THE MERCURY CINEMA

The Mercury and Iris Cinemas are run by the Media Resource Centre to enhance screen culture and to give screening opportunities to emerging South Australian film, video and digital media artists.

Cinemas are also available for hire. For more information CLICK HERE.

CONTACT
Venue & Events Manager, Aaron Schuppan e-mail

Exhibition Manager, Mathew Kesting e-mail
Ph. (08) 8410 0979

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TICKET SALES

Call 8410 0979 9-5:30 Mon to Fri with you credit Card handy.
Call into the MRC 13 Morphett St Adelaide (behind the Mercury) 8-5:30 Mon-Fri
Buy tickets at the box office from one hour prior to the advertised screening time.

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MERCURY for hire

The Mercury and Iris Cinemas are available for hire. We offer highly competitive rates for your screening, conference, lecture or party. We can screen just about anything from 35mm CinemaScope to your Powerpoint or web based presentation. AND we can look after your catering and liquor requirements with the minimum of fuss!

Season 2 opening celebration

2 August

Adelaide Cinémathèque, South Australia’s premier film society, returns with the second half of its year long program of classic, cult, experimental, documentary, silent and short films. You cannot purchase tickets to just a single session. You must join up as a member, which you can do on the spot. Memberships are excellent value, easy to purchase and you can choose an option that suits you best. Join us for some complementary drinks and nibbles on the opening night, everyone's invited.

7:30pm Monday 2 August

Breathless: 50th Anniversary

DIR: JEAN-LUC GODDARD
FRANCE 1960 90mins 35mm
Michel Poicard is a car thief, cop killer and Bogart devotee, on the run from police and attempting to win the love of Patricia, an American student selling the New York Herald Tribune on the Champs Elysees. Conflicting loyalties and unattached emotions lead to one of the most famous climaxes in cinema history. Adapted from a scenario by Francois Truffaut, this was Godard’s first feature and arguably the most iconic film of the French Nouvelle Vague. Charecterised by sweeping skylines and lavish scenes amongst the streets and cafes of Paris, the film’s use of jump cuts challenged orthodox filmmaking convention and complements the fast moving story. Jean Seberg remains waifish and fragile, while Jean-Paul Belmondo epitomises cool even half a century later.

Winner Silver Bear Berlin Film Festival 1960

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