FIRE OF LOVE

Showings

1925 Hall Fri, Jul 29, 2022 12:00 PM
Manzler/Webb Screening Room Fri, Jul 29, 2022 4:30 PM
1925 Hall Fri, Jul 29, 2022 7:00 PM
1925 Hall Sat, Jul 30, 2022 12:00 PM
Manzler/Webb Screening Room Sat, Jul 30, 2022 4:30 PM
1925 Hall Sat, Jul 30, 2022 7:00 PM
Post-screening discussion from Vanderbilt University volcanologists Kristen Fauria and Brad Pitcher
1925 Hall Sun, Jul 31, 2022 12:00 PM
Manzler/Webb Screening Room Sun, Jul 31, 2022 4:30 PM
1925 Hall Sun, Jul 31, 2022 7:00 PM
1925 Hall Mon, Aug 1, 2022 5:45 PM
Manzler/Webb Screening Room Mon, Aug 1, 2022 9:45 PM
1925 Hall Tue, Aug 2, 2022 5:45 PM
Manzler/Webb Screening Room Tue, Aug 2, 2022 9:45 PM
1925 Hall Wed, Aug 3, 2022 5:45 PM
Manzler/Webb Screening Room Wed, Aug 3, 2022 9:45 PM
Manzler/Webb Screening Room Thu, Aug 4, 2022 5:45 PM
1966 Hall Thu, Aug 4, 2022 9:45 PM
1966 Hall Fri, Aug 5, 2022 2:50 PM
Manzler/Webb Screening Room Fri, Aug 5, 2022 6:25 PM
1966 Hall Sat, Aug 6, 2022 2:50 PM
Manzler/Webb Screening Room Sat, Aug 6, 2022 6:25 PM
1925 Hall Sun, Aug 7, 2022 2:50 PM
1966 Hall Mon, Aug 8, 2022 2:50 PM
Manzler/Webb Screening Room Mon, Aug 8, 2022 6:25 PM
Manzler/Webb Screening Room Tue, Aug 9, 2022 6:25 PM
Manzler/Webb Screening Room Wed, Aug 10, 2022 2:50 PM
1966 Hall Wed, Aug 10, 2022 6:25 PM
Manzler/Webb Screening Room Thu, Aug 11, 2022 2:50 PM
1966 Hall Thu, Aug 11, 2022 6:25 PM
1925 Hall Fri, Aug 19, 2022 3:35 PM
1966 Hall Sat, Aug 20, 2022 1:00 PM
1966 Hall Sun, Aug 21, 2022 1:00 PM
1966 Hall Tue, Aug 23, 2022 3:40 PM
1966 Hall Wed, Aug 24, 2022 3:40 PM
1925 Hall Fri, Aug 26, 2022 2:50 PM
1925 Hall Sat, Aug 27, 2022 2:50 PM

Description

Katia and Maurice Krafft loved two things — each other and volcanoes. For two decades, the daring French volcanologist couple were seduced by the thrill and danger of this elemental love triangle. They roamed the planet, chasing eruptions and their aftermath, and documenting their discoveries in stunning photographs and breathtaking film to share with an increasingly curious public in media appearances and lecture tours. Ultimately, Katia and Maurice would lose their lives during a 1991 volcanic explosion on Japan’s Mount Unzen — but they would leave a legacy that would forever enrich our knowledge of the natural world.

Inspired by the French New Wave, director Sara Dosa and the filmmaking team fashion a lyrical and joyous celebration of the intrepid scientists’ love and their spirit of adventure, drawing from the Kraffts’ spectacular archive of indelible, often otherworldly images, set against a playful soundtrack. Narrated by the inquisitive, inimitable Miranda July, FIRE OF LOVE tells a story of primordial creation and destruction, following two bold explorers as they venture into the implacable unknown — all for the sake of love. (Synopsis from the 2022 Sundance Film Festival)

“The force of nature comes to stunning, searing life thanks to the Kraffts' footage, whether it is rivers of magma or gouts of smoke, with the film building the case that they knew exactly the impact of what they were committing to camera would be.” —Amber Wilkinson, Eye for Film

“It's a doomed love story on every level, a gorgeous collage of a film in which romance, scientific inquiry and death do a 93-minute dance.” —Dan Fienberg, Hollywood Reporter