Followed by Q&A with filmmaker Shahram Mokri, moderated by film critic Godfrey Cheshire
One of the most dazzling and enigmatic films in recent memory, Iranian director Shahram Mokri's mind-bending mystery was inspired by a real-life tragedy, the infamous Cinema Rex fire in 1978 that triggered the Iranian Revolution. CARELESS CRIME follows three "timelines" — of arsonists planning to burn down a movie theater; of workers and students at the cinema; and of characters within the film screening at the cinema — which may or may not all be happening at the same time. Comparisons abound, from the work of Chris Marker (LA JETÉE) to Hitchcock's VERTIGO and Wojciech Has' THE SARAGOSSA MANUSCRIPT, but Mokri's film is a magnificent, multi-faceted puzzle box all its own.
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