Ballard’s “High Rise” @ Guild Cinema


Event Details

This event finished on 16 May 2016


High Rise at the Guild Cinema
Friday-Monday, May 13-16 – 8:00 pm only!

Directed by Ben Wheatley – 2016, 112m.  No matinees.

Based on J.G. Ballard’s brilliant novel of Utopian gone awry modernist living starring Tom Hiddleston, Jeremy Irons, Elisabeth Moss & Luke Evans! 

Starring Hiddleston as Dr. Robert Laing, the newest resident of a luxurious apartment in a high-tech concrete skyscraper whose lofty location places him amongst the upper class. Laing quickly settles into high society life and meets the building’s eccentric tenants: Charlotte (Miller), his upstairs neighbor and bohemian single mother; Wilder (Evans), a charismatic documentarian who lives with his pregnant wife Helen (Moss); and Mr. Royal (Irons), the enigmatic architect who designed the building. Life seems like paradise to the solitude-seeking Laing.  But as power outages become more frequent and building flaws emerge, particularly on the lower floors, the regimented social strata begins to crumble and the building becomes a battlefield in a literal class war.

“Lord Of The Flies meets The Towering Inferno in a chilling, thought-provoking work” – Allan Hunter, Daily Express

“Get in quickly and see it — it has cult classic written all over it.” – Chris Newbould, The National (UAE)

“An engaging and stunning watch.” – Aine O’Connor, Sunday Independent (Ireland)

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The Guild Cinema is located at 3405 Central Avenue NE, in the Nob Hill area.

Website: GuildCinema.com