- Thursday, August 09, 2012
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Wanda
Phyllis Wattis Theater
7:00 p.m.
Barbara Loden, 1970, 102 min., 35mm
Set in the coal mining region of Pennsylvania, this film follows Wanda, an alcoholic who abandons her husband and children for a life of drinking and sleeping with strange men. Her world changes again when she walks in on a man attempting to rob a bar and ends up on the road as his partner in crime — a ride that leads them both toward the unexpected.
Part of Cindy Sherman Selects.
$5 general; free for SFMOMA members or with museum admission (requires a free ticket, which can be picked up in the Haas Atrium).
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Image: Barbara Loden, Wanda (still), 1971; courtesy Bardene International/Photofest; ©Bardene International
Restored by UCLA Film & Television Archive with funding provided by Gucci and the Film Foundation.
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