International Lens Film Series
The Mill & The Cross
Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2016, 7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
Sarratt Cinema
2301 Vanderbilt Place, Nashville, TN 37240
Presented by Robert L. Mode, Professor of Art, Emeritus.
Poland/Sweden (2011) Dir: Lech Majewski. The director brings the viewer inside the painting The Way to Calvarywith immersive period detail and extraordinary digital effects. The daily life of 16th-century Flanders is rendered with astounding vividness, from the routine of the windmill caretaker to the crusading Spanish militia, who abuse Protestants with brutally violent tactics. Rutger Hauer plays artist Pieter Bruegel the Elder, touring inside his own canvas and discussing the origin of his work while his wealthy patron bemoans the state of his disintegrating country. English, Spanish, Flemish. Unrated. 96 minutes. Blu-Ray.