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A collection of Sally Potter’s early short films, including her classic of feminist film theory, Thriller.
Thriller is Sally Potter’s deconstruction of Puccini's La Boheme, flipping the familiar trope of ‘woman as victim’ on its head. Potter gives Mimi, Puccini’s doomed heroine, agency and a subjective voice, enabling her to investigate the reasons for her operatic death.
Also screening will be Potter’s beautifully choreographed, witty spy spoof The London Story, and two of her experimental short films: the 16mm Hors d’oeuvres, from 1970; and 1969’s Jerk.
