Flat Screens 8: another superb and timely free film & feast event to nourish the mind, heart and body…
YES
Written and Directed by Sally Potter; with Joan Allen, Simon Abkarian and Sam Neill; UK; 2004; 100 mins
Preceded by a surprise short film; and with a filmic gift publication for all, in the spirit of the season…
Presented by writer, curator and editor Gareth Evans
We are delighted to invite you to join us at the coming 8th Flat Screens film, food & conversation event on Wednesday 7th December 2011, from 7 – 9.30pm…
There will be another wonderful feast, thanks this time to the excellent Alberto, who will present his delicious Pasta e Fagioli with homemade bread, a most warming winter fare. So please attend, ready to partake, and do bring what you would like to share for dessert and/or drink. Thank You.
Due to the nature of the space, booking for this event is essential.
Please RSVP to info@fugitiveimages.org.uk / Studio75 is located at 75 Hebden Court, Laburnum Street, Haggerston E2 8BG; www.studio75.org.uk/map.html
Sally Potter: I started writing YES in the days following the attacks of September 11, 2001 in New York City. I felt an urgent need to respond to the rapid demonisation of the Arabic world in the West and to the parallel wave of hatred against the United States. I asked myself the question: so what can a filmmaker do in such an atmosphere of hate and fear? What are the stories that need to be told?
I began by writing an argument between two lovers, one a man from the Middle East (the Lebanon), the other a woman from the West (Irish-American) at a point where their love affair has become an explosive war-zone, with the differences in their backgrounds starting to cast a long shadow over their intimacy…
Critics say it is…
strange and brilliant (The Guardian)
a breathtaking visual adventure (Salon)
bold, vibrant and impassioned (Los Angeles Times)
cause for amazement and celebration (Independent on Sunday)
a life-affirming film… if 9/11 really has ‘changed everything’, then YES, with its timeless romance, reminds us that life and love go on (The Daily Star, Lebanon).
And so, towards the end of a challenging year, just say YES on 7th December…