Little Women
Screening canceled tonight (2/16) due to the weather.
Seven Kuchars for Seven Cukors
Little Women (George Cukor, US 1933, 115 min., 35mm)
The best-known and most successful adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s novel about a mother raising four daughters alone during the Civil War is peerless family entertainment. The superb cast includes Katharine Hepburn and Joan Bennett.
Preceded by Pagan Rhapsody (George Kuchar, US 1970, 24 min., 16mm). “Being that the picture was made in the winter, there are no outdoor scenes because it’s too cold and when the characters have to suddenly flee a tense situation, it’s too time consuming to have them put on a coat and gloves. Originally not scheduled as a tragedy, things swiftly changed as the months made me more and more sour as I plummet down that incinerator shaft I call my life.” – George Kuchar