MONDAY OCTOBER 6th

PUNISHMENT PARK (1971)
Directed by Peter Watkins
88 minutes
In English

Peter Watkins is one of the most important filmmakers still living....he stands right up there with Godard in creating his own vision of cinema and social responsibility. And also like many visionaries Watkins has mostly been criticized for making absurd claims, only to find out a few years later that everything he said was true.

PUNISHMENT PARK is Watkin's view of America in the 60s. He considered it a kind of science fiction film of the future, and actually its parallels with Guantanamo Bay are chilling. Watkins films tend to be banned in the country he makes them in, and it was also true of this film which was banned as being unamerican.

Made with a cast of unprofessional actors, who contributed in the creation of the piece, this is an example of spontaneous filmmaking at its most intelligent....a pseudo-documentary which has absolutely astounding results.

\"Call it a pseudo-documentary, an outrageous piece of propaganda, perhaps even a paranoid fantasy, but one description that definitely does not apply to Punishment Park is \"light entertainment.\" Brit director Peter Watkins offers a chilling scenario, set in the early \'70s, in which, according to an edict called the McCarran Act, the US government has the right to detain (without bail, evidence, or anything resembling a fair trial) anyone who \"probably will engage in certain future acts of sabotage.\"

MONDAY OCTOBER 6th

CINEMANITA @ De Nieuwe Anita
Frederik Hendrikstraat 111 (Hugo de Grootplein)
Doors open at 19:30
The film starts at 20:30 sharp

Location
Frederik Hendrikstraat 111 (Hugo de Grootplein)



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