Rooftop Cinema: The Cathedral of New Emotions
July 31, 2025
9:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Madison Museum of Contemporary Art
227 State Street
Madison, WI, 53703
Overview
Rooftop Cinema: The Cathedral of New Emotions
Thursday, July 31 • 9 PM • Rooftop Sculpture Garden • Free Admission
The Cathedral of New Emotions | Helmut Herbst | Germany | 2006 | 60 minutes
Directed by Helmut Herbst, enjoy this surreal, psychedelic and truly cosmic animated feature following a commune of Berlin stoners and intellectuals who get set adrift in space in 1972. Various space flotsam smashes into the windshield paired along unusual noises. So begins our descent down the psychotic rabbit hole. The dialogue is equally bizarre, littered with cryptic sound bites. See the restored and released versions by Deaf Crocodile Films.
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About Rooftop Cinema
Bring a friend, bring a blanket or camp chairs, and prepare yourself for an evening of independent films and videos under the stars. Rooftop Cinema returns to the museum’s rooftop sculpture garden each Friday this August for its eighteenth season. Films begin at sundown, approximately 20 minutes after sunset.
Rooftop Cinema is a program of MMoCA’s education department and is curated by James Kreul. MMoCA’s film programming is generously funded by maiahaus, Venture Investors, LLC and a gift from an anonymous donor.
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