• THE ETERNAL RETURN: SCREENINGTime and Time Again: La Jetée & the Eternal Recurrence / Image courtesy of the artist Time and Time Again: La Jetée & the Eternal Recurrence / Image courtesy of the artist
  • THE ETERNAL RETURN: SCREENINGThe Eternal Return: 12 Monkeys / Image courtesy of the artist The Eternal Return: 12 Monkeys / Image courtesy of the artist
  • THE ETERNAL; RETURN: SCREENINGThe Eternal Return: Wings of Desire / Image courtesy of the artist The Eternal Return: Wings of Desire / Image courtesy of the artist
  • THE ETERNAL RETURN: SCREENINGTime and Time Again: La Jetée & the Eternal Recurrence / Image courtesy of the artist Time and Time Again: La Jetée & the Eternal Recurrence / Image courtesy of the artist
  • THE ETERNAL RETURN: SCREENINGThe Eternal Return: 12 Monkeys / Image courtesy of the artist The Eternal Return: 12 Monkeys / Image courtesy of the artist
  • THE ETERNAL RETURN: SCREENINGThe Eternal Return: Wings of Desire / Image courtesy of the artist The Eternal Return: Wings of Desire / Image courtesy of the artist
  • THE ETERNAL RETURN: SCREENING300 Clouds / Ben Badeau, 2011 300 Clouds / Ben Badeau, 2011
  • THE ETERNAL RETURN: SCREENINGOperation Double Trouble / Keith Sanborn, 2003 Operation Double Trouble / Keith Sanborn, 2003

The Eternal Return

This collection of films begins with the idea that time is a lie. Reveling in déjà vu and non-linear timelines, the series is inspired by such varied sources as Nietzsche’s notion of the eternal recurrence and the multiverse hypothesis in physics. Each of the films in the series is structured by a central narrative loop and a thematic focus on the incommensurability of the momentary and the eternal.


Time and Time Again: La Jetée & the Eternal Recurrence

Thursday, October 6th, 2011, 7:30 PM | Theater

A film program of Chris Marker’s La Jetée and two short films it inspired launches The Eternal Return screening series, followed by a discussion led by experimental filmmaker Keith Sanborn.

12 Monkeys

Thursday, November 17th, 2011, 7:30 PM | Theater

12 Monkeys is Terry Gilliam’s 1995 dystopian vision, inspired by Chris Marker’s La Jetée, in which a convict is sent back in time to save humanity from a ravaging man-made disease.

Wings of Desire

Thursday, December 8th, 2011, 7:30 PM | Theater

Wim Wenders' award-winning existential film about angels who silently watch over all of humanity, comforting individuals as they confront the trials of daily life.


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