Lincoln Center’s white light festival on Film: Dreyer’s ‘Ordet’

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  Now in its ninth year, Lincoln Center's white light festival explores ways of  better understanding one's self and others.  While there are no easy answers, generous programming in and around the complex provide artistic responses to seeking inner peace and fellowship.  Here at Stagebiz we are excited about, well, the stage, let's make an exceptional exception.  white light's first week included one of cinema's greatest seekers: Carl-Theodor Dreyer (1889-1968).  His disquieting Ordet (The Word, 1955), screened on October 18 at the Walter Reade Theater, illustrates the interchanging properties of "light" and "dark." The Danish director made only four feature films.  Three are

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