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
Operations Manager, Jeremy Chance e-mail  

Exhibition Manager, Toby Bramwell e-mail
Ph. (08) 8410 0979

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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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BURIED NOT DEAD: FILMS TO SEE BEFORE YOU DIE

23 October – 3 November

Given the chance to resurface, many films fail to survive the passing of time, while others come back stronger than before. Dug up from the archives, this selection of films continue to maintain a life of their own. While somewhat ghoulish on first impression, they carry a much deeper resonance that will endure long after we are all gone.

 

NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD || THE SEVENTH SEAL

HAROLD AND MAUDE || THE LOVED ONE

 

7:30pm Thursday 23 October

NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (M)

Dir: George A. Romero
US 1968 96mins 16mm
 Several people take refuge in an abandoned farmhouse as they become overrun by hordes of zombies with a hunger for human flesh. Inspired by the EC horror comics of the fifties, this classic shocker re-defined cinematic gore and zombie mythology in popular culture. Produced independently on a shoe-string budget, it uses a documentary style and nihilistic black humour to undercut the audience’s narrative assumptions.

Listed in 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die

Print courtesy of the
National Film and Sound Archive


7:30pm Monday 27 October

THE SEVENTH SEAL (PG)

Dir: Ingmar Bergman
Sweden 1956 96mins 16mm
 Antonius, a world weary knight, returns from the Crusades to discover that the plague has swept through his homeland. When Death comes to collect him as well, Antonius challenges the spectral figure to a game of chess in the hope that he may see his wife once again. Although his faith is shaken, the knight realises that he would rather be forced to suffer doubt than recognise a life without meaning. Stars Max Von Sydow and Bibi Andersson.

Winner Special Jury Prize Cannes Film Festival 1957
Listed in 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die

Print courtesy of the
National Film and Sound Archive


7:30pm Thursday 30 October

HAROLD AND MAUDE (M)

Dir: Hal Ashby
US 1971 91mins 16mm
 Harold, a depressed rich teenager obsessed with death, meets Maude, an octogenarian holocaust survivor with a passion for life, at a funeral neither was invited to. As they develop an intimate friendship, the free-spirited Maude helps to liberate Harold from his teenage angst. Featuring an iconic soundtrack by Cat Stevens, this decidedly eccentric film has garnered a cult following that persists to this day. Stars Bud Cort and Ruth Gordon.

Listed in 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die

Print courtesy of the
National Film and Sound Archive


7:30pm Monday 3 November

THE LOVED ONE (PG)

Dir: Tony Richardson
UK 1965 116mins 35mm
 Dennis Barlow, an aspiring English poet, travels abroad to live with his uncle in California. But when tragedy occurs, Dennis is left to arrange a funeral while working himself at a ramshackle pet cemetery. The screenplay to this savage satire on the profitable business of death was adapted by Terry Southern and Christopher Isherwood from the Evelyn Waugh novel. Cinematography by Haskell Wexler. Stars Milton Berle, James Coburn, John Geilgud, Liberace, Roddy McDowell and Rod Steiger.

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