Futurology Special: Planet Of The Apes Day

Futurology Film & Events Programme

Futurology is the cultural investigation into how representations of the future affect the present. At Arnolfini it is presented as a research and exhibitions programme investigating envisionings of the future, looking at the role of architecture and the infrastructure of the built environment within this.

The Futurology exhibition programme, starts with The Good Life and continues with Tommy Støckel and Sequelism later in 2009.

www.futurologyprogramme.org

Film

Sat 22 Aug, 2.30pm

£6.00/£4.50 concs

The classic sci-fi franchise, replete with plot twists, prosthetics and concerted attempts to engage with the knotty social issues of the day via a 'planet where apes are the rulers and man the beast'. The original was followed by four sequels, a TV series and cartoon, dolls, play-sets, comic books and a Tim Burton remake.

Enjoy the 1968 Planet of the Apes (PG), and the first and best two sequels - Beneath the Planet of the Apes (15), and Escape from the Planet of the Apes (PG) - screened back-to-back.

Dir. Various USA 1968 - 73

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