La Antena (The Aerial)

I love silent films and Guy Maddin's films so this looks to be right up my alley:



Here's a brief description from Filmmaker's website:

Fri Apr 4, 7:00pm at Melwood Screening Room:
La Antena

"One of the season's most lovingly crafted and strikingly original films" – Sandra Hamer, director, IFF Rotterdam.

Acclaimed Argentinean writer-director Esteban Sapir gives us the moving tale of three families living in a world devoid of human voices where television is the primary controlling force. In a wintry metropolis in the year X, the merciless Mr. TV rules. The whole city is without a voice and he has monopolized both word and image. People watch TV and eat TV meals produced by Mr. TV, himself working on a sinister hypnotic machine to ensure that all life will be subjected to him forever. He kidnaps the only person who still has her "voice" – a stunningly beautiful singer. Shot in black and white in silent film style, with influence of German Expressionism and strains of Spain's Bunuel, Germany's Lang, Russia's Vertov, and France's Melies, La Antena is nevertheless a very modern film. (Esteban Sapir; Argentina; 2007; 90 min)

Co-presented by Faces of Mechanization International Film Festival at Carnegie Mellon University (April 4-15).

Following the screening: East End Food Co-op will provide an international sampling of hot eats and fair trade drinks. For those with a craving for the cool, Bison Grass Vodka brings you (with positive ID) the "little water" served in New York's finest restaurants.

If this looks interesting to anyone, you're welcome to join me! I'm personally pumped about the free food!