The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
David Fincher / US, 2008 / 166 min.
Benjamin Button was born as an 80 year old and lives life in reverse. Tilda Swinton plays one of his great loves in David Fincher’s adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s time travel tale. About the joy of life and the sadness of death.
“I was born in bizarre circumstances,” is the opening line of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, which is more than apt for the astounding life of a man born at the close of World War One as an eighty-year-old in New Orleans who was subsequently abandoned.
Pre-film
Before The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, you will see Life Eraser by British artist Katerina Jebb (2014, 2’), an eerily beautiful mock promotional film for the nanotechnology-based skin care product ‘Life Eraser’, starring Tilda Swinton. Tilda Swinton hand-picked a short film, either from her rich oeuvre or from Eye’s collection, to precede all feature films.
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Details
Director
David Fincher
Production year
2008
Country
US
Original title
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Length
166 min.
Language
English
Subtitles
NONE
Format
DCP
Part of
Tilda Swinton
This autumn, Eye presents Tilda Swinton – Ongoing, an exclusive exhibition dedicated to the celebrated Scottish performer, artist, and fashion icon. This unique and personal exhibition centres on Swinton’s creative collaborations.
Why in Eye
A very happy memory: spending an entire night sitting at a kitchen table shooting the breeze with Brad Pitt while David Fincher shot innumerable takes of us chatting without sound. At one point, we rearranged the vegetables behind us into a distinct anatomical shape to see if he was paying attention (he wasn’t).
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