{"id":10582,"date":"2021-10-08T15:15:19","date_gmt":"2021-10-08T20:15:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ragtagcinema.org\/blog\/?p=10582"},"modified":"2021-10-08T15:15:19","modified_gmt":"2021-10-08T20:15:19","slug":"a-word-from-our-programmer-10-08-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ragtagcinema.org\/a-word-from-our-programmer-10-08-21\/","title":{"rendered":"A WORD FROM OUR PROGRAMMER 10\/08\/21"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Hello cinema friends,

Two questions:\u00a0What makes a work of art?\u00a0<\/em>And,\u00a0what makes a family?\u00a0<\/em>This weekend we welcome two very different films to the Cinema that ask these two very different questions.

A badly damaged painting in the Renaissance style appears before a small-time art dealer. Something about this unremarkable antique captures the imagination of our dealer, and a purchase is made. A restorer is brought in, and in the process of removal and addition of paint, a claim is made: this is the\u00a0Salvator Mundi\u2014<\/em>the lost 16th painting of Leonardo da Vinci.\u00a0

Is it a miracle, a forgery, a scheme, an asset\u2014and does it matter?\u00a0

The Lost Leonardo\u00a0<\/a>doesn\u2019t seek just to prove or disprove the authenticity of the\u00a0Salvator Mundi,<\/em>\u00a0rather it asks a series of serious questions of our culture and of the systems that wield power: What makes a work of art when truth is a foggy notion? What makes a work of art in a global art market? What makes a work of art in an age where fortunes and politics are in mesh?

Another story, another question: In the rolling verdant hills of rural Iceland on a small sheep farm, a young couple is reasonably successful. They are married, they are in love, and the farm is under control\u2014but all three of these truths could prove temporary, as they cannot conceive a child. Through some folkloric magic, they make a discovery in their barn one day, and the couple finally becomes a family. But at what costs, and against what forces, societal, ancient, and otherworldly, can this little family stay together?\u00a0Lamb<\/a>\u00a0is the dark, surreal, atmospheric, funny, terrifying, and touching debut effort from Valdimar J\u00f3hannsson. We are still very much in Spooky Season<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Lost Leonardo\u00a0<\/a>opens Friday and plays alongside\u00a0Titane<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em>Lamb<\/a>\u00a0opens Friday after an exclusive sneak preview Thursday at 9PM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


There are no dumb questions,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ted<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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