Screening
Love unto Death (L’amour à mort)
16mm print from the French Foreign Ministry
Dir. Alain Resnais. 1984, 92 mins. With Sabine Azéma, Fanny Ardant, André Dussolier, Jean Dasté. A bold and austere experiment in form and music, Love unto Death is a love story about an archaeologist who has a near-death experience in the film’s first scene. The film, which follows four characters, is composed of 52 discrete sections, with passages of avant-garde music played against a black background between scenes.Free with Museum admission.
