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Los Feliz 3 | Q&A with filmmaker Michael Almereyda. Moderated by Scott Foundas.
‘Michael Almereyda: An American Cinematheque Retrospective’
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- RELEASED IN: 2015
- 98 MINUTES
- DIRECTED BY: Michael Almereyda
ABOUT THE FILM:
Yale University, 1961. Stanley Milgram (Peter Sarsgaard) designs a psychology experiment that remains relevant to this day, in which people think they’re delivering painful electric shocks to an affable stranger (Jim Gaffigan) strapped into a chair in another room. Disregarding his pleas for mercy, the majority of subjects do not stop the experiment, administering what they think are near-fatal electric shocks, simply because they’ve been told to. Milgram’s exploration of authority and conformity strikes a nerve in popular culture and the scientific community. Celebrated in some circles, he is also accused of being a deceptive, manipulative monster. His wife Sasha (Winona Ryder) anchors him through it all.
FORMAT: DCP
DISTRIBUTOR: Magnolia Pictures
COUNTRY: USA
