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Programme 2010
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Thursday 18 March: Suter 6.00 p.m.
The Witnesses (Les témoins)”(André Téchiné, 2007, Fr, 35mm, 112mns): The Riviera in the 1980s – a period of great social and sexual freedom – but also a time of new health threats to the promiscuous.
Thursday 25 March: Suter 6.00 p.m.
Berlin is in Germany# (Hannes Stoehr, 2001, Germany, DVD, 93mns): After eleven years in an East German prison Martin Shulz emerges into a new world following the fall of the Wall. Full of enthusiasm he sets off to make his way in a challenging environment. N.B. The AGM of the Nelson Film Society will follow this screening.
Thursday 1 April: Suter 6.00 p.m.
The Five Obstructions (De Fem Benspaend)*(Jørgen Leth, Lars von Trier, Denmark 2005, 90mns, 35mm): Lars von Trier imposes a fascinating exercise on the director Jørgen Leth requiring him to re-make his famous short film The Perfect Human in five very different ways.
Thursday 8 April: Suter 6.00 p.m.
My Winnipeg*(Guy Maddin, Canada 2007, 80mns, 35mm): A favourite from last year’s International Film Festival that didn’t make it to Nelson – an idiosyncratic and hilarious record of his native city that is so intensely personal that it can hardly be called a ‘documentary’.
Thursday 15 April: Suter 6.00 p.m., possibly at the State Cinema
La France” (Serge Bozon, France, 2007, 102mns, 35mm,): An award winning first film that mixes genres – period romance, First World War movie and pop album to provide a stimulating and very moving experience.
Thursday 22 April: Suter 6.00 p.m.
The Colour of Paradise (Rang-e Khoda)* (Majid Majidi, Iran, 1999, 90mns, 35mm): A passionate movie about a father’s relationship with his blind son that is a beautiful example of the current spate of films from Iran dealing with childhood.
Thursday 29 April: Suter 6.00 p.m.
After the Fall (Nach dem Fall)# (Eric Black, Frauke Sandig, Germany, 1999, 85mns, DVD): A documentary dealing with the fall of Berlin Wall the eradication of which is described, and sometimes lamented, by different people from different points of view.
Thursday 6 May: Suter 6.00 p.m.
Norman McLaren Dazzlers;* (1939-1971, Canada, 74mns, 35mm):
The first of our special season of McLaren films that testifies to the creativity and variety of a great film artist admired by our own Len Lye.
Wednesday 12 May: Suter 6.30 p.m.?- Check start time!
Join with the Friends of the Suter, by special invitation, to an illustrated lecture by Dr Terence Dobson of Canterbury University, to introduce our programme of films by Norman McLaren which feature in our programme this year. His visit to Nelson is supported by the Department of Theatre and Film Studies at the University of Canterbury. To be followed by a screening of: Norman McLaren the Innovator (1941–1975, Canada, 69mns, DVD):
Thursday 13 May: Suter 6.00 p.m.
Movement, Music and Conflict* (Norman McLaren, 1936-1983, Canada, 81mns, DVD). Tonight’s programme looks at the most original of McLaren’s technical experiments producing a rich array of beautiful and stimulating creations.
Thursday 20 May: Suter 6.00 p.m.
Close-Up (Nama-ye Nazdik)* (Abbas Kiarostami, Iran, 1990, 100mns, 35mm): The director’s masterpiece – a complex but comprehensible set of interwoven narratives that explore questions that are central to an understanding of film form. “Absolutely wonderful.” (Geoff Andrew).
Thursday 27 May: Suter 6.00 p.m.
Summer in Berlin (Sommer vorm Balkon)#(Andreas Dresen, Germany 2005, 107mns, DVD): A moving film full of warmth, sincerity and humour – it tells of the friendship of two women, in their thirties, during the course of a sweltering Berlin summer.
Thursday 3 June: Suter 6.00 p.m.
A Time for Drunken Horses (Zamani baraye masti abshe)* (Bahman Ghobadi, Iran, 2000, 80mns, 35mm): A docu-drama set on the mountainous Iran-Iraq border detailing the complex life of a young teen-ager trying to survive in an exceedingly challenging world – with the help of moonshine liquor to ameliorate the desperate winter conditions.
Thursday 10 June: Suter 6.00 p.m.
Love in the Time of Cholera* (Mike Newell, USA, 2007, 133mns, DVD):
A selective re-telling of the famous novel which includes all the most visually powerful scenes encountered during the lifetime of the protagonists separated for years by unrequited love.
Thursday 17 June: Suter 6.00 p.m.
Nine Queens*(Fabian Bielinsky, Argentina, 2001, 114mns, DVD): Extremely popular in Argentina this intelligent but Hollywood-style caper movie deals with a stamp theft that has the protagonists meeting all sorts of street characters in their attempt to make a dishonest living.
Thursday 24 June: Suter 6.00 p.m.
Absurdistan# (Viet Helmer, Germany, 2008, 88mns, 35mm): A love story but set in a mythical and dysfunctional village. The tale is satirical (as the title implies - with acknowledgments to Lysistrata).The women withhold sex until the men in this arid country can supply them with water.
Thursday 1 July: Suter 6.00 p.m.
The Italian,* Andrei Kravchuk, Russia, 2005, 99mns, DVD): Despite the title, this heart-wrenching debut feature film has nothing to do with Italy other than that it was to have been the destination to which lively little six-year-old Vanya was to have been sent for adoption. However, he doesn’t want to go and escapes to street life in St Petersburg instead!
Thursday 8 July: Suter. 6.00 p.m.
Comrades in Dreams# (Uli Gaulke, Germany, 2006, 100mns, DVD): A fine film for society members and those engaged in the industry. It follows the fortunes of four independent cinema owners in vastly different societies around the world. Each one is passionately committed to the art form.
Thursday 15 July: Suter. 6.00 p.m.
Apron Strings* (Sima Urale, New Zealand, 2008, 90mns, DVD): From the International Film Festival this is the tale of two mothers and sons – both engaged in the food industry but from very different perspectives – one an Anglo cake-shop owner the other an Indian TV cooking show presenter.
Thursday 22 July: Suter 6.00 p.m.
Live Cinema – Cops (Buster Keaton, USA, 1921, 18mns) College (USA, 1927, 64mns, B&W): Don’t miss our annual silent movie accompanied by Gabor Tolnay on the keyboard. Always a highlight of our season! This year we have two by your favourite – Buster Keaton – including his most famous short comedy in which his athleticism reaches new heights!
Thursday 29 July: Suter. 6.00 p.m.
No Man’s Land*(Danis Tanovic, Bosnia-Herzegovina 2001, 35mm, 98mns): This ironic black-comedy won Best Foreign Language Film Oscar in 2002. It is deeply moving in the tradition of the greatest anti-war movies.
Thursday 5 August: Suter 6.00 p.m.
To Have and Have Not* (Howard Hawks, USA 1945, 100mns, 16mm or DVD): The first of this year’s ‘classics’. Hawks re-sets Hemingway’s novel in WWII and in the Caribbean. Like Casablancait stars Bogart anda young ingénue named Betty Bacall (later to change her name to ‘Lauren’) with whom Bogart had a steamy off camera affair and eventual marriage!
Thursday 12 August: Suter 6.00 p.m.
The Man Who Knew Too Much* (Alfred Hitchcock, USA, 1956, 120mns, 16mm or DVD): Our second ‘classic’ is actually a remake of his first version (1934). It is longer but just as effective this time starring Doris Day and James Stewart and set in Morocco rather than Switzerland.
Thursday 19 August: Suter 6.00 p.m.
Sex & Lucia* (Julio Medem, Spain, 2001, 128mns, DVD): Sex and Love are the starting points for this “surprising and ravishingly beautiful film” (Tom Charity, Time Out ).
Thursday 26 August: Suter 6.00 p.m.
Dancer in the Dark*(Lars von Trier, Denmark, 2000, 140mns, DVD):
We bring back another from recent festivals to complement our earlier von Trier experience. This is his most famous (notorious?) production starring Björk as a Czech single mother working in rural America. Oddly this often lachrymose film narrative is interspersed with dance-musical sequences!
Thursday 2 September: Suter 6.00 p.m.
Swing Time* (George Stevens, USA 1936, 103mns, 35mm): The last of our ‘classics’ is truly worthy of the name! Starring Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire at the peak of their popularity this is the greatest dance movie ever made. See it on the big screen via a real 35mm celluloid print!
Wednesday 8th September to Thursday 24th September
NELSON’S 34th INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Thursday 30 September: Suter 6.00 p.m.
Back to Normandy (Retour en Normandie)” (Nicolas Philibert, France, 2007, 113mns, DVD): The director of the much-loved Etre et Avoir (To Be and to Have) Philibert returns, with his customary sensitivity, to Normandy, where he made a feature film years before, to see how his amateur actors have fared over the passing years.
Thursday 7 October: Suter 6.00 p.m.
OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies* (OSS 117: Le Caire, nid d’espions) (Michel Hazanavicius, France, 2006, 101mns, DVD): A gloriously funny film to finish our year with a celebratory bang! This spoof directed at the Bond movies is a prequel to OSS 117: Lost in Rio one of the successes of 2009’s International Festival. So, come early to celebrate (with a free drink) the end of another year of very different cinema in Nelson.
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