Touring season of forgotten classics from Watershed, with screenings of Queen Kelly, Obsession, Modesty Blaise and Danger Diabolik followed by discussions with film historian Darrell Buxton.
Cinema Rediscovered arrives at QUAD on 8 November, the start of a four-week run that brings a selection of forgotten classics to Derby. It's a Watershed production that's been touring the UK and Ireland, taking highlights from the Bristol festival and showing them far beyond its home in a UNESCO City of Film. The season follows the festival's 10th anniversary edition, which ran from 22 to 26 July in association with the Bristol brewery Wiper and True, and was made possible with the support of the BFI Audience Projects Fund and principal sponsors Park Circus and STUDIOCANAL.
There are four screenings in total, one a week: Queen Kelly on 8 November, Obsession on 15 November, Modesty Blaise on 22 November, and Danger Diabolik on 29 November. Each one follows the same format: a pre-recorded introduction by a key cinema figure to set the scene, and a discussion led by local film historian Darrell Buxton after the credits roll. The opener, Queen Kelly, is a lavish late silent masterpiece by Erich von Stroheim, presented in a new reconstruction by Milestones with a score by composer Eli Denson.
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It's part of QUAD's 'Seasons & Festivals' programme, and the venue itself is a cinema, gallery, café bar, lounge and workshop run by Shiny Brewery, with patrons including John Hurt CBE, Paddy Considine, Jack O'Connell and John Tams. The screenings run from 8 November to 29 November at QUAD, Market Place, Cathedral Quarter, Derby DE1 3AS.
