
The Bear
France, United States, 1989 | 94 min. | Dir. Jean-Jacques Annaud
Jean-Jacques Annaud’s mock nature documentary stands as one of the most beautiful, baffling kids’ movies in history, with sustained passages of “How did they do that?” leavened by more than a few instances of “Why did they do that?” (The scene where the orphaned cub trips out on mushrooms is as dumbfounding today as it was on first release.) The Bear is uneven, to say the least, but the bits that work work absolutely. Screenings will be accompanied live by a new score from Sub Pop duo No Age, which can’t help but be a good thing.