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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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!

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SCREENINGS CINEMATHEQUE CINEMA HIRE ARCHIVE ABOUT US MRC

CINEMA DU LOOK:
OUTSIDER ROMANCE ON THE PARISIAN STREETS

4 -14 October

During the Eighties a trio of French filmmakers emerged who eschewed the realist approach of the previous decade in favour of a bleak urban romanticism, with spirited outsiders who roam the streets searching for love and transcendence. Often derided by established film critics for their accelerated visual style and fanciful stories, they found favour with a younger audience who felt alienated by the austere economic climate they faced.

DIVA || SUBWAY || MAUVAIS SANG || LA FEMME NIKITA

 

7:30pm Monday 4 October

DIVA (m)

 

DIR: JEAN JACQUES BEINEIX
FRANCE 1981 117min 16mm
The debut feature from Beineix (Betty Blue) is often credited with starting this movement. A young postal worker is infatuated with a celebrated opera singer and secretly makes a recording of her performance while trying to woo her. The tape becomes confused with another exposing mob activities, making him a target for various underworld figures. Stars Wilhelminia Fernandez and Dominique Pinon.

Print courtesy of ACMI.


7:30pm Thursday 7 October

Subway (M)

 

DIR: LUC BESSON
FRANCE 1985 104min 35mm
Luc Besson’s (The Fifth Element) sophomore film follows Fred, a safe robber who hides out in the Paris Metro underground after stealing from a local gangster. There he is welcomed into an extended family of social outcasts, and resolves to use the stolen loot to finance a band, but his continued courtship of the gangster’s wife alerts both the henchmen and police to his whereabouts. The climatic scene references Godard’s Breathless. Stars Christopher Lambert and Isabelle Adjani.

 

7:30pm Monday 11 October

Mauvais Sang (E18+)

 

DIR: LEOS CARAX
FRANCE 1986 116min 16mm
In a dystopian future Paris where a sexually transmitted virus threatens to reach epidemic proportions, a team of thieves is hired by a mysterious woman to steal a closely guarded serum that may hold the cure. The ageing thieves draft Alex, the rebellious teenage son of their deceased partner, whose infatuation with the ringleader’s fiancé jeopardises the mission. Carax’s film is known for its surreal nocturnal landscapes and dancing scene featuring Bowie’s Modern Love. Stars Juliette Binoche and Julie Delpy with a cameo by Corto Maltese author Hugo Pratt.

Print courtesy of ACMI.


7:30pm Thursday 14 October

La Femme Nikita(MA15+)

    

DIR: LUC BESSON
FRANCE/ITALY 1990 118mins 35mm
When a pharmacy robbery by a gang of teenage junkies results in the death of a policeman, Nikita is convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment. While in custody she is coerced to atone for her actions by working for the secret service. Her gruelling training and many assassinations underwrite a personal re-evaluation, but the path to redemption is jeopardised by psychological games and malign treatment from her minder. Featuring stunningly choreographed action sequences, and fearless performances from Anne Parillaud and Jean Reno.