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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ZEITGEIST: AMERICA ON THE PRECIPICE


13 October – 20 October

By the late 1960s, political division and a spirit of revolution took hold in the United States. This uncertainty was reflected in the impressive cultural output of the time, including a number of movies that inspired a remarkably vibrant period in American filmmaking over the following decade.

 

MEDIUM COOL || FILMMAKER: A DIARY BY GEORGE LUCAS

THE RAIN PEOPLE || ZABRISKIE POINT

 

7:30pm Monday 13 October

MEDIUM COOL (18+)

Dir: Haskell Wexler
US 1969 111mins 35mm
 A TV newsreel cameraman attempts to capture the proceedings surrounding the now infamous 1968 Democratic convention in Chicago. Shot amidst the volatile events of the era, this groundbreaking docu-drama provides a brilliant survey of race, war, politics, gender and the mass media’s role in the violent conflicts that surged through American society at the time. Music by blues-rock legend Mike Bloomfield. Stars Robert Forster and Peter Boyle.


7:30pm Thursday 16 October

FILMMAKER: A DIARY BY GEORGE LUCAS (18+)

Dir: George Lucas
US 1968 32mins 16mm
 A film on the making of The Rain People featuring filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola on the road with cast and crew. Lucas uses the diary form to give an impressionistic picture of the rewards and difficulties of independent film production.

Print courtesy of the
National Film and Sound Archive


8:15pm Thursday 16 October

THE RAIN PEOPLE (18+)

Dir: Francis Ford Coppola
US 1969 102mins 16mm
 A pregnant Long Island housewife, seeking to redefine herself by journeying across America, picks up a brain-damaged ex-football player who becomes a surrogate father for her unborn child. Shot on the road with a minimal crew and budget, this film cemented Coppola as one of the leading directors of his generation. Stars James Caan, Shirley Knight and Robert Duvall.

Print courtesy of the
National Film and Sound Archive


7:30pm Monday 20 October

ZABRISKIE POINT (M)

Dir: Michaelangelo Antonioni
US 1970 112mins 35mm
 This grandiose statement on youth radicalism and social unrest in the United States is the subject of much debate. Savaged by both the establishment and the countercultural audience it sought to attract at the time of its release, it has re-emerged as a fascinating document of a specific time and place. Culminates in a spectacularly apocalyptic finale as a fully functional home is blown to smithereens in spellbinding slow motion. Psychedelic musical soundtrack by Pink Floyd and Gerry Garcia.

Listed in 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die