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A young doctor’s interest in music complicates his tentative courtship with Magda in Andrzej Wajda’s contemporary film, screening at Music Box Theatre on Tuesday, Nov. 24.
All times are local to the venue · America/Chicago
Jazz gives this courtship story a historical edge: the film places its characters in a Poland where jazz had been banned until Stalin’s death in 1953. That context helps explain why music is more than a detail in the young doctor’s romantic life.
After Ashes and Diamonds completed his War Trilogy, Wajda turned to a contemporary story centered on Andrzej, a young doctor whose attention seems more readily held by music than by romance. Magda tries to draw him out of his reserve, giving the film its tentative courtship.
Tadeusz Łomnicki plays Andrzej. The listing credits Jerzy Andrzejewski and Jerzy Skolimowski as writers and notes Wajda’s work with emerging young filmmakers. Krystyna Stypulkowska and Wanda Koczeska are also named in the cast.
Further reading: Innocent Sorcerers in Chicago at Music Box Theatre ↗
The film’s jazz setting links the couple’s private story to a particular cultural context. The event description also points to the spontaneity of the French New Wave as a frame for Wajda’s approach, setting this project apart from his earlier war-centered work.
The screening is listed as a film only; no live jazz performance or separate accompanying program is announced. Here, jazz belongs to the story and its historical backdrop.
Further reading: Innocent Sorcerers in Chicago at Music Box Theatre ↗
Martin Scorsese selected Innocent Sorcerers for his traveling Masterpieces of Polish Cinema series in 2014. That later selection offers another point of context for Wajda’s move into a contemporary story about courtship and music.
Further reading: Innocent Sorcerers in Chicago at Music Box Theatre ↗
The listing schedules a single screening of Innocent Sorcerers, with no separate performance or accompanying program announced.
The screening starts at 7 p.m. The listing does not provide a runtime or end time.
Tickets are listed at $10, $11 and $13. The listing does not explain what determines the different prices. Tickets are on sale through the Music Box Theatre event page.
Music Box Theatre is at 3733 North Southport, Chicago, IL.
Innocent Sorcerers in Chicago at Music Box Theatre ↗ · Music Box Theatre, Upcoming Events in Chicago on Do312 ↗
The venue listing places the CTA Brown Line’s Southport station about 0.3 miles away and notes bus service on nearby corridors.
The venue listing notes metered street parking on Southport and says free street parking is typically available on and west of Ashland Avenue and north of Irving Park Road. The theatre has no dedicated lot; these are general venue directions, not event-specific parking arrangements.
No. It lists $10, $11 and $13 but does not say what determines the price differences.
Neither is provided in the event listing.
3733 North Southport, Chicago, IL
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