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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TICKET SALES

Call 8410 0979 9-5:30 Mon to Fri with you credit Card handy.
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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!

SILENT REMASTERS: LIVE ON STAGE

1 December – 8 December

Returning in 2008 is another selection of classic silent cinema presented with newly composed scores by emerging SA musicians. With a focus on live performance in 2008, each soundtrack will be performed by the artists on stage as the film flickers behind them on the big screen. The Silent ReMasters program has been specifically created to foster the development of musicians looking to work in the film industry.

DER GOLEM || STRIKE || NANOOK OF THE NORTH

7:30pm Monday 1 December

DER GOLEM (18+)

Dir: Carl Boese & Paul Wegener
Germany 1920 69mins 16mm
A Rabbi in 16th-century Prague creates a man made from clay known as a Golem, and animates the creature in order to protect the Jews of the city from persecution. But the Golem is exploited by the Rabbi’s assistant for his own selfish needs, bidding him to kidnap the Rabbi’s beautiful daughter. Based on the Hebrew legend, this classic example of German Expressionism bears many similarities with Frankenstein.

Preceded by Georges Melies silent short A Trip to the Moon (1902)

Short listed in 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die

7:30pm Thursday 4 December

STRIKE (PG)

Dir: Sergei Eisenstein
USSR 1924 81mins 16mm
In Eisenstein’s feature film debut, factory workers in pre-revolutionary Russia strike against their inhuman working conditions. Eschewing individualism, the masses are presented as a collective hero as they fight against repression. Famous for its cross-cutting finale where the violent quelling of the insurrection is likened to the slaughter of cattle. A constructivist approach is evident in the way machinery is represented not as dominating the workers but as being enlisted by them in the struggle.

Preceded by the silent short The Great Train Robbery (1903)

Feature and short listed in 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die

7:30pm Monday 8 December

NANOOK OF THE NORTH (18+)

Dir: Robert J. Flaherty
US 1922 65mins 16mm
Considered to be the first feature-length documentary, this ground-breaking work of cinema sought to capture the exotic Inuit culture in this compelling story of Nanook and his family struggling against the harshness of nature. Although many of the sequences were revealed to be staged, as much due to the technical limitations of the time, traditional Inuit customs as well as methods of hunting, fishing and igloo-building were depicted with accuracy.

Preceded by the Buster Keaton silent short The Frozen North (1922)

Feature listed in 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die