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BFI's mammoth Gothic season gets its teeth into dark heart of film BFI's mammoth Gothic season gets its teeth into dark heart of film
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There will be homicidal maniacs, possessed children, haunted houses and lust-crazed vampires aplenty, the BFI has promised, in one of the biggest themed film and television seasons it has ever mounted.There will be homicidal maniacs, possessed children, haunted houses and lust-crazed vampires aplenty, the BFI has promised, in one of the biggest themed film and television seasons it has ever mounted.
Programmers on Thursday announced details of a mammoth project called Gothic: the Dark Heart of Film. It will be a season "filled with dread and fuelled by lust", said BFI creative director Heather Stewart. "It is a great area of film-making, and anything that is disreputable or maligned is always something you want to be shining a spotlight on."Programmers on Thursday announced details of a mammoth project called Gothic: the Dark Heart of Film. It will be a season "filled with dread and fuelled by lust", said BFI creative director Heather Stewart. "It is a great area of film-making, and anything that is disreputable or maligned is always something you want to be shining a spotlight on."
More than 150 titles will be seen at around a thousand screenings across the UK, with the BFI Southbank having its longest yet dedicated season – four months of gothic-themed movies, TV programmes and discussions.More than 150 titles will be seen at around a thousand screenings across the UK, with the BFI Southbank having its longest yet dedicated season – four months of gothic-themed movies, TV programmes and discussions.
The season will explore how gothic encompasses not just terror, horror and anxiety, but also needs allure and desire and sex. It will also ask why we are so steeped in the gothic at the moment, with recent franchises such as Harry Potter and Twilight, and the film version of 50 Shades of Grey in the pipeline.The season will explore how gothic encompasses not just terror, horror and anxiety, but also needs allure and desire and sex. It will also ask why we are so steeped in the gothic at the moment, with recent franchises such as Harry Potter and Twilight, and the film version of 50 Shades of Grey in the pipeline.
"There is something going on," said Stewart. "We are awash with it, and it is very peculiarly British. It seemed like a great thing to get our teeth into.""There is something going on," said Stewart. "We are awash with it, and it is very peculiarly British. It seemed like a great thing to get our teeth into."
The season will include the oldest-known filmed ghost story, The Mistletoe Bough from 1904, and travel through the decades with films from The Cabinet of Dr Caligari (1920) to Vampire Lovers (1970) to The Woman in Black (2012).The season will include the oldest-known filmed ghost story, The Mistletoe Bough from 1904, and travel through the decades with films from The Cabinet of Dr Caligari (1920) to Vampire Lovers (1970) to The Woman in Black (2012).
At the end of August the British Museum forecourt will play host to a BFI Monster weekend, with screenings of Night of the Demon (1957), Dracula (1958) and The Mummy (1959).At the end of August the British Museum forecourt will play host to a BFI Monster weekend, with screenings of Night of the Demon (1957), Dracula (1958) and The Mummy (1959).
Another unusual screening venue is Mapledurham House, a gothic pile in Oxfordshire, where The Shining will be shown outdoors.Another unusual screening venue is Mapledurham House, a gothic pile in Oxfordshire, where The Shining will be shown outdoors.
There will also be nationwide cinema releases of Werner Herzog's Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979) and Jack Clayton's The Innocents (1961), quite possibly the most terrifying British film ever.There will also be nationwide cinema releases of Werner Herzog's Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979) and Jack Clayton's The Innocents (1961), quite possibly the most terrifying British film ever.
The season promises to explore the gothic through four themes – Monstrous, the Dark Arts, Haunted and Love Is a Devil – and lots of sub-sections, from mad scientists to witches to vampires.The season promises to explore the gothic through four themes – Monstrous, the Dark Arts, Haunted and Love Is a Devil – and lots of sub-sections, from mad scientists to witches to vampires.
That latter genre often represented "a barometer of what was going on in society and what things plague and worry us," said Stewart , whether that was foreign invaders in the 1930s or new diseases such as HIV/Aids in the 1990s.That latter genre often represented "a barometer of what was going on in society and what things plague and worry us," said Stewart , whether that was foreign invaders in the 1930s or new diseases such as HIV/Aids in the 1990s.
• Gothic: the Dark Heart of Film takes place August 2013-January 2014.• Gothic: the Dark Heart of Film takes place August 2013-January 2014.
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