Global Justice and Law Film Series
A collaboration between the Melbourne Journal of International Law and the Global Justice Studio, Melbourne Law School.
Aguirre, the Wrath of God
Speaker: Professor Gerry Simpson, Director, Global Justice Studio, Melbourne Law School
Date: Tuesday 14 September 2010
Time: 5:45pm refreshments; 6:15pm film start
Venue: Room 920, Level 9, Melbourne Law School
Aguirre, the Wrath of God is Werner Herzog's classic 1972 film. In the 16th century, after the Spanish conquest of the Incan empire, Aguirre leads a group of conquistadores down the Amazon River in search of the legendary city of gold, El Dorado. There are many remarkable things about the film: its astonishing opening credits, its defining closing scene (the greatest visual statement ever made about empire) and the madness of both its protagonist and the actor playing him (the incomparably crazy Klaus Kinski). It makes Apocalypse Now look ersatz.
Aguirre has appeared on Time Magazine’s list of ‘All Time 100 Best Films’.
Upcoming films….
Waltz with Bashir
Speaker: Professor Ghassan Hage, Future Generation Professor of Anthropology and Social Theory, Melbourne Law School
Date: Wednesday 6 October 2010
Time: 5:45pm refreshments; 6:15pm film start
Venue: Room 920, Level 9, Melbourne Law School
Sun Come Up
Speaker: Dr Michelle Foster, Director of the International Refugee Law Research Programme, IILaH, Melbourne Law School
Date: Week 11 (TBC)
Time: 5:45pm refreshments; 6:15pm film start
Venue: Room 920, Level 9, Melbourne Law School