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For this Friday Movie Night, first up is Blind Chance (1987), a Polish drama about a tale told three times, with one point of divergence where the main character runs after a train he is about to miss. The three variations show how his life goes in different directions stemming from this one incident, up to and including a career in the Communist Party. If this premise sounds familiar, that is because the movies Sliding Doors (1998) and Run Lola Run (1998) both lifted from it. This is both our first-ever Polish film, and our first film from renowned auteur Krzysztof Kieslowski, who is best-known for the Three Colors trilogy (1993-4) and the Decalogue (1989) series. This is one of his best-regarded works, so let’s check it out.

After that is Hud (1963), a neo-western starring Paul Newman as a surly, violent, alcoholic, conniving, ruthless asshole cowboy who uses and abuses everyone around him. He pursues his will without regard for rules or the law, straining his relationship with his moral father and his adoring nephew along the way. What will become of this symbol of alienated youth? I guess we’ll have to watch and see. This is considered one of Newman’s best roles, and arguably the magnum opus of director Martin Ritt, who is otherwise best-known for The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965) and Norma Rae (1979).

We’ll start at 8PM EST on Hextube, right here:

https://live.hexbear.net/c/movies

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• Blind Chance: https://letterboxd.com/film/blind-chance/
• Hud: https://letterboxd.com/film/hud/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Blind Chance: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084549/parentalguide?ref_=tt_stry_pg
• Hud: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057163/parentalguide?ref_=tt_stry_pg

CWs for Blind Chance:

• Sex.
• Nudity.
• Profanity.
• Alcohol.
• Smoking.
• Plane crash.
• Explosion.

CWs for Hud:

• Attempted sexual assault. It’s the 60s, so it doesn’t get very far, but the implications are clear.
• Kissing.
• Profanity.
• Animal cruelty.
• Deaths of animals.
• Alcohol.
• Drunkenness.
• Cheating.
• Fistfight.
• Drunk driving.
• Smoking.

Links to movies:

• Blind Chance: https://tankie.tube/w/53jnFandrhDasWPCYSkHHM
• Hud: https://tankie.tube/w/vqbLV4iTEm7tq3etPqH6k7