Next online movie (January 29): The Draughtsman's Contract (1983)

[Michael L Ray]

LTATM meetings at the Del Mar Theatre are indefinitely suspended. Please join us online via Zoom video conferencing software (details below) where this week we'll be discussing a film streaming on Kanopy (anyone with a library card can join Kanopy for free and stream six to twelve movies a month). 

On Wednesday, January 29, at 7pm we will be discussing the Period Drama/Satire/Comedy/Drama/Mystery - The Draughtsman's Contract (1983). Set in a richly exaggerated 17th-century England, Peter Greenaway's witty, stylized, erotic country house murder mystery catapulted him to the forefront of international art cinema in 1982-83. It's about Mr. Neville, a cocksure young artist, is contracted by Mrs. Herbert, the wife of a wealthy landowner, to produce a set of twelve drawings of her husband's estate, a contract which extends much further than either the purse or the sketchpad. The sketches themselves prove of an even greater significance than supposed upon the discovery of the body of Mr. Herbert. 97% Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes: 

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/draughtsmans_contract

Attendees will need to download and install Zoom Client for Meetings (for laptops and desktops) or Zoom Mobile App (for smartphones). It's free, easy to use, and available here: https://zoom.us/download

To join, click on this link:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/3822157479?pwd=RFFuWEZTL2ZTNmJtQ2NERmNKVDBEQT09

Or you can join by starting your Zoom app and entering the following Meeting ID and Passcode:

Meeting ID for 1/29: 382 215 7479

Passcode for 1/29: 665576

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NOTE: In order to join our online discussion, Zoom requires a unique Meeting ID to be entered by each attendee (below).

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That's all there is to it.