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A special screening in celebration of Peter LoPilato, Harold and Maude is Hal Ashby’s classic black rom-com about two unlikely people coming together just when they need it most.
Harold and Maude is a romantic, dark comedy about living life to the fullest. Twenty-year-old Harold (Bud Cort) is obsessed with death, passing his spare time visiting junkyards, watching building demolitions, and attending funerals of strangers. One random funeral leads him to Maude (Ruth Gordon)—a septuagenarian who shares his funeral-hopping hobby. Their unlikely friendship soon evolves into an even more taboo romance. With gallows humor considered far too dark for many critics and audiences in 1971, the film was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress in 1997. [91 min; comedy, drama, romance; English]
IU Cinema is offering this screening in honor of our dear friend, Peter LoPilato, who passed away earlier this month. Peter was the founder of the Ryder Magazine and Film Series, a champion of independent film, and a passionate advocate for the arts in Bloomington. Please join us in this celebration of Peter’s life and love for film.
