Filmreihe something weird cinema 
Vorführung am Mi 07.02.24 um 19.00 Uhr !

England in den 1640er Jahren: Eine Gruppe von Männern flieht vor einer Schlacht, wird aber gefangen genommen und gezwungen, an einer Jagd nach einem Schatz teilzunehmen, der irgendwo auf einem Feld vergraben sein soll. Doch bevor sie mit dem Graben beginnen, verschlingen sie einige seltsame Pilze...
Mit dieser in Schwarzweiß gedrehten audiovisuellen Tour de Force bestätigte Ben Wheatley ("Sightseers", "High-Rise") erneut seine Position als treibende Kraft des brititschen Independent-Kinos. Ein betörender Film in einem bizarren Feld!

"Wheatley and Jump imbue their supernatural Civil War–era tale A FIELD IN ENGLAND with Sixties psychedelia (strobe effects, Rorschach hallucinations) and modern urban diction persuasively applied to archaic vernacular dialogue. The strategy is not unfamiliar but, aided by Jim Williams's ethnic ambient score, the fusion is so successful here that it makes the strangeness of mystic Albion come stunningly alive – notwithstanding the playful, ribald storytelling." (--- Graham Fuller, Film Comment (2014))

"Even history can be something of an adventure. You wouldn’t want to cross paths with the alchemist O’Neil under any circumstances, especially not when you're fleeing the battlefield. The English Civil War is raging, and the dark age, when the laws of the universe mean nothing to anyone and the idea of rotating planets is tantamount to heresy, throws up its fair share of strong language. In this story, skirmishes aren't confined to the battlefield, either. Searching for hidden treasure, a small group of men are assisted by some peculiar mushrooms which shift everything to somewhat unforeseen realms.
The film is set in a magical yet chaotic era and, even in its feistily stylised form employing both earthy and exalted dialogue, it manages to crank up an extraordinary tension. This edge is also apparent given the fact that, as a seductively constructed, eloquently scored black-and-white piece, it brings to light the period's barbarity and squalor, scourges which might seem perilously evocative of modern times. Thus the appropriate derisive tone which pervades the film from beginning to end." (--- Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2013)

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