The Loveless. 1982. Written and directed by Kathryn Bigelow, Monty Montgomery

Film

The Loveless. 1982. USA. Written and directed by Kathryn Bigelow, Monty Montgomery. With Willem Dafoe, Robert Gordon, Marin Kanter. 35mm. 83 min.

In 1959 a group of bikers en route to the races at Daytona get waylaid in a rural Georgia town—“a veritable Walker Evans theme-park consisting of a diner, a garage, a motel, and a honky-tonk” (J. Hoberman, The Village Voice). The film studiously examines Americana, personified by the film’s loitering youths, languidly revealing a simmering tension that culminates in stylized chaos.

This film accompanies MoMA Presents: Kathryn Bigelow and Monty Montgomery's The Loveless.

Mon, Jul 17, 2017, 4:30 p.m.

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Sun, Jul 16, 2017, 4:00 p.m.

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Sat, Jul 15, 2017, 1:30 p.m.

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Fri, Jul 14, 2017, 7:00 p.m.

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Thu, Jul 13, 2017, 4:30 p.m.

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Wed, Jul 12, 2017, 4:30 p.m.

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Tue, Jul 11, 2017, 7:30 p.m.

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