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Programme 2008
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Thursday 27 March: Suter: 6.00 p.m.
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg* (Jacques Demy, 1964, Fr, 35mm, 92mns, Col): The first of this year’s retrospective of films by Jaques Demy and his most famous work – a wonderful pastiche of sixties-chic starring, for the first time, the twenty-year old beauty that was Catherine Deneuve.
Thursday 3 April: Suter: 6.00 p.m.
Bay of Angels* (Jacques Demy, 1962, Fr, DVD, 85mns, b&w): Another great star – Jeanne Moreau – seduces a young bank clerk in the gambling den that was Monte Carlo in the sixties.
Thursday 10 April: Suter: 6.00 p.m.
Requiem# (Hans-Christian Schmid, 2006, Ger, 35mm. 93mns, Col): The first of our contemporary German films for this season features an awesome lead performance by the young Sandra Hüller. Thus, continuing our series of movies owing much to the female star in a drama-packed tale of a troubled woman. N.B. The AGM of the Nelson Film Society will follow this screening.
Thursday 17 April: Suter. 6.00 p.m.
Pool of Princesses# (Bettina Blümner, 2007, Ger, 35mm, 90mns, Col)): A coming-of-age story set in multi-cultural Berlin that beautifully documents the lives of three 15-year-old girls.
Thursday 24 April: Suter. 6.00 p.m.
Ghosts# (Christian Petzold, 2005, Ger/Fr, 35mm, 85mns, Col): Two stories are intertwined – a couple looking for their missing child and the tale of two teenage drifters.
Thursday 1 May: Suter, 6.00 p.m.
Donkey Skin* (Jacques Demy, 1970, Fr, DVD, 90mns, Col): A charming adaptation of a fairy tale by Charles Perrault, the creator of “Cinderella”. With brilliant colour and fantastic costumes the film has become a classic for adults and young people alike.
Thursday 8 May: Suter 6.00 p.m.
Lola* (Jacques Demy, 1961, Fr, 35mm, 91mns, B&W): Demy’s first film tells the story of a night-club dancer (Anouk Aimée) who waits, against all odds or logic for a lover who left her with child seven years earlier.
Thursday 15 May: Suter 6.00 p.m.
Longing# (Valeska Grisebach, 2005, Ger, 35mm, 88mns, Col): This story of a man truly in love with two women – his wife, and a waitress he meets at a volunteer firemen’s training week in another town – has a mute intensity and a wisdom about the complexity of such affairs that is deeply affecting.
Thursday 22 May: Suter 6.00 p.m.
Jacquot de Nantes* (Agnes Varda, 1991, Fr, DVD, 118mns, b&w/Col); A bio-pic about the childhood of her husband who happened to be Jacques Demy. Thus, this docudrama is the perfect complement for the season of his films. She uses the people of Nantes, his home-town, to set the scene for the environment in which he grew up interspersing their observations with clips from his œuvre.
Thursday 29 May: Suter. 6.00 p.m.
The Young Girls of Rochefort* (Jacques Demy, 1967, Fr, DVD, 124mns, Col): A dance musical that owes much to West Side Story which Demy greatly admired. With music by Michel Legrand and starring Danielle Darrieux’s dancing prowess this is a vintage French tribute to American cinema.
Thursday 5 June: Suter. 6.00 p.m.
Zelary* (Ondrej Trojan, 2003, Czech/Austria/Slovakia), DVD, 150mns, Col): By the director of Divided We Fall Zelary is another wartime tale. In this one a city girl takes refuge in the rural heartland and gradually comes to terms with her marriage to an unsophisticated local farmer.
Thursday 12 June: Suter. 6.00 p.m.
Illustrious Energy# (Leon Narby, 1998, NZ, 35mm, 102mns, Col): The story dramatises the perilous life of Chinese prospectors in Central Otago at the time of the Gold Rush in what is the most visually beautiful New Zealand film from the early days of cinema’s renaissance in this country.
Thursday 19 June: Suter 6.00 p.m.
Zabriskie Point* (Michelangelo Antonioni, 1970, USA, 35mm, 112mns Col). Filmed in California, the Italian director sets about redefining the American dream in the baking heat of the desert. The zenith of the hippie movement is sardonically examined through European eyes.
Thursday 26 June: Suter 6.00 p.m.
The Passenger* (Michelangelo Antonioni, 1970, It/Fr/Sp, 35mm, 123mns, Col): From this year’s International Film Festival retrospective of his works comes another desert set movie – this time starring Jack Nicholson as a man on the run in North Africa.
Thursday 3 July: Suter: 6.00 p.m.
Killer of Sheep* (Charles Burnett, 1977, USA, 35mm, 80mns, b&w): The first film by this year’s featured director regarded by the Library of Congress as a ‘national treasure’. To be preceded by Several Friends (1969, DVD, 21mns) also set in Watts and an inspiration for the later feature.
Thursday 10 July: Suter. 6.00 p.m.
The Glass Shield* (Charles Burnett, 1995, USA, 35mm, 108mns, Col): A deeply political film that examines the corruption of the Los Angeles Police Department:– to be followed by When it Rains* (Charles Burnett, 1995, DVD, 13mns) An award winning short film – a beautifully told parable about humanity beating the system.
Thursday 17 July: Suter. 6.00 p.m.
My Brother’s Wedding (Charles Burnett, 1983/2007, USA, DVD, 85mns, Col): his sequel to Killer of Sheep that has only recently been re-edited for a belated release to complete our season of movies by this acclaimed black American director. And, first, The Horse* (Charles Burnett, 1973, 13mns, DVD) a short with a non-urban theme.
Thursday 24 July: Suter. 6.00 p.m.
Safety Last# (Fred Newmeyer/Sam Taylor, 1923, USA, 77mns, B&W): Don’t miss our annual silent movie accompanied by Gabor Tolnay on the keyboard. Always a highlight of our season! Starring Harold Lloyd the daredevil athletic silent star in a film which includes his iconic struggle with a giant clock face way above New York!.
Thursday 31 July: Suter 6.00 p.m.
Backbeat* (Iain Softley, 1993, UK, 16mm, 100mns, b&w/Col): A famous biopic set in Hamburg and Liverpool about the ‘fifth Beatle’, Stuart Sutcliffe, and his troubled relationship with the famous four.
Thursday 7 August: Suter. 6.00 p.m.
Kiwi Jokers – NZ Shorts# (various1988-1998, 35mm, 73mns, Col): A set of six of the most amusing New Zealand short films from the nineties including the Cannes prize-winning Lemming Aid and the hilarious Playing Possum – a live action cartoon about a most singular possum!
Thursday 14 August: Suter. 6.00 p.m.
Time Indefinite* (Ross McElwee, 1986, USA, 35mm, 114mns, Col): The first of our reality documentaries by the director of Sherman’s March observes a family dealing with life and death events – at times with black humour and at others with deeply moving pathos.
Thursday 21 August: Suter. 6.00 p.m.
Real Women Have Curves* (Patricia Cardoso, 2001, USA, DVD, 93mns, Col): Winner of the Sundance Audience Award in 2002 this contemporary movie is a warm-hearted coming-of-age drama featuring a Latino cast.- set in East L.A. Compare this film with the German Pool of Princesses!
Thursday 28 August: Suter 6.00 p.m.
Charleen* (Ross McElwee, 1978, USA, 16mm, 59mns, b&w): features Charleen Swansea, a ‘wise and flamboyant’ friend of McElwee’s, in her everyday life as an inspiring teacher – to be followed by Backyard (1984, 40mns) in which he exposes a microcosm of Southern Society: his brother, a medical student, his father, a surgeon and all the people with whom they come into daily contact.
Thursday 4 September: Suter 6.00 p.m.
Cosi* (Mark Joffe, 1995, Aus, 16mm, 100mns, Col): A heart-warming observation of a group of patients staging a challenging musical production. The often bewildered producer comes up with a funny, charming, and enjoyable outcome.
Thursday 11th September to Wednesday 24th September, NELSON’s 32nd INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Thursday 25 September: Suter, 6.00 p.m.
Stalker* (Andrey Tarkovsky, 1979, USSR, 35mm, 161mns, b&w/Col): Last screened by Film Society in 1993 we bring back - by request - this evocative sci-fi film which owes so much to The Wizard of Oz.
Thursday 2 October: Suter, 6.00 p.m.
Man Without a Past* (Aki Kaurismaki, 2002, Fin/Ger/Fr, DVD, 91mns, Col): A an amiable comedy by Finland’s deadpan laureate of the unfortunate about a man suffering memory loss whilst living amidst a plethora of quirky characters.
Thursday 9 October: Suter, 6.00 p.m.
Forbidden Quest* (Kim Dae-woo, 2006, Korea, 35mm, 144mns, Col): From the latest source of cult cinema comes this historical drama about the writer and illustrator of erotic novels – a fascinating way to complete the season! Come early to celebrate with a drink to mark the end of another year of very different cinema
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