Don’t Blink — Robert Frank (adv 12)

Thu 28 Jan | 18:30
£6 / £4.50* per person
(adv 12) Dir. Laura Israel / USA / 2015 / 1h 22m

A punky, gleeful, unorthodox documentary about one of the most influential photographers of the 20th century.

‘Robert Frank was gloriously notorious. He was the ground breaking photographer of The Americans; the iconoclastic director of Pull My Daisy; a difficult (almost impossible) interview subject; a rejecter of wealth and celebrity; a man whose ‘sympathies were with people who struggled,’ who has a ‘mistrust of people who made the rules.’

He was also a father to a daughter, Andrea, and a son, Pablo, who both died young. His work is emotional and impulsive. Filmmaker Richard Linklater describes Frank, who emigrated to the United States from Switzerland in the 1940s, beautifully as ‘a restless, searching artist pushing the boundaries of the documentary, experimental, and more traditional narrative forms.’ Fans will be giddy with the unprecedented access to Frank – and his irrepressible irascibility, energy, and humor – this film offers. Those uninitiated into the cult of Robert Frank should be prepared for a wild and wonderful ride.’ (Full Frame Documentary Festival).

Supported by Film Hub North with National Lottery funding on behalf of the BFI Film Audience Network.

Doors open 18:00; Film starts 18:30. 
Pop-up cinema bar open from 18:00 for drinks.
*Concessions: under 18s, unwaged & 65+