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Every tuesday night at 7pm we meet to watch two movies.
Normally, the first one is long and rather intellectual, the second one
is a shorter action movie or comedy. They are both selected from a
list of the
greatest movies of all times, focusing on films/directors that won
international festivals.
Like most things in life, this event is made of an intellectual part and a
mundane part.
The intellectual part...
The original Movie Night is based on these principles:
- We watch "important" films by "important" directors (not "popular" movies
by "popular" actors), in particular those (the majority, unfortunately) that
are difficult to see in movie theatres or on tv.
- Suggestions
welcome, but please make sure you have a good argument to nominate a film.
There may be one film that you heard of and would like to see, but that
does not mean that the other thousand films that you never heard of are not
better. Quoting a reliable source helps: if Sight & Sound or the New York
Times or whatever selective publication wrote that it is a masterpiece,
then we are all curious to see it. If it won an international festival, it
got to be at least interesting.
If the publicity says it is a masterpiece... well, they all say so.
If you heard from your cousin who heard from her colleague who heard from
the baker that a certain film is good... that is not a convincing argument.
Make sure you specify who made the movie:
if you do not even know who made it, it is unlikely to be a masterpiece.
There are 30-50 directors in the world who dare make unconventional films.
We try to focus on those directors. It may not be possible to watch a specific
film, because not all of their films are on video/dvd, but the director
is often more important than the specific film, and another film by the
same director is as good (this is not true of Hollywood films, for example,
where directors are often faceless employees of large corporations).
- We watch two movies per night, one very intellectual (no love story,
no car chase, no funny lines) and one more conventional (to survive the
evening).
No, we don't watch Hollywood movies, especially if they are famous,
especially if acted by famous actors, especially if they have a nice story,
especially if they have a happy ending.
We can watch those in normal theatres any time we like...
And we like to suffer at least one night a week.
- No cell phones, thanks.
and the mundane part...
- We try to eat according to the nationality of the movies. So if you choose
an Iranian movie, people should bring Iranian food.
- If you are interested in joining this group,
send me an email
and I'll give you the details.
For reviews and general information on films, check
my page on cinema.
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Sometimes in 2001:
7:30pm:
Shinya Tsukamoto: Tokyo First or Tetsuo
9:15pm:
Manuel De Oliveira: Viagem ao Principio do Mundo/ Journey to the Beginning of the World
Sometimes in 2001:
7:30pm:
Victor Sjostrom: The Wind (1928)
9:15pm:
Woody Allen: Manhattan (1979, 96')
Sometimes in 2001:
7:30pm:
Martin Scorsese: Kundun
9:15pm:
No second movie due to the length of the first movie
Sometimes in 2001:
7:30pm:
Emir Kusturica: Dom za Vesanje/ Time of the Gypsies (1989)
9:15pm:
Rainer Werner Fassbinder: Die Ehe der Maria Braun/ The Marriage of Maria Braun
Scroll UP to see future program, scroll DOWN to see the movies shown the previous evenings.
April 3, 2000:
7:30pm:
Raul Ruiz: Hypothesis of the Stolen Painting
9:15pm:
Shohei Imamura: The Eel (1997)
March 1, 2000:
7:30pm:
Claude Chabrol: Le Boucher (1969)
9:15pm:
Ken Russell: The Lair Of The White Worm
February 10, 2000:
7:30pm:
Jean Eustache: La Maman et la Putain/ The Mother and the Whore (1973)
9:15pm:
February 3, 2000:
7:30pm:
David Lynch: Elephant Man
9:15pm:
Jerzy Skolimowski: The Shout (1978)
January 27, 2000:
7:30pm:
Pavel Lungin: Taksi-Blyuz (1990)
9:15pm:
Vittorio Desica: Ladri di Biciclette
December 17, 1999:
7:30pm:
Stanley Kubrick: Shining
9:15pm:
Alejandro Jodorowsky: El Topo (1970)
December 10, 1999:
7:30pm:
Godard: Breathless
9:15pm:
Wayne Wang: Smoke (1995)
December 3, 1999:
7:30pm:
John Sayles: Secret of Roan Inish (1994)
9:15pm:
John Woo: Die Xue Shuang Xiong/ Killer (1989)
October 28, 1999:
7:30pm:
Ettore Scola: Brutti Sporchi e Cattivi/Down And Dirty (1976)
9:15pm:
October 21, 1999:
7:30pm:
Woody Allen: Everyone Says I Love You
9:15pm:
October 13, 1999:
7:30pm:
Zhang Yimou: Dahong Denglong Gaogao Gua/ Raise of the Red Lantern (1991) 7.0
9:15pm:
Jane Campion: The Piano 7.0
October 6, 1999:
7:30pm:
John Sayles: Eight Men Out (1988)
9:15pm:
Takeshi Kitano: Sonatine (1993)
August 24:
7:30pm:
Walter Hill: The Long Ryders
9:30pm:
Mario Monicelli: I Soliti Ignotri/ Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958)
August 17:
7:30pm:
Patrice Leconte: Monsiur Hire (1989)
9:30pm:
Pedro Almodovar: Mujeres al Borde de un Ataque de Nervios/ Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988)
August 10, 1999:
7:30pm:
Yilmaz Guney: Duvar/ The Wall
or Yilmaz Guney: Yol (1982)7.
9:30pm:
Alex Cox: Repo Man
August 3, 1999:
7:30pm:
Werner Herzog: Aguirre
9:30pm:
Jim Jarmusch: Down by Law (1986)
July 27, 1999:
7:30pm:
Jean-Claude Lauzon: Leolo (1992)
9:30pm:
Dario Argento: Suspiria 5.
July 20, 1999:
7:30pm:
Abel Ferrara: The Addiction (1996)
9:30pm:
Eric Rohmer: Le Rayon Verte (1986)
MAR 28, 1999:
7:30pm:
Stanley Kubrick: Spartacus (1960) 5.5
9:30pm:
Shohei Imamura: Kuroi Ame/ Black Rain (1988)
DEC 15, 1998:
7:30pm:
Aki Kaurismaki: Leningrad Cowboys
9:30pm:
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DEC 8, 1998:
7:30pm:
Abel Ferrara: King Of New York
9:30pm:
Peter Jackson: Heavenly Creatures
DEC 1, 1998:
7:30pm:
Theo Angelopulos: To Pio Stin Omichli/ Landscape In The Mist (2 hours 20')
9:30pm:
Benigni: Johnny Stecchino (1 hour 50')
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