The Ice Storm

Director: Ang Lee

1997 / 112min / 35mm

Rick Moody’s novel of the same name, about two upper-crust families in New Canaan, Connecticut, negotiating suburban ennui, early winter weather, and the social upheavals of the 1970s, is brought to the screen with subtlety and acerbic humor by Lee and a once-in-a-lifetime cast that includes Kevin Kline, Joan Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Christina Ricci, Tobey Maguire, and Elijah Wood. Winner of the Palme d’Or at Cannes, where James Schamus’s literate, artful screenplay was also rewarded.

Discussion after the film with cinematographer Frederick Elmes and production designer Mark Friedberg on Friday, April 19th

Part of Filmcraft: Frederick Elmes