The Dryden will screen Die Blechtrommel (The Tin Drum, Volker Schlöndorff, West Germany/France/Poland/Yugoslavia 1979, 142 min., 35mm, German w/subtitles) as part of the Academy Awards at 90 series.

Armed with a toy drum and a voice that can shatter glass, young Oskar Matzerath (David Bennent) navigates pre—world War II Germany from the eyes of a child. Repulsed by the passiveness of society and raging against the hypocrisy and reckless behavior of the adult world, he miraculously prevents himself from aging past the age of three. A successful, surreal adaptation of Günter Grass's groundbreaking novel, The Tin Drum won both the Palme d'or at Cannes and the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film.

[source: George Eastman Museum calendar, 2018-Mar-26]