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14Roeg’s Gallery (continued)BAD TIMINGTHE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTHTHE WITCHESBad TimingSun 27 to Tue 29 MarNicolas Roeg • UK 1980 • 2h1m • 35mmEnglish, German, Czech and French with English subtitles • 18Cast: Art Garfunkel, Theresa Russell, Harvey Keitel, DenholmElliott, Daniel Massey.Vienna is used to similar effect as Venice was in Don’t LookNow in the masterful and much maligned Bad Timing,one of the director’s most elusive and complex pictures.Examining in flashback the consuming relationshipbetween two Americans in the city of Klimt, Roeg hasdescribed Bad Timing as an apt summation of his career,believing himself to have often been ahead of time, insteadof simply being of it. The film was poorly distributed andled to the diminution of Roeg as a commercial force.The Man Who Fell To EarthThu 31 Mar at 2.30pm + 8.35pmNicolas Roeg • UK 1976 • 2h18m • HD-Cam-SR • 18Cast: David Bowie, Rip Torn, Candy Clark, Buck Henry, BernieCasey.Casting the otherworldly Bowie as an alien in Americaseeking the resources to save his dying planet, Roegadapted Walter Tevis’ novel ‘The Man Who Fell to Earth’into a telling and intricate fable about the deadeningeffects of contemporary society. Largely rejecting linearityin favour of thematic juxtapositions, the English directoroffered a singular take on the expansive Americanlandscape, both fetishising and undermining its mythicalqualities.InsignificanceWed 30 & Thu 31 MarNicolas Roeg • UK 1985 • 1h49m • 35mm • 15Cast: Michael Emil, Theresa Russell, Tony Curtis, Gary Busey,Will Sampson.Adapted from Terry Johnson’s play, Insignificancegathers together Marilyn Monroe, Albert Einstein, JoeDiMaggio and Senator McCarthy (Tony Curtis, in one ofhis greatest later roles) for a series of intense discussions inanonymous hotel rooms. The publicity brochure claimed“Insignificance is about everything”, and it’s hard to findfault with this statement as Roeg riffs on love, hate, fame,jealousy and everything in between.The WitchesSat 2 Apr at 1.00pmNicolas Roeg • UK/USA 1990 • 1h31m • 35mm • PGCast: Anjelica Huston, Mai Zetterling, Jasen Fisher, RowanAtkinson, Bill Paterson.One of Roeg’s rare commercial successes (allegedly madeto appease his family), this tale of a young boy confrontinga coven of witches who have plans to turn all children intomice weaves a deliciously dark spell. Featuring splendideffects by Jim Henson and a marvellously malevolent turnfrom Anjelica Huston, it failed to gain the seal of approvalfrom author Roald Dahl, but charmed and delightedaudiences of all ages.