Transcript:
Description: Four panels in light purple, black, and white.
Title Panel:
Image Description: starbursts and hand-drawn text
Text: DARK FANTASY
Three Films to see in Chicago
By: Chloe Perkis
University of Chicago, Doc Films 1212 East 59th Street.
Second Panel:
Image Description: stars, a human figure with long hair standing in front of a unicorn, a bull lunging forward with flames surrounding it.
Text: The Last Unicorn (1982)
The Last Unicorn deals with loss of identity & transformation, mortality vs. immortality, love, pain, & loss. Visually stunning.
Friday November 14th, 9:30pm
Third Panel:
Image Description: A winged sphinx, stars, an other-worldly castle, a human boy stands with a large mythical beast with a dog-like head.
Text:
The NeverEnding Story (1984)
Friday, November 21st, 9:30pm
Explores grief, the power of imagination, storytelling, & hope amid despair & nihilism (The Nothing).
Fourth Panel:
Image Description: A scary swamp hag with long fingernails, a devil with massive horns and a chiseled face.
Text:
Legend (1985)
This dreamy fairytale confronts duality between innocence & corruption. Incredible makeup effects, cinematography & set design.
Friday, December 5th 9:30pm
