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Years of Film @ International House
THE
JANUS COLLECTION
Commemorating
the 40th Anniversary of the Protests of May 1968
In
Paris, Henri Langlois, president of the National Cinematheque
Francaise and revered godfather of the French New Wave, was
removed from his post by France’s Minister of Culture. As young
cinephiles reacted with outrage, their angry protests flowed
into a tide of political and social discontent. Highlighting
works which exemplify the continuing radical influence of '68,
these selections reflect the
filmmakers’ direct revolutionary action through cinema and invention
of new film forms along the way.
Saturday,
December 13 at 7pm
Pierrot
le fou
dir.
Jean-Luc Godard, France, 1965, 35mm, 110 mins, color, French
w/ English subtitles
 Dissatisfied
in marriage and life, Ferdinand takes off with the babysitter
(and ex-lover) Marianne and leaves the bourgeoisie behind. Yet
this is no normal road trip: it’s a stylish mash-up of consumerist
satire, politics and comic-book aesthetics, and a violent, zigzag
tale of, as Godard called them, "the last romantic couple."
With Jean-Paul Belmondo and Anna Karina at their most animated,
Pierrot le fou is one of the high points of the French
new wave.
Free admission members above Internationalist
level; $5 Internationalist members, students + seniors; $7 general
admission. In advance at TICKETWEB
and 866-468-7619 or 1/2 hour before showtime.
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