Film Catastrophe
Art of the Real 2019
April 18 - 28, 2019
Comprising footage shot aboard the Costa Concordia during the production of Jean-Luc Godard’s Film Socialisme and civilian-shot footage of the ship as it ran aground two years later, this “anatomy of a disaster” reanimates the ship’s ghostly aura and offers precious insight into Godard’s process.
In 2012, the Costa Concordia cruise liner sank off the coast of Tuscany, killing 32 people. In Film Socialisme (2010), the ship served as an allegorical vessel for Jean-Luc Godard’s pointed political critique. In Film Catastrophe, director, actor, and Film Socialisme co-cinematographer Paul Grivas revisits the events by combining on-set footage of the Godard film and civilian-shot footage captured aboard the Concordia as it ran aground. Made in the spirit of Godard’s frequent companion pieces to his own features, this “anatomy of a disaster” reanimates the ship’s ghostly aura and offers precious insight into Godard’s process.
Preceded by:
Cairo Affaire
Mauro Andrizzi, Argentina, 2019, 25m
North American Premiere
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