Arbelos: First Look at New 4K Restoration of The Juniper Tree with Bjork
HomeArbelos: First Look at New 4K Restoration of The Juniper Tree with Bjork
Posted March 4, 2019 04:34 PM by Webmaster
U.S. label Arbelos has provided us with an official domestic trailer for its brand new 4K restoration of Nietzchka Keene's film The Juniper Tree (1990), starring Björk, Bryndis Petra Bragadóttir, and Valdimar Örn Flygenring.
The new restoration will have its premiere at the Metrograph in New York later this month, and will then transition to different theaters across the country.
The label has not yet revealed preliminary plans for an upcoming Blu-ray release.
Synopsis: An unsung talent in her lifetime, director, professor and Fulbright scholar Nietzchka Keene's stark, stunning debut feature The Juniper Tree is loosely based on a Brothers Grimm fairy tale of the same name, and stars Björk in her first on-screen performance. The film premiered to glowing reviews at the Sundance Film Festival in 1991 and led Keene to further direct Heroine of Hell (1996) starring Catherine Keener and Barefoot to Jerusalem (2008), the latter completed after her tragically early death in 2004.
Set in medieval Iceland, The Juniper Tree follows Margit (Björk in a riveting performance) and her older sister Katla (Bryndis Petra Bragadottir) as they flee for safety after their mother is burned to death for witchcraft. Finding shelter and protection with Johan (Valdimar Orn Fygenring), and his resentful young son, Jonas (Geirlaug Sunna Pormar), the sisters help form an impromptu family unit that's soon strained by Katla's burgeoning sorcery. Photographed entirely on location in the stunning landscapes of Iceland in spectacular black-and-white by Randy Sellars, The Juniper Tree is a deeply atmospheric film, evocative of Carl Theodor Dreyer's Day of Wrath and Ingmar Bergman's The Virgin Spring, and filled with indelible waking dream sequences (courtesy of legendary experimental filmmaker Pat O'Neill). A potent allegory for misogyny and its attendant tragedies, The Juniper Tree is a major rediscovery for art house audiences.
New restoration by the Wisconsin Center for Film & Theater Research and The Film Foundation, with funding provided by the George Lucas Family Foundation.
SCREENING DATES AND LOCATIONS
March 15-23 Metrograph New York, NY
March 19 Alamo Drafthouse Sloan's Lake Denver, CO
March 22 Roxie Theatre San Francisco, CA
March 22-28 Austin Film Society Austin, TX
March 22-24 Pacific Cinematheque Vancouver, Canada
March 22-24 The Frida Cinema Orange County, CA
March 23-24 The Belcourt Theatre Nashville, TN
March 23 Circle Cinema Tulsa, OK
March 27 Malco Studio Memphis, TN
March 29 Amherst Cinema Amherst, MA
March 29-30 Union Cinema Milwaukee, MI
March 29-31 Northwest Film Forum Seattle, WA
April 4 Alamo Drafthouse Winchester Winchester, VA
April 4-7 UW Cinematheque Madison, WI
April 10 The Apohadion Theater Portland, ME
April 15 Northwest Film Center Portland, OR
April 19-21 The Brattle Boston, MA
May 2-3 Wexner Center Columbus, OH
May 3 Lightbox Film Center Philadephia, PA
The new restoration will have its premiere at the Metrograph in New York later this month, and will then transition to different theaters across the country.
The label has not yet revealed preliminary plans for an upcoming Blu-ray release.
Synopsis: An unsung talent in her lifetime, director, professor and Fulbright scholar Nietzchka Keene's stark, stunning debut feature The Juniper Tree is loosely based on a Brothers Grimm fairy tale of the same name, and stars Björk in her first on-screen performance. The film premiered to glowing reviews at the Sundance Film Festival in 1991 and led Keene to further direct Heroine of Hell (1996) starring Catherine Keener and Barefoot to Jerusalem (2008), the latter completed after her tragically early death in 2004.
Set in medieval Iceland, The Juniper Tree follows Margit (Björk in a riveting performance) and her older sister Katla (Bryndis Petra Bragadottir) as they flee for safety after their mother is burned to death for witchcraft. Finding shelter and protection with Johan (Valdimar Orn Fygenring), and his resentful young son, Jonas (Geirlaug Sunna Pormar), the sisters help form an impromptu family unit that's soon strained by Katla's burgeoning sorcery. Photographed entirely on location in the stunning landscapes of Iceland in spectacular black-and-white by Randy Sellars, The Juniper Tree is a deeply atmospheric film, evocative of Carl Theodor Dreyer's Day of Wrath and Ingmar Bergman's The Virgin Spring, and filled with indelible waking dream sequences (courtesy of legendary experimental filmmaker Pat O'Neill). A potent allegory for misogyny and its attendant tragedies, The Juniper Tree is a major rediscovery for art house audiences.
New restoration by the Wisconsin Center for Film & Theater Research and The Film Foundation, with funding provided by the George Lucas Family Foundation.
March 15-23 Metrograph New York, NY
March 19 Alamo Drafthouse Sloan's Lake Denver, CO
March 22 Roxie Theatre San Francisco, CA
March 22-28 Austin Film Society Austin, TX
March 22-24 Pacific Cinematheque Vancouver, Canada
March 22-24 The Frida Cinema Orange County, CA
March 23-24 The Belcourt Theatre Nashville, TN
March 23 Circle Cinema Tulsa, OK
March 27 Malco Studio Memphis, TN
March 29 Amherst Cinema Amherst, MA
March 29-30 Union Cinema Milwaukee, MI
March 29-31 Northwest Film Forum Seattle, WA
April 4 Alamo Drafthouse Winchester Winchester, VA
April 4-7 UW Cinematheque Madison, WI
April 10 The Apohadion Theater Portland, ME
April 15 Northwest Film Center Portland, OR
April 19-21 The Brattle Boston, MA
May 2-3 Wexner Center Columbus, OH
May 3 Lightbox Film Center Philadephia, PA
