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Popeye (VOSTF)
Location
Main screening room
Date
January 5th, 2025
Admission
Suggested viewing age: 8 and up
Duration
114 min
Cycle
Shelley Duvall

This delightful screening of Popeye, featuring Shelley Duvall in a memorable performance as Olive, offers a chance to celebrate her immense talent as an actress, just months after she passed away.

Popeye
Directed by
Robert Altman
Language
VOSTF
Actors
Robin Williams, Shelley Duvall, Paul L. Smith
Origins
USA
Year
1980
Duration
114 min
Genre
Comedy, Adventure, Family
Format
Digital
Synopsis

Popeye the sailor arrives in an inconvenient coastal town called Sweethaven. There he meets Wimpy, the hamburger lover, but also the pretty Olive, the woman he was waiting for, and the evil Brutus, a kind of pirate who strikes fear into the town, and finally discovers his old daddy gone. With the help of his spinach, Popeye will be able to confront Brutus and try to give Sweethaven back its lost tranquility.

Popeye
Robin Williams and Shelley Duvall are enjoying themselves in this whimsical adaptation of Popeye. Blending elements of musical, slapstick comedy, and adventure, the film brings the cartoon universe to life with unparalleled freedom. Unconventional, eccentric, yet deeply touching, this Popeye adaptation has aged beautifully and continues to captivate new generations.

Robert Altman

Robert Altman was an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. He is considered an enduring figure from the New Hollywood era, comparable to directors such as Martin Scorsese, Sidney Lumet, David Lynch, and was nominated for five Academy Awards for Best Director for M.A.S.H. (1970), Nashville (1975), The Player (1992), Short Cuts (1993), and Gosford Park (2001). Altman's particular style of filmmaking covered many genres — referred to as Altmanesque — but usually with a subversive or anti-Hollywood twist which typically relied on satire and humor to express his personal views. Actors especially enjoyed working under his direction because he encouraged them to improvise. He preferred large ensemble casts for his films, and developed a multitrack recording technique which produced overlapping dialogue from multiple actors. This produced a more natural, more dynamic, and more complex experience for the viewer. He also used highly mobile camera work and zoom lenses to enhance the activity taking place on the screen. Critic Pauline Kael, writing about his directing style, said that Altman could "make film fireworks out of next to nothing." In 2006, Altman's body of work was recognized with an Academy Honorary Award. Three of his films have been selected for the United States National Film Registry. Altman is one of three filmmakers whose films have won the Golden Bear at Berlin, the Golden Lion at Venice, and the Palme d'Or at Cannes — the other two being Henri-Georges Clouzot and Michelangelo Antonioni.

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