Art of Action Season - Keanu-rama!
Point Break
From Academy Award winning director Kathryn Bigelow, experience Point Break, the ultimate '90s cult classic, like never before as it returns to the UK in stunning 4K.
Director: Kathryn Bigelow
Cast includes: Patrick Swayze, Keanu Reeves, Lori Petty, Anthony Kiedis
121 mins / 1991 / USA
Screening as part of our Art of Action season.
Point Break stars Keanu Reeves as FBI agent Johnny Utah, who goes undercover with a gang of surfers, led by Patrick Swayze’s Bodhi, who are suspects in a series of bank robberies. Rarely seen on big screens in the UK in recent years, Kathryn Bigelow’s ultimate 1990s cult classic returns with a 4K restoration.
We are proud to be part of a BFI UK-wide season, Art of Action, offering an action-packed journey through cinema from the jaw-dropping stunts of silent cinema pioneers via the daredevil ethos of Hong Kong filmmaking to today’s intricate dynamic visual choreography.
The Art of Action season looks at the cinematic artistry, skill and craft involved in creating iconic sequences and films as well as engaging with the historic roots and cross-cultural influences of action cinema. The overarching focus is on the physicality of actors and stunt performers whose extraordinary on-screen exploits built on the boundary-pushing legacy of their pioneering predecessors.
Without stunts, the cinematic world would be a far less interesting place, mostly consisting of people talking, walking around and sitting down. And yet the people who do them, the daring stunt performers who throw themselves off things, drive at dangerous speeds, set themselves on fire and generally risk life and limb, just for our entertainment, are rarely celebrated. Art of Action is a chance to correct this!
The season has been co-curated by Young Electrics.
Screening as part of Art of Action, a UK-wide film season supported by National Lottery and BFI Film Audience Network.
This film is F-Rated. The F-Rating is applied to all films which are directed by women and/or written by women. Find out more about F-Rating.
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