 29, 6 p.m., Main Library, Latino Room, Lower Level
100 Years of Surrealism exhibits:
Book Display: Surrealist Poetry and Prose, March 1– April 30, Main Library, Humanities Center (3rd Floor)
Book Display: The Legacy of Surrealism, March 1– April 30, Main Library, International Center (3rd Floor)
Book Display: Surrealist Art, March 1–April 30, Main Library, Art, Music & Recreation Department (4th Floor)