Swoon

Director Tom Kalin in person! A key work within the emerging “Queer Cinema” of the 1990s, Tom Kalin’s debut feature SWOON (1992) is a spare but highly stylized dramatization of the infamous Leopold/Loeb kidnapping and murder case. While set in 1920s Chicago, the film mixes contemporary deconstructive, culture-jamming strategies with an almost timeless, sensual handling of the physical materials of the medium. Writing in the New York Times, Janet Maslin declared it an “audacious” work intent on fracturing “familiar notions and prejudices.” 35mm. This program is part of RADIANT VISIONS, MEDIA ART FROM SAIC, 1965 - NOW, a month-long series of films and artist appearances celebrating the 150th Anniversary of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. SWOON is presented in collaboration with SAIC’s Visiting Artists Program. Tom Kalin will give a talk as part of the Distinguished Alumni Lecture Series on Wednesday, February 10. Visit saic.edu/vap for details.