PRAx and the DARKSIDE CINEMA Present: Free Film Friday: Beau Travail (Claire Denis, 1999)
Claire Denis’ gorgeous adaptation of Herman Melville’s Billy Budd, reset in Djibouti, at a remote outpost manned by the French Foreign Legion. The Cesar Award winning cinematography by Agnes Godard is accompanied by a score adapted from Benjamin Britton’s 1951 opera, also based on Melville’s story. Beau Travail topped the Village Voice readers’ poll as the best film released in the U.S. in 2000 and was recently ranked the 7th best film of all time by the British Film Institute’s Sight and Sound Magazine.
Join special guests for a conversation post-screening:
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Raymond Malewitz, School of Writing, Literature, and Film
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Surabhi Balachander, School of Writing, Literature, and Film
Free Film Fridays is a series of free screenings hosted by Distinguished Professor of Film Jon Lewis, selected to spark discussions across disciplines. Professor Lewis will briefly introduce the film and lead a post-screening discussion with OSU faculty experts on the film's topic. Learn more.