IDENTIKIT (1974) // LADIES NIGHT

1662 Broadway Boulevard,Kansas City MO 64108

21 October, 2022

Description

In what remains the most obscure, bizarre and wildly misunderstood film of her entire career – and perhaps even ‘70s Italian cinema – Elizabeth Taylor stars as a disturbed woman who arrives in Rome to find a city fragmented by autocratic law, leftist violence and her own increasingly unhinged mission to find the most dangerous liaison of all. Academy Award® nominee Ian Bannen (THE OFFENCE), Mona Washbourne (THE COLLECTOR) and Andy Warhol co-star in this “unique, hallucinatory neo noir” (Cult Film Freaks) – barely released in America as THE DRIVER’S SEAT – directed by Giuseppe Patroni Griffi (‘TIS PITY SHE’S A WHORE), adapted from the unnerving novella by Muriel Spark (The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie) and featuring cinematography by three-time Oscar®  winner Vittorio Storaro (APOCALYPSE NOW, THE LAST EMPEROR), now restored in 4K by Cinematheque of Bologna and Severin Films.  In 2012 Kier-La Janisse published House of Psychotic Women, billed as “an autobiographical topography of female neurosis in horror and exploitation films.” It soon became one of the most “vital” (Tim Lucas, Video Watchdog) and “astonishing” (Daily Grindhouse) genre tomes of all time. To mark the book’s 10th anniversary, award-winning writer/programmer/filmmaker Janisse (WOODLANDS DARK AND DAYS BEWITCHED) now presents four of the strongest and strangest explorations of onscreen delirium and hysteria. Stray Cat Film Center is excited to be screening these four films, Courtesy of Severin Films and the American Genre Film Archive from The House of Psychotic Women collection. If you would like to attend all four ‘House of Psychotic Women’ screenings at Stray Cat Film Center, you can buy a pass for only $20! Doors Open @ 6:30 ; Film Starts @ 7:00 / Runtime 102 minutes LADIES NIGHT is a monthly series hosted by Stray Cat programmer Danielle Krakenberg. These films are intentionally picked with a focus on the struggle, rise, and triumph of empowered (and sometimes crazy) women. At Ladies Night we will view and analyze the complex dynamics, common tropes, and stereotypes of women in genre films and how they’re depicted on the big screen. It's called Ladies Night, but people of all genders are welcome! KIER-LA JANISSE is an author, critic, film programmer, podcaster, publisher and producer with an emphasis on genre cinema. ++++++++++