Saturday, May 27, 2006

What's Up Doc? (US)

Peter Bogdonavich, 1972, 94 minutes, UK: G

Two researchers have come to San Francisco to compete for a research grant in Music. One seems a bit distracted, and that was before he meets her... A strange woman seems to have devoted her life to confusing and embarassing him. At the same time a woman has her jewels stolen and a government whistle blower arrives with his stolen top secret papers. All, of course have the same style and color overnight bag.

This film belongs to the genre of screwball comedy that was a cultural phenomenon in US film-making...

Screening starts at 9:00pm, after introduction by Fabian Lampart (arrive early for it)

Thursday, May 11, 2006

An Andalousian Dog .. + .. Age of Gold (French)

Luis Buñuel, 1929, 16min .... + .... 1930, 60min ................

The transgression to Wednesdays continue with TWO transgressive (surreal) films by Luis Buñuel, co written with Salvador Dalí.

Wednesday, May 03, 2006

Contempt (French)

Jean-Luc Godard, 1963, 103 min, UK: 15

With this film we trangress our habit of films on Fridays... it's on a Wednesday!

A film about film and about the unravelling of a marriage, where neither one -- Camille (Brigitte Bardot) or Paul (Michel Piccoli) -- seems able to quite understand, or help, the reasons for their relationship falling apart.