Twists. Turns. Thrills. Ambiguous Clues. Identical Twins. Secret Identities..

Intrigued yet?  This week's movie is guaranteed to keep you on the edge of your seat in this thrilling and yet disquieting film.

We will be watching this year's spine-tingling Enemy, directed by Denis Villeneuve (Incendies, Prisoners).  Villeneuve directed last year's thriller Prisoners, also starring Jake Gyllenhaal, which was an incredible ride of constant suspense, shock, moral questions, and ethical dilemmas which left its audience hanging on the last shot wanting to know more.  Enemy will leave you even more breathless as you watch this story unfold.  Gyllenhaal plays a college professor who is a good man looking for more excitement in his life.  After a conversation in the faculty lounge with a fellow teacher recommending a movie to watch, he picks up the DVD.  While watching, Gyllenhaal is stunned as he sees one of the background extras in the film.  The man on the screen doesn't just look like him, it could be him.  Perplexed, he begins researching this actor to find out who the man is and why they look identical.  This act leads to an intense mystery of identity, truth, and intrigue that is both provocative and intellectually stimulating.

 Enemy, is not your typical doppelganger film like so many that have come before it (Vertigo, The Prestige, Mulholland Drive, Dave, Adaptation, etc.).  Nor is it the classic doppelganger tale of mistaken identity or some other such tale birthed from literary works such as Shakespeare's Twelfth Night or Stevenson's Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.  Often, these characters are the identical twin that no one knew existed, some deeply buried family secret, or some crazy person choosing to dress and act just like another for reasons that are often nefarious.  Rather, this movie, adapted from Pulitzer Prize winning author Jose Saramago (Blindness, Jose & Pilar), is all about truth.  It is the question of, what is real and what is truth.  Can you trust what you hear?  Can you trust what you see? Can you trust the people you love?  These questions will ultimately lead you to the answer behind this mystery.
Join us this Wednesday evening at 7 p.m. in the Science Center.
You don't want to miss it.