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47011_AFI_AGSCG 8/26/04 7:21 AM Page 1 THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE GUIDE Sept. 10-Oct. 28, 2004 ★ TO THEATRE AND MEMBER EVENTS VOLUME 1 • ISSUE 13 AFIPREVIEW

Featuring: THX 1138 BATTLE OF ALGIERS SILVER CITY American University Political Comedy Festival Tribute to Plus: The of Jazz Film Festival DC Labor Filmfest Korean Comedy Series Much More!

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MARLON BRANDO IN QUEIMADA! Film Festival DC AREA PREMIERE OF THE UNCUT VERSION OF ’S QUEIMADA! September 22–October 3 47011_AFI_AGSCG 8/26/047:21AMPage2

• TO ORDER TICKETS: WWW.AFI.COM/SILVER • 2 NOW PLAYING Institute, Membership Department,2021 N. Avenue, Los Angeles,CA90027. ing offices. Membership. Periodicalspostage paid atSilver Spring,Marylandandatadditionalmail- American FilmInstitute, 2021 N.Western Ave., Los Angeles,CA90027, Attention: and correspondences aboutsubscriptions,undelivered copies andaddress changesto: scriptions alsoincludemembership intheAmericanFilmInstitute. Sendallremittances Silver Spring,MD20910(301.495.6720). Subscription price: $50.00 peryear. Allsub- lishing andadvertising offices: AFISilver Theatre andCultural Center, 8633Colesville Rd., r essarily reflect theofficialinstitute policy. Institute’s office at8633Colesville Road, Silver Spring,MD. Signedarticlesdonot nec- AFI PREVIEW Check www.AFI.com/Silver for updates. Films andschedulesubjectto change. Information iscorrect atpress time. Inset: MarlonBrando in QUEIMADA! On thecover: Paulina Gálvez inSUBTERRA Special ScreeningsandEvents DC AreaExclusive K About AFISilver/ Calendar 8-9 Film Series Film Festivals F 4Filmsby Italiandirector ElioPetri 14 6NAPOLEON 16 AConversation withEdith Head& 16 MahaliaJacksonBirthday 16 5Montgomery College Series 15 Mid-Atlantic Regional 15 Korean Comedies 15 3JazzFilmFestival, including 13 13 eserved. Reproduction inpartorwholewithoutpermissionisprohibited. Editorial, pub- 4 4P 6L 5 2B 2 3 3 3 eatures ennedy CenterTheatres10 H ATO H LEDEVILS BLUE THE OF LAST THE Latin American fe Fe American University PoliticalComedy ME including ROGERAND LaborFilmfest, The 4thAnnualDC cenn fTELD EVE LADY screening ofTHE C TOMORROW OF WORLD THE AND SKY CAPTAIN Screening of Members’ OnlyAdvance LAUGHED ALL screening ofTHEY Showcase (MARS) REDUX NOW including APOCALPYSE Marlon Brando Tribute Series, QUEIMADA! [BURN!] SILVER CITY THX 1138 atin AmericanFilmFestival, eter Bogdanovich booksigning& AT elebration aturing filmsandshortsfrom across s Postmaster: Sendaddress changes to AFIPREVIEWatAmericanFilm (ISSN-0194-3847) ispublished every sixweeks by theAmericanFilm ia,icuigWGTEDOG THE tival, includingWAG TLE OFALGIERS © 2004 AmericanFilmInstitute. Allrights Directed/written byJohn Renzi. Sayles;Directed/written producedbyMaggie US, 2004,color, 130 min. at theAUPolitical ComedyFestival. 2004 elections. slashing satiremarkSayles’s timely lookatthestateofuniononeve andtoxic ofthe ofplaceand sense anunerring Kay dialogue, Place. Pitch-perfect andMary Kristofferson, Bello, Hannah,Maria Thora byDarryl Birch, withperformances Timspeckled Roth, Kris workers— migrant andundocumented conglomerates, plunderers environmental media lobbyists, andcorruption—high-stakes intoacomplexweb anddeeper ofinfluence deeper P tive Danny (Danny O’Brien Huston) and toinvestigate thecorpse between links potential managerChuck Dreyfuss)campaign Raven (Richard hiresjournalist-turned-private-detec- hisferocious ad, political thetapingofan environmental during reeled inacorpse Colorado’s Jud (MichaelMurphy). Senator Pilager he’s venerable discovers Dickie When Cooper), scionof thescapegrace da candi- “user-friendly” challenged, r follows thegubernato- the film dr detective story. Against theback- lampoonandneo-noir political scathing equalparts comes afilm Am iconoclasticvoicesof essential From John Sayles, oneofthe Opens Friday, September 17 SILVER CITY FEATURED FILMS subtitles. subtitles. Englishand Arabic with b& Ya produced bySaadi Fr P Directed byGillo . Best Directorand Oscar nominationsfor F ofthe Winner Venice Film made”—critic Jan Dawson. ever film political the finest throbbing score,“probably his andEnnioMorricone’s Backedby used.” has been “Not onefootofnewsreel had toadd thedisclaimer, crowd thathe fying scenes inhiselectri- authenticity P professional cast,Gillo non- an almostentirely locationsandwith actual laPointe. Shot on rebel Ali ofAlgerian the surrender In with dailyshows at6:30&8:45 K BATTLE OFALGIERS[LaBattagliadiAlgeri] NEW 35mmPRINT!ALLSUBTITLES! RATED R ial campaign ofgrammatically ial campaign ontecorvo achieved such ontecorvo estival Lionand Golden ilager family enemies. In the tradition of great noir films, Danny’s noirfilms, In ofgreat ilager family enemies. thetradition investigation him pulls ontecorvo; written by written ontecorvo; ennedy Center: Friday, October 22through Thursday, October 28,

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FEATURED FILMS MARLON BRANDO Exclusive Washington Area Theatrical Digital Re-Release! THX 1138 Opens Friday, September 10 A complete digital restora- tion of THX 1138, George Lucas’s bold independent first feature. Set in the 25th century in a LAST IN PARIS dystopia located beneath the APOCALYPSE NOW REDUX Earth, Robert Duvall is THX Marlon Brando (The Director’s 2001 Re-Cut) To mark the passing of a legend—and by Sun, Oct 10, 7:30; Mon, Oct 11, 7:30; 1138—a name- many estimates, America’s greatest actor— Thu, Oct 13 7:30 less worker in a robot factory who defies anti-sex laws by inadvertently AFI Silver presents some of Marlon Brando’s falling in love with his roommate after she tampers with his government- ’s Vietnamese greatest films, with a new print of ON THE fantasy inspired by Joseph Conrad’s Heart induced medication. Shades of Fritz Lang’s METROPOLIS, Orwell’s 1984 of Darkness. Martin Sheen’s doom-laden and Huxley’s Brave New World resonate throughout. With all-new special WATERFRONT to follow in November. expedition travels up river to “terminate effects, this meticulous restoration of the original feature has added six with extreme prejudice” delusional previously-cut minutes of footage and removed decades of dirt and APOCALYPSE NOW officer Marlon Brando and his renegade scratches from the film’s negative, returning Lucas’s sleek, striking images band. “The ultimate war movie... not to be missed.”—Jack Kroll, . to their original brilliance. Directed/produced/written by Francis Directed and co-written by George Lucas; co-written by Walter Ford Coppola; co-written by John Murch; produced by Lawrence Sturhahn. US, 1971/2004, color, 95 Milius. US, 1979/2001, color, scope, min. RATED R 202 min. RATED R LAST TANGO IN PARIS [Ultimo tango a Parigi] Fri, Oct 8, 11:00pm; Sat, Oct 9, 11:00pm; FEATURED FILM Sun, Oct 10, 4:30; Tue, Oct 12, 6:30 & 9:20 From the Director of BATTLE OF ALGIERS! In ’s most controver- sial film, a middle-aged Brando— The Washington, DC Area Premiere of the uncut version of consumed with grief over his wife’s suicide—initiates an affair with a young Gillo Pontecorvo’s QUEIMADA! [Burn!] woman (Maria Schneider). One of Brando’s unqualified artistic triumphs Opens Friday, October 15, with daily shows through Thursday, October 28 and his most personal, especially in the improvised monologue about his youth. On a Caribbean island in the 1840s, Marlon Brando’s ambiguously Directed/written by Bernardo motivated British agent provocateur William Walker helps black Bertolucci; co-written by Franco slaves free themselves from their colonial overlords. But ten years later, Arcalli; produced by Alberto Grimaldi. Brando returns—to suppress a second revolt. Director Pontecorvo’s France/Italy, 1972, color, 129 min. In follow-up to his legendary BATTLE OF ALGIERS was cut by 20 English and French with subtitles. minutes and “dumped” on its US release. Thanks to John Kirk of RATED X (1972). NOT APPROPRIATE FOR AUDIENCES UNDER 18. MGM/UA, the original version has been fully restored (including Brando dubbed in Italian). But even in its mutilated state, “An amazing film, intensely controversial even in its failures; a luxuriant, ecstatic epic.”—. Fri, Oct 8, 7:30; Sat, Oct 9, 7:30; Sun, Oct 10, 1:00; Wed, Oct 13, 7:30 Directed by Gillo Pontecorvo; written by Franco Solinas and Francis Ford Coppola’s adaptation of Giorgio Arlorio; produced by Alberto Grimaldi. Italy, 1969, color, 132 Mario Puzo’s bestseller about the Mafia min. In Italian with English subtitles. RATED PG was made over the studio’s objections (among them, the casting of Brando and Al Pacino). Although Brando’s screen time is less than Pacino’s star-making “A fictional melange of the story of William Walker’s adventures in performance, it dominates the film and Nicaragua, Tousaint l’Ouverture’s victory in Haiti, Fidel Castro’s gureilla army marks his comeback from a near decade- long dry spell. in the Sierra Madre, and counter-guerilla warfare in Vietnam” Directed by Francis Ford Coppola; —TOM ZANIELLO, WORKING STIFFS, UNION MAIDS, REDS AND written by Coppola and Mario Puzo, RIFFRAFF, AN EXPANDED GUIDE TO FILMS ABOUT LABOR from Puzo’s novel; produced by Albert S. Ruddy. US, 1972, color, 175 min. RATED R

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SPECIAL EVENT DC LABOR FILMFEST PETER TAKE OUT Director Gabriel Miller & Featured Artists Live BOGDANOVICH The 4th Annual DC On Stage! IN PERSON! Labor Filmfest World Premiere! September 10-12 TELL US THE TRUTH: Book Signing & Organized and presented by the THE DOCUMENTARY Metropolitan Washington Council of the Saturday, September 11, 8:00 p.m. Screening AFL-CIO, the Debs-Jones-Douglass Institute Chronicling 2003’s 15-city musical tour challenging media consolidation and Tuesday, October 5, 8:00 and the , the 4th raising global trade issues, this telling annual DC Labor Filmfest boasts an array documentary includes dramatic footage Author and director (THE LAST PICTURE of new and recent films about work and of the unprovoked police attacks on SHOW, WHAT’S UP DOC, PAPER MOON, workers from around the world. From the demonstrators at the FTAA (Free Trade DAISY MILLER, etc.) American heartland to the farthest reaches Area of the Americas) meetings in Miami. of the globalized international economy, Featured artists include Billy Bragg, Steve will sign copies of his new book, Who Earle, Jill Sobule, Rage Against the the Hell’s In It, featuring portraits and all of these films explore working life and Directors Shih-Ching Machine’s Tom Morello, Janeane Garafalo, conversations with 26 of Hollywood’s the costs of living, through universally Tsou and Sean Baker Lester Chambers of the Chambers most acclaimed actors. Marlon Brando, recognizable stories and characters. Live On Stage! Brothers, The Coup’s Boots Riley, REM’s Mike Mills and Jenny Toomey, founder of Marilyn Monroe, and two dozen other Washington Area the Future of Music Coalition. Premiere! stellar figures receive intimate appreci- OPENING NIGHT Directed/written/produced by Gabriel ations by “one of America’s finest 15th Anniversary! TAKE OUT Miller. US, 2004, color, video, 97 min. writers on the cinema.”—Boston ROGER & ME Saturday, September 11, 3:15 p.m. Artists Jill Sobule, Boots Riley Globe. Mr. Bogdanovich will offer an Friday, Septmber 10, 7:30; A day in the life of Ming Ding, an illegal and Lester Chambers are introduction and post-screening discus- Chinese immigrant working as a delivery scheduled to attend. Sunday, September 12, 3:30 man for a Chinese takeout in New York. sion of , which he If Michael Moore is now a household Behind on his payments to the smug- has called his “most personal” movie. name and documentaries are in your gling ring that brought him to the US, BLIND SHAFT [Mang Jing] This special event is co-sponsored by local cineplex, credit Moore’s ROGER & Ming faces an end-of-the-day deadline, Sunday, September 12, 6:00 p.m. Politics and Prose. A portion of the pro- ME for laying the groundwork. or else. “A deeply affecting portrayal of a Every day, thousands of workers risk Chronicling the impact of General struggling Chinese émigré in contempo ceeds will benefit the DC Independent their lives in ’s dangerous and often Motors’ plant closings on the people of Gotham.”—Variety. corruptly run mines. In one such mine, Film Festival. Flint, Michigan—Moore’s hometown— Co-directed/written/produced by Song and Tang have a plan to get this exposé highlights the absurd in the Shih-Ching Tsou and Sean Baker. US, ahead—one that involves murder and everyday, often thanks to interviewees 2004, color, video, 87 min. In English extortion. The simplicity and naiveté of THEY ALL LAUGHED all too ready to place their feet in their and Mandarin and Spanish with their intended victim gradually alters the Tuesday, Oct 5, 8:00 mouths. Moore’s quixotic attempt to English subtitles. NOT RATED partner’s relationship—and ultimately, interview GM CEO Roger Smith their moneymaking scheme. Winner, Peter Bogdanovich’s breezy Filmmakers Shih-Ching Tsou comedy of private eyes Ben becomes its own commentary on corpo- Silver Bear, 2003 Berlin Film Festival. rate (un)accountability. and Sean Baker will introduce Directed/written/produced by Li Yang. Gazzara, John Ritter and co-writer the film and participate in a Blaine Novak on the trail of beau- Directed/written/produced by Germany/China, 2003, color, 92 min. In Michael Moore. US, 1989, color, 91 post-screening audience Q&A. Mandarin with English subtitles. ties and Dorothy min. RATED R Stratton. The last starring feature UNRATED role for Hepburn and the last Director Robert M. appearance of Stratton, whose Young and Producer Joel tragic murder soon after produc- Ehrlich Live On Stage! tion (chronicled in ’s Washington Area ) contributed to the film’s Premiere! limited release. Directed/written by Peter HUMAN ERROR Bogdanovich; co-written by [aka Below the Belt] Blaine Novak; produced by Saturday, September 11, 5:30 Novak and George Morfogen. US, Directed by Robert M. Young (ALAM- BRISTA!), this quirky, dark comedy 1981, color, 115 min. RATED PG MONDAYS IN THE SUN features two workers who have left their families and homes for jobs in a strange ADDED EVENT! factory that produces quite-possibly toxic MONDAYS IN THE SUN products. Pitted against one another by • TO ORDER WWW.AFI.COM/SILVER TICKETS: • SPECIAL PRE- BLIND SHAFT [Los Lunes al Sol] their scheming, insecure manager, they SCREENING RECEPTION! Saturday, September 11, 1:00 p.m. wrestle over who will rise in the ranks of Tuesday, Oct 5, 6:30-7:30 p.m. the decaying multinational conglomerate. stars in this powerful By the Director of Come visit with Peter Features an innovative mix of live-action BATTLE OF ALGIERS! story about shipyard workers in and CGI. “A postindustrial, pre-apoca- Bogdanovich at a special wine and northern . Laid off as a result of lyptic, existential comedy.”—Matthew Gillo Pontecorvo’s cheese reception in AFI Silver’s industrial restructuring and waterfront Tobey, All Movie Guide. third floor conference room (atten- gentrification, workers try to make ends QUEIMADA! [BURN!] meet and struggle to recover identities Directed by Robert M. Young; written strictly limited). Copies of by Richard Dresser; produced by Joel Sunday, September 12, 8:00 p.m. Who the Hell’s In It will be available defined by their labors. Winner of five Goyas, including best picture, best Ehrlich. US, 2004, color, 95 min. An overlooked classic in the late, great for purchase and signing. $35 per Marlon Brando canon—newly restored director and best actor for Bardem. Filmmakers Robert M. Young person includes reception and to its full running length! See full notes Directed/written by Fernando Leòn and Joel Ehrlich will intro- ticket to THEY ALL LAUGHED. A on page 3. de Aranoa. Spain, 2002, color, 113 min. duce the film and participate portion of the proceeds benefits Italy, 1969, color, 132 min. In Italian In Spanish with English subtitles. in a post-screening Q&A. the DC Festival. RATED R with English subtitles. RATED PG

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AU POLITICAL COMEDY FESTIVAL A-Changin’ Back, he may be involved in illegal drug and weapons trafficking, The American University School of and he’ll stop at nothing to unseat liberal incumbent Brickley Paiste (Gore Vidal). Supporting players include Susan Communication Presents: The 2004 Sarandon, , Peter Gallagher, Helen Hunt and Jack Black. Political Comedy Festival Directed/written by ; produced by Forrest Murray. US, 1992, September 16-19 color, 102 min. RATED R Humor plays an increasing role in mainstream political life. For some, it’s part of the ELECTION SPECIAL PANEL steady decline of public discourse. Others argue that comedians are asking the questions DISCUSSION that journalists should be asking, and provoking public debate. ELECTION An American Forum panel dis- American University School of Communication, in conjunction with AFI, Turner Classic Saturday, September 18, 3:00 cussion, “Presidential Shtick and Movies, The Newseum, WAMU, Discovery Communications and Borders Books & Music, “It’s like my mom said: the weak are Political Speechwriters,” will fol- proudly presents this series of films, performances and panel discussions examining the always trying to sabotage the strong,” low the screening. Moderated proclaims monstrously ambitious Reese by AU professor and FOX NEWS influence of political comedy on the American political landscape. Witherspoon, running unopposed for WATCH’s Jane Hall, the panel student council president. Teacher OPENING EVENT Matthew Broderick decides she needs to features former Gerald Ford be taken down a peg, but quickly speechwriter Pat Butler (Vice OODRTCES W.F.O/IVR• TICKETS: WWW.AFI.COM/SILVER ORDER • TO Special Sneak Preview! discovers how weak he is against Tracy’s President, Writer/Director John heightened state of ambition. Dazzling Company), former Bill Clinton Sayles and Producer performances and an Oscar-nominated and now Senator John Kerry script make for perhaps the best satire of speechwriter Terry Edmonds; Live On the 1990s. Stage! Ronald Reagan and George H. PRIMARY COLORS Directed/written by ; Bush speechwriter Chriss co-written by , from the novel Winston; and Mark Katz author “Anonymous” Author by Tom Perotta; produced by Albert SILVER CITY of the Clinton biography Clinton Thursday, September 16, 7:00 p.m. Joe Klein & NPR’s Pat Berger, David Gale and Ron Yerxa. US, 1999, color, 103 min. RATED R and Me. Multi-award-winning Dowell Live On Stage! writer/director John Sayles (LONE PRIMARY COLORS SPECIAL PANEL STAR, RETURN OF THE Friday, September 17, 7:00 DISCUSSION SECAUCUS 7, , Years after it caused a sensation, who can etc.) takes a scathing satirical look A Discovery Times “Political say where fact and Bill Clinton-inspired Dish” post-screening discus- at contemporary politics. See page 2 fiction stop and start in Joe Klein’s roman for complete note. sion on the impact of political à clef? Perceptive about politics and the humor on the 2004 election Directed/written by John Sayles; people that practice them, the novel was follows the screening. Hosted produced by Maggie Renzi. ably adapted for the screen by Oscar- by ’ Todd RATED R nominated Elaine May. Stellar perform- ances include John Travolta as Governor Purdum, panelists include This special sneak preview Jack Stanton, as his Internet humorist Andy features an introduction by wife, and Billy Bob Thornton and Kathy Borowitz (CNN’s AMERICAN WAG THE DOG Larry Kirkman, Dean of the Bates as campaign staffers. MORNING; author of The School of Communication Directed/produced by ; Borowitz Report: The Big at American University, and AU Alumni Director written by Elaine May, after the novel Book of Shockers) and Matt Barry Levinson & Critic a post-screening on stage by “Anonymous,” (aka Joe Klein). US, Cooper (TIME magazine’s interview of the filmmakers 1998, color, 143 min. RATED R Desson Thomson Live White House correspondent— On Stage! by American University’s NPR/WETA-FM film critic and and sometime stand-up Pat Aufderheide. American University School of comedian). WAG THE DOG Communication adjunct pro- Sunday, September 19, 7:30 fessor Pat Dowell will inter- AN EVENING WITH DICK When the President of the United States view Primary Colors author is accused of relations with an underage Joe Klein live on stage after GREGORY AND FRIENDS girl, shady spin doctor Robert De Niro the screening. Saturday, September 18, 8:00 plans to invade Albania to crowd the A tribute to the legendary comedian, scandal coverage off the front page. To Live! On Stage! actor, political activist and writer that save the cost of a real war, De Niro hires will include clips from his television Hollywood producer Dustin Hoffman to Introductions by appearances and some live, free- fake one—with surprising conse- wheeling political and social humor quences. The title remains part of the Host Ben Mankiewicz contributed by Gregory himself and popular political lexicon today, and it’s At THE GREAT some of his friends. Hosted by ABC’s time for a second viewing. McGINTY & ELECTION! (AU Alumnus) Tony Perkins and Gene Directed/produced by Barry Levinson; Policinski and co-sponsored by the First written by Hilary Henkin and David THE GREAT MCGINTY Amendment Center and In The Public Mamet; co-produced by Robert De Saturday, September 18, 1:00 Eye Communications, the evening also Niro and Jane Rosenthal. US, 1997, features young Washington, DC comics. color, 97 min. RATED R SILVER CITY opens for an In ’ 1940 political satire, (as Dan McGinty) succeeds Director Barry Levinson extended run Friday, in his chosen field of crooked politics, but September 17 at the AFI BOB ROBERTS returns to AFI Silver for a risks it all in a moment of honesty. With Sunday, September 19, 3:00 Silver Theatre. Check post-screening discussion stellar performances by with Washington Post film www.afi.com/silver and (The Boss) and . Best This farcical mockumentary marks the newspaper listings for Original Screenplay Oscar for Sturges. directorial debut of Tim Robbins, who critic Desson Thomson. Both also portrays the eponymous folksinging are alumni of the American show times. Directed/written by Preston Sturges; right-wing Senate candidate. His songs University School of produced by Paul Jones. 1940, US, include the anti-Dylan The Times They Are b&w, 82 min. Communication. 5 47011_AFI_AGSCG 8/26/04 7:22 AM Page 6

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Audry Gutierrez Alea (who co-scripted) exhibits surprising feet of clay as he and to a heritage he thought he had left BOLIVIA tracks a vicious serial killer. Latin American behind. From its sweeping opening single Directed/written by Miguel Faria Jr.; shot to its cliché-eschewing conclusion, Director Rodrigo Bellott produced by Tino Navarro, Bruno Film Festival this is a striking debut. Live On Stage at the Stropiana and José Zimerman. , Directed/written/produced by Jorge Thursday, September 23 2001, color, 124 min. In Portuguese/ September 22 Dyszel; co-written by Audry Gutierrez screening!* French/English with English subtitles. through October 3 Alea; co-produced by José Luis Lobato and Fernando Sokolowicz. , SEXUAL DEPENDENCY A concentrated look at the latest and best 2003, b&w/color, 102 min. [Dependencia Sexual] MARGARETTE’S FEAST from Latin America, with special thanks to Kennedy Center: Thu, Sept 23, 8:50* [Festa de Margarette] the Organization of American States and AFI Silver: Sat, Sept 25, 9:30 Kennedy Center: Sat, Sept 25, 6:45; STRANGE [Extraño] Sun, Oct 3, 7:00 the Association of Ibero-American Cultural AFI Silver: Sat, Sept 25, 7:25; Aseries of mostly improvised stories about Bad news for Hique Gomez: he’s been laid Wed, Sept 29, 8:55 sex are presented almost completely split- Attachés. Films will screen at the AFI off from his car parts job. Good news: his screen, offering alternate angles of the same A chamber piece of a mid-life crisis, as suitcase of severance pay seems bottom- Silver Theatre or the AFI National Film event, as well as parallel and simultaneous surgeon Julio Chávez drifts from woman less. Or is this a dream? Director/photogra- Theater at the Kennedy Center. events—a date , a paid-for sexual initi- to woman until he finally meets pregnant pher Falcâo’s first feature is a black and ation, suppressed homosexual longings in a Viewers will be given ballots for Best Raquel Albéniz. Can communication be white, silent throwback to Chaplin—all to locker room. Intimacy is tough all over— Director and Best Film in the Festival. achieved? According to the filmmakers: the tune of Gomez’s lively musical score. from Santa Cruz, Bolivia, to an upstate “This is a film of cautious words, of a Cannes, Toronto, Tribeca film festivals. Award-winning films will be presented on fragile silence.” Tiger Award, Rotterdam NewYork campus. Featuring a debuting Sunday, October 3. Festival; San Sebastian Festival. cast. FIPRESCI Prize, Locarno Festival; Directed/written by Renato Falcão; Toronto Film Festival. produced by Regina Datria. Brazil, Unless otherwise noted, all films are Directed/written by Santiago Loza; 2004, b&w, 90 min. In Portuguese Directed/written/produced by in Spanish with English subtitles. produced by Ana Laura Bonet, with English subtitles. Francesca Feder and Maria Galarza. Rodrigo Bellott; co-produced by Greg Argentina, 2002, color, 87 min. Leonarczyk and Ara Katz. Bolivia, ARGENTINA PLUS 2003, color, 104 min. NOT RECOM- MAN OF THE YEAR MENDED FOR VIEWERS UNDER 18 [O homem do ano] CANTAUTOR AFI Silver: Fri, Oct 1, 8:50; Sun, Oct 3, 3:30 THE SOUTHERN CROSS In ruthless pursuit of fame, two men [La cruz del sur] kidnap a young woman to play their Stuck with a blonde dye-job by a losing bet, Murilo Benício (BELLY UP, 98 Fest) Kennedy Center: Tue, Sept 28, 8:15; new solo violin version of the tango in Sat, Oct 2, 7:00 ends the taunts with a bullet, and soon this darkly lit black comedy from he’s a successful hit man with a wife Their drug deal double-cross gone sour, Argentina. (Cláudia Abreu: TIETA OF AGRESTE, Luciano Suardi, girlfriend Letizia Lestido Directed/written by Emiliano Romero. 98 Fest; THE MIDDLE OF THE and transvestite brother Wendy Argentina, 2002, color, 12 min. WORLD), a kid, his victim’s girlfriend (Humberto Tortonese) stop en route to and a pet pig named Bill. A suspenseful refuge in Paraguay at the family’s seaside and humorous thriller by a father home. But this is no reunion: Dad Mario HOTELS [Hoteles] (writer)/son (director) team. Best Film, Paolucci has never reconciled with Wendy, Kennedy Center: Tue, Sept 28, 6:30; Director, Actor: Miami Brazilian Film the whole family routinely eats drugs like Sat, Oct 2, 1:00 Festival. food, and enraged dealers are in pursuit. The experimental, non-narrative first Directed/written/produced by José With minimal dialogue and no music work of 46-year-old film school head Aldo Henrique Fonseca; co-produced by before the final credits, this is a stark, Paparella, with starkly contrasted photog- Leonardo Monteira de Barros and atmospheric debut. . raphy, often startling music/sound effects, Flavio R. Tambellini. Brazil, 2003, Directed/written/produced by Pablo minimal dialogue—and one sequence shot color, 113 min. In Portuguese with Reyero; co-written by Gustavo Fontán solely in stills. Shot in five rooms in five English subtitles. and Jorge Goldenberg; co-produced by cities: Shanghai, New York, Buenos Aires, Margarita Seguy. Argentina, 2003, Chernobyl, and Asuncion, Paraguay. color, 87 min. Directed/written/produced by Aldo Paparella; co-produced by Carlos Biloti. FINALLY, THE SEA Argentina, 2003, b&w/color, 90 min. BRAZIL [En fin, el mar] Joaquim de Almeida AFI Silver: Thu, Sept 23, 6:30; BLUE SKY, BLACK SKY Live On Stage! Thu, Sept 30, 8:55 [Cielo azul, cielo negro] The DC Area Premiere! Taking a break from a Miami business AFI Silver: Sun, Sept 26, 4:55; trip, Cuban-American wheeler-dealer Joel Mon, Sept 27, 8:30 THE XANGO OF BAKER Núñez finds wreckage washing up on the Stories overlap and interlock in this beach, inscribed with two names. It starts STREET/A SAMBO experimental, mainly non-narrative THE MAN WHO COPIED

• TO ORDER WWW.AFI.COM/SILVER TICKETS: • an odyssey back to Núñez’s homeland, to debut film: a young girl videotaping FOR SHERLOCK [O homem que copiava] amid crowds; a balding loner visiting a [O Xangô de Baker Street] hospital; a bizarre Helmut Newton-type AFI Silver: Sat, Oct 2, 6:00 & 9:00 fashion shoot; a grey, curly-haired man reliving his wedding in a Felliniesque In 1886 Rio, the Emperor of Brazil has MIDDLE OF THE WORLD dream sequence. But in this mostly lost a priceless violin—and French [O caminho das nuevens] dialogue-less story punctuated by some- actress (Maria de AFI Silver: Sat, Sept 25, 3:40; time allusive voiceover sequences, all the Medeiros: PULP FICTION, HENRY Tue, Sept 28, 6:30 AND JUNE) advises him to call in characters seem to finally end up in the Based on a true story, unemployed truck same place. . A hilarious and thrilling adaptation of the international driver Wagner Moura decides he’ll travel Directed/written by Paula de Luque bestseller by Jo Soares, Brazil’s Johnny all 2,000 miles to Rio with wife Cláudia and Sabrina Farji; produced by Carson, and with Joaquim de Almeida Abreu and five kids in tow—by bicycle! Marcelo Schapces. Argentina, 2003, (24, CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER) Commercial and music video director color, 90 min. as the immortal, impeccably British Amorim’s first feature is a road movie BLUE SKY BLACK SKY sleuth who samples and caipir- panorama of Brazil, spiced with familial [Cielo azul, cielo negro] inhas, finds romance with Letícia conflicts. Sabatella (DURVAL DISCOS), and Directed by Vicente Amorim; written 6 47011_AFI_AGSCG 8/26/04 7:22 AM Page 7

CHILE PLUS GREEN I LOVE YOU SUBTERRA [Verde que te Quiero] Kennedy Center: Sat, Sept 25, 8:30; Green and white inchoate forms and Sat, Oct 2, 5:00 humanoids battle for supremacy in this In 1897 , oppressed coal miners dialogue-less, grippingly semi-abstract dream of revolt while Héctor Noguera (as animation without dialogue from Chile. real life mogul Luis Cousiño) in his pala- Directed/written/produced by Tomás tial mansion dreams of electrification. But Welss. Chile, 2003, color, 20 min. his ward, teacher Paulina Gálvez bridges the two worlds. Filmed in actual Cousiño mansions and on massively reconstructed B-HAPPY sets, this lavishly produced adaptation of AFI Silver: Tue, Sept 28, 8:20; Sat, Oct 2, 4:00 Baldomero Lillo’s classic 1904 stories 14-year-old Manuela Martelli (Best features Cristián Chaparro as Lillo Actress, Havana Film Festival), lives in a writing the story as it unfolds. Gálvez ramshackle house outside Valparaiso won Best Actress at the Biarritz and with mom Lorene Prieto (THE SENTI- Lleida Latin American Film Festivals. MENTAL TEASER, 00 Fest) who’s Audience Award, Best Director, preyed on by her boss. When her ex- Cinematography, Huelva Latin American con dad knocks over a gas station and Film Festival. steals a car, things really get tough. But • TICKETS: WWW.AFI.COM/SILVER ORDER • TO SUBTERRA Directed by Marcelo Ferrari; written the “B-Happy” mantra keeps coming in by José Manuel Fernández, Carlos Doria this multi-awarded coming-of-age story. by David Franca Mendes, produced by and Jaime Sepúlveda; produced by Toronto, Berlin film festivals. Bruno Barreto, Lucy Barreto and Luiz MASTER, A BUILDING Pablo Bulo, Daniel Pantoja and Ángel Directed/written/produced by Carlos Barreto. Brazil, 2003, color, 85 IN COPACABANA Durández. Chile, 2003, color, 108 min. Gonzalo Justiniano; co-written by min. In Portuguese with English [Edificio Master] Fernando Aragón, Sergio Gómez and subtitles. AFI Silver: Sun, Sept 26, 8:55; The biggest domestic Daniela Lillo; co-produced by Carlo Mon, Sept 27, 8:45 box office hit in Chilean Bettin. Chile, 2003, color, 90 min. Actor Lázaro Ramos So how does the call girl with a heart of film history! PLUS Live On Stage at the gold feel about being one? Did the Friday, September 24 middle-aged couple meet through the SEX WITH LOVE ROKUNGA [El último screening!* classifieds? Is the adopted janitor’s father [Sexo con amor] hombre pàjaro Rokunga] his real one? No, it’s not a soap opera: Kennedy Center: Fri, Oct 1, 8:30; Birdlike creatures hurtle through air THE MAN WHO COPIED documentary filmmaker Eduardo Sat, Oct 2, 8:45 and water in desperate retrieval of an [O homem que copiava] Coutinho spent a week interviewing her Three couples go to their children’s egg in this visually stunning animation AFI Silver: Fri, Sept 24, 8:50*; and 26 other denizens of an enormous, school to discuss the problems of sex from Chile. Wed, Sept 29, 8:45 seemingly soulless apartment building in education—but do they ever have prob- Directed/co-written by Erwin Gómez Rio’s Copacabana, finding some of the lems of their own! Writer/director/star Vinales, 2002, color, 8 min. So broke he has to debate buying matches, last outposts of individuality in the big copier operator Lázaro Ramos (Best Actor, Boris Quercia is frustrated by frigid wife city. Best Documentary, Gramado, São María Izquierdo, while teacher Sigrid Havana Film Festival) innocently spies on Paulo Festivals. Leandra Leal with binoculars. But how—if Alegría and office worker Alvaro Directed by Eduardo Coutinho; he could get up the courage to ask—could Rudolphy deal with infidelity. Alegría’s produced by João Moreira Salles and he afford a date? The new color copier jealous tirade of very Chilean insults is a Mauricio Andrade Ramos. Brazil, manages to make a dandy real $50 bill. comic highlight. With a driving contem- 2002, color, 110 min. In Portuguese Then the twists really start coming! Four porary rock score. Best Director, Miami with English subtitles. terrific performances, amusing narration Hispanic Film Festival. and animation and a vibrant score high- Directed/written by Boris Quercia; light this romantic comedy/thriller. Director Ana Muylaert produced by Diego Izquierdo. Chile, Directed/written by Jorge Furtado; Live On Stage at the 2003, color, 107 min. NOT APPRO- produced by Nora Goulart and Luciana Friday, September 24 PRIATE FOR VIEWERS UNDER 18 Tomasi. Brazil, 2003, color, 123 min. In screening!* Portuguese with English subtitles. Director Joaquín SEX WITH LOVE DURVAL RECORDS Eyzaguirre Live On Stage [Sexo con amor] QUE SERA, SERA [Durval Discos] at the Wednesday, [Seja o que Deus quiser] Kennedy Center: Fri, Sept 24, 8:30*; September 22 screening!* COLOMBIA Sun, Oct 3, 5:15 AFI Silver: Sun, Sept 26, 3:00; THREE NIGHTS Tue, Sept 28, 8:45 Dumpy Ary França lives with his SIN AMPARO control-freak mom Etty Fraser. Their ON A SATURDAY Unjustly accused of setting up São Paulo Kennedy Center: Wed, Sept 29, 6:30; beautiful-but-suspiciously-inexpensive [Tres noches de un sábado] Sat, Oct 2, 2:45 veejay Ludmila Rosa for a beating, Rio maid absconds, leaving behind cute-as-a- musician Rocco Pittanga sets out to clear AFI Silver: Wed, Sept 22, 6:30*; Bereft at the loss of his wife Amparo, button kid Isabela Guasco. Everybody’s Sun, Sept 26, 8:45 his name but instead gets set up in a happy, but there’s a surprise discovery. (Ruddy Rodríguez: THE COUP AT phony kidnapping scheme by her brother. The light comedy darkens, eventually On one rough Saturday night in Santiago, DAYBREAK, 99 Fest) Germán Jaramillo The only trouble is, their mom (the great teetering on the edge of tragedy. A a wife confronts the mistress, a boozy is stunned to find that she had a lover, Marília Pêra: PIXOTE, TIETA OF multiple award-winner: Best Film, office party gets ugly, and a truck driver Luis Fernando Hoyos. Instead of a duel, AGRESTE) negotiates down the ransom. Director, Screenplay, Cinematography, (Pablo Macaya—THE SENTIMENTAL the flashbacks unreel as the two men A biting satire of MTV and raves, from Art Direction, Audience Award, TEASER, 00 Fest) and a waitress can’t pool their memories to reconstruct her the director of HOW ANGELS ARE Gramado Film Festival 2002. find a hotel in which to hook up. life. Prize of the Colombian Ministry of BORN—with a blackly hilarious payoff. Ultimately, all the classes and genders Culture. Directed/written by Ana Muylaert; meet up in the emergency room. Directed by Murilo Salles; written by produced by Sara Silveira. Brazil, Directed/written by Jaime Osorio Montreal, Miami Hispanic film festivals. João Emanuek Carneiro, Mauricio 2002, color, 96 min. In Portuguese Gomez; co-written by Ivan Beltran Lissovski and Murilo Salles; produced with English subtitles. Directed by Joaquín Eyzaguirre; Castillo and Jaime Escallon Buraglia; by Zita Carvalhosa. Brazil, 2002, color, written by Grupo Ictus (play) and produced by Federico Duran Amorocho. 90 min. In Portuguese with English Jaime Miranda; produced by Jorge Colombia, 2003, color, 120 min. subtitles. Benítez. Chile, 2002, color, 79 min. 7 47011_AFI_AGSCG 8/26/047:22AMPage8 SEPTEMBER 10 - OCTOBER 28 AT AFI SILVER AND KENNEDY CENTER

FEATURE PRESENTATIONS AT AFI S SEPTEMBER 10-OCTOBER28 Visit www.afi.com/silver for additional openings and register for AFI Silver’s weekly e-blast to receive up to the minute program information. Al ways check local listings for daily show times. AFI and InSight Cinema are pleased to announce an open-captioned presentation of FAHRENHEIT 9/11 from Lion’s Gate Films for the deaf and hard of hearing. FAHRENHEIT 9/11 Sept 12, 1:00; Sept 13, 6:30 George Lucas’ John Sayles’ One of the most controversial and provocative films debut digitally Latest of the year, Fahrenheit 9/11 is Michael Moore's restored searing examination of the Bush administration's SILVER actions in the wake of the tragic events of 9/11. THX 1138 CITY Moore considers the presidency of George W. Bush and where it has led us. Rated R for Violent and Opens Sept 10 Opens Sept 17 disturbing images and for language. NEW! AFTER-WORK WEEKDAY SPECIALS! REPERTORY PROGRAM 5:00/5:15 SHOWS Calendar lists all repertory dates and Special Events as of press time. FOR $5.00 Not all first run titles are included on this calendar. SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT SEPTEMBER 10 11 SERIES KEY: MA Mid-Atlantic Regional PC Political Comedy Film Series NO PASS ENGAGEMENTS: THX 1138 5:15, 7:20, 9:25 THX 1138 1:05, 3:10, 5:15, 7:20, 9:25 CK Comedies from Korea Showcase ($5) KC Shows at KENNEDY CENTER SILVER CITY Films and schedule LF LF EP Elio Petri Series MB Marlon Brando Series ★ Special Event THX 1138 subject to change. ROGER & ME 7:30 MONDAYS IN THE SUN 1:00 JZ Jazz on Film ME Member’s Only Event Due to contractual obligations, Check www.AFI.com/Silver TAKE OUT 3:15 Final shows appear UNDERLINED. LA Latin American Film Festival MC Montgomery College AFI cannot accept passes to for updates. HUMAN ERROR 5:30 these engagements! LF DC Labor Film Festival Film Series ($5) TELL US THE TRUTH 8:00 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 THX 1138 1:05, 3:10, 5:15, 7:20, 9:25 THX 1138 5:15, 7:20, 9:25 THX 1138 5:15, 7:20, 9:25 THX 1138 5:15, 7:20, 9:25 THX 1138 5:15, 7:20, 9:25 THX 1138 9:25 THX 1138 1:05, 3:10, 5:15, 7:20, 9:25 LF JZ JZ JZ PC PC PC ROGER & ME 3:30 ★ TENOR PLUS DIFFERENT ★KEEPING TIME PLUS AFTER ★LAST OF THE BLUE DEVILS 6:30 ★SILVER CITY (sneak) 7:00 ★PRIMARY COLORS 7:00 ★THE GREAT M CGINTY 1:00 BLIND SHAFT 6:00 DRUMMER 9:00 HOURS 9:15 ★STRAIGHT, NO CHASER 9:00 ★ELECTION 3:00 BURN! 8:00 ★FAHRENHEIT 9/11 6:30 (Open ME ★An Evening with Dick Gregory ★FAHRENHEIT 9/11 1:00 (Open Captioned) SKY CAPTAIN AND THE WORLD OF 8:00 Captioned) ME TOMORROW (sneak) 7 :00 SKY AND OF ★FAHRENHEIT 9/11 6:30 (Open Captioned) 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 THX 1138 1:05, 3:10, 5:15, 7:20, 9:25 THX 1138 5:15, 7:20, 9:25 THX 1138 5:15, 7:20, 9:25 THX 1138 5:15, 7:20, 9:25 THX 1138 5:15, 7:20, 9:25 LA LA PC EP @ KC MC LA LA ★HEADS OR TAILS 6:30 ★CANAZA CIMARRON PLUS ★BOB ROBERTS 3:00 INVESTIGATION OF A CITIZEN ABOVE THE BIG PARADE 5:30 ★THREE NIGHTS ON A SATURDAY FINALLY, THE SEA 6:30 ★THE MAN WHO COPIED 8:50 CANDIDA 1:00 ★WAG THE DOG 7:30 SUSPICION 6:30 EP @ KC PLUS GREEN 6:30 THE FIRST NIGHT 8:55 LA @ KC MIDDLE OF THE WORLD 3:40 CK @ KC NUMBERED DAYS 6:30 ★DESPITE TREBLINKA 9:00 LA @ KC THE HOUSE ACROSS THE STREET DESPITE TREBLINKA 5:30 47011_AFI_AGSCG 8/26/04 7:22 AM Page 9

SILVER AND KENNEDY CENTER 3:00 :25 7 :00 4 6:00, 9:00 3:40 :00 7 6:45 11:00 9:30 5:30 6:30 6:30, 8:45 Y 1:30 :30 7 8:45 8:30 ROKUNGA CANTAUTOR 2:00 2:45 1:30 5:00 8:30 5:00 PLUS PLUS PLUS 1:00 KC KC KC 1:30, 4:10, 6:50, 9:40 1:30, 4:10, 6:50, 9:40 1:30, 4:10, 1:00 NGO OF BAKER STREET (A NGO OF BAKER STREET @ @ @ :30 AMA FLIES AWA XA BACHELORS 4 SAMBA FOR SHERLOCK) SAMBA FOR RANGE AIKIKI BROTHERS SEX WITH LOVE LA VERA THE STREET THE HOUSE ACROSS MALAMOR MARGARETTE’S FEAST SUBTERRA 9 MB THE GODFATHER IN PARIS TANGO LAST CK HER BARE BY THE VIRGIN STRIPPED BUNGEE JUMPING OF THIER OWN 16 MB BURN! 23 MB BURN! KC NAPOLEON OF ALGIERS BATTLE W GIRL MY SASSY MIDDLE OF THE WORLD DESPITE TREBLINKA ST DEPENDENCY SEXUAL 2 LA YOT LA HOTELS SIN AMPARO SUBTERRA THE SOUTHERN CROSS B-HAPPY B-HAPPY ★ 11:00 6:30, 8:45 6:30 8:50 8:30 :30 6:30 7 8:30 6:50, 9:40 8:15 0, 6:50, 9:40 KC KC 4:10, 4:1 KC @ @ @ 6:30 HEAVEN 6:30 VE IN CONCRETE LA THE STREET THE HOUSE ACROSS RECORDS DURVAL 8 MB THE GODFATHER IN PARIS TANGO LAST EP CLASS GOES TO THE WORKING 15 MB BURN! 22 MB BURN! KC OF ALGIERS BATTLE 1 LA OF THE TRINIDAD THE MYSTERY MAN OF THE YEAR LA LO SEX WITH LOVE 8:45 :30 METAL 7 6:30 8:45 PLUS 8:40 PORTER 6:30, 8:45 8:45 8:55 8:15 8:55 6:30 6:30 6:30 PLUS 6:30 8:40 6:30 10, 6:50, 9:40 KC KC KC 4: KC AMA FLIES AWAY @ @ @ @ MEXICAN SHORTS MEXICAN SHORTS YOT HEAVEN HEAVEN AND GLASS ODO MODO 7 EP THE ASSASSIN CK MY BRIDE MY LOVE, EP T CLASS GOES TO THE WORKING 21 CK KING THE FOUL STORY MARRIAGE ★ LA GAME THE CON DEPENDENCY SEXUAL 30 LA ★ LA MALAMOR NIGHT THE FIRST 14 MB REDUX NOW APOCALYPSE 28 MB BURN! KC OF ALGIERS BATTLE THE FIRST NIGHT THE FIRST FINALLY, THE SEA FINALLY, 8:55 8:15 8:45 9:00 6:30 6:30 6:30, 8:45 6:30 :30 7 8:20 8:40 6:30 CANTAUTOR 6:30 8:45 6:30 PLUS 10, 6:50, 9:40 10, 6:50, 9:40 GREEN KC KC KC KC 4: 4: KC @ @ @ @ @ DESPITE TREBLINKA 8:45 6:30 PLUS RANGE ARK CITIES HE FOUL KING HE FOUL LA MARASMUS GAME THE CON 6 CK MY BRIDE MY LOVE, EP A THEFT IS NO LONGER PROPERTY EP IN THE COUNTRY A QUIET PLACE CK ME ENGLISH PLEASE TEACH 13 MB THE GODFATHER 20 MB BURN! CK STORY MARRIAGE T 27 MB BURN! KC OF ALGIERS BATTLE 29 LA VENEZUELAN SHORTS THE MAN WHO COPIED ST LA SIN AMPARO D ★ 8:30 8:20 6:30 8:15 6:30, 9:20 8:00 6:30, 8:45 5:30 6:30 8:45 9:00 ROKUNGA 8:30 8:30 6:30 5:30 PLUS 10, 6:50, 9:40 10, 6:50, 9:40 6:30 KC KC 4: 4: KC KC @ @ @ @ ALANTE MC ME MA SUSPICION 6:30 BACHELORS AT EP NUMBERED DAYS OF A CITIZEN ABOVE INVESTIGATION 5 ★ L’ ★ THEY ALL LAUGHED ★ DIE NEVER SAY CK BUNGEE JUMPING OF THIER OWN HER BARE BY THE VIRGIN STRIPPED 12 MB IN PARIS TANGO LAST 19 MB BURN! EP GOOD NEWS KILL THE OLD WAY WE STILL MC THIEF THE BICYCLE B-HAPPY B-HAPPY 28 LA MIDDLE OF THE WORLD LA HOTELS THE SOUTHERN CROSS 26 MB BURN! KC OF ALGIERS BATTLE QUE SERA, SERA 6:30 8:40 :30 7 8:30 PLUS 6:30, 8:45 8:15 6:30 8:45 6:30 • TO ORDER WWW.AFI.COM/SILVER TICKETS: • 6:30 8:15 6:30 8:15 10, 6:50, 9:40 10, 6:50, 9:40 CABANA KC KC 4: 4: KC KC 6:30 MHALIA JACKSON BIRTHDAY BIRTHDAY MHALIA JACKSON @ @ @ @ SUSPICION 8:40 COPA CANDIDA CELEBRATION 3:00 CELEBRATION 4 EP THE ASSASSIN A THEFT IS NO LONGER PROPERTY EP THE 10TH VICTIM NUMBERED DAYS 18 MB BURN! EP KILL THE OLD WAY WE STILL GOOD NEWS CK ME ENGLISH PLEASE TEACH 11 ★ MB REDUX NOW APOCALYPSE 25 MB BURN! KC OF ALGIERS BATTLE BLUE SKY, BLACK SKY BLACK SKY, BLUE A BUILDING IN MASTER, 27 LA CANAZA CIMARRON LA VERA MARASMUS 6:30 6:30 :30 7 METAL AND METAL :30 1:30 8:30 4 4:55 1:00 8:45 4:15 6:30, 8:45 1:00 3:30 :30 5:15 PLUS 7 3:00 1:00 6:50 8:45 2:00 8:45 PORTER PORTER 8:15 3:00 1:30 8:55 ersation with Edith 6:00 PLUS nv THE DOG GREEN KC KC 1:30, 4:10, 6:50, 9:40 1:30, 4:10, 1:30, 4:10, 6:50, 9:40 1:30, 4:10, KC Co

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GUATEMALA ECUADOR OMAN. ca. One was exiled to New York by exiled York to New ca. One was aca Live On Stage at aca Live t, Sept 25, 3:00 ica, 2003, color, 86 min. color, ica, 2003, om Luzuriaga (AFI guest, 96) the bril- (AFI om Luzuriaga ’s uzuriaga; co-writtenuzuriaga; by Lissette ennedy Center: iant directorTIGRA of LA and Director Elias Jimenez Elias Director On Stage at the Live 24 September Friday, screening!* THE HOUSE ACROSS THE STREET K Sa of his wedding, straight- On the eve arrow auditor Maurice Echeverría finds a big irregularity in the Commerce But then books. posterior- Department’s HEADS OR TAILS HEADS OR TAILS AFI Silver: Sun, Sept 26, 6:50 It Wi V September the Friday, 24 the crossfire between guerillas and the beginning just of that’s police—and the complications among drug para- lords, militaries, cops and lovers. Strikingly photographed—complete with helicopter shots—Costa Rican view of the with plot and char- Colombian tragedy, acter surprises until the shattering climax. Directed/written/produced by Mauricio Mendiola; adapted from the by Antonio Caballero.book Costa R for sisters Valentina Pacheco and Marilú Pacheco Valentina for sisters Va the other is married their remote father, with children—and a passionate secret correspondent. and a Marital upheavals death ensue from their dangerous firstThe feature in eight years synergy. fr l BETWEEN MARX AND A NAKED W Directed/written by Camilo L Carrera and Mario Ecuador, Muller. 90 min. color, 2003, NOT * [Marasmo] A RICA t, Sept 25, 5:00; ed, Sept 22, 6:30; W Sa ST Thu, Sept 23, 8:55 epo Live On Stage epo Live r illa two in Columbia: million wars st seemingly-in-treatment drugseemingly-in-treatment addict CO tor, Cinematography, Cartagena Film Cinematography, tor,

er biano Rubiano carts a body into the biano Rubiano ddy, Colombian cinema veteran ddy, uiroga. Colombia, 2003, color, 90 min. color, uiroga. Colombia, 2003, lberto Restrepo; co-writtenlberto by Alberto Restrepo; estival; Best Film, Miami Latino Film estival; estival. ennedy Center: ennedy Center: Thu, Sept 30, 8:15 ennedy Center: ennedy Center: ennedy Center: MARASMUS [Marasmo] [Marasmo] MARASMUS Thu, Sept 30, 6:30 APPROPRIATE FOR VIEWERS APPROPRIATE UNDER 18 Mon, Sept 27, 8:15 Mon, Sept 27, MARASMUS K in A church full gets caught of refugees Director Mauricio de Mauricio Director On Stage! Mendiola Live at the Thursday, 23 screening!* September THE FIRST NIGHT [La primera noche] AFI Silver: K An abandoned country wife moves with her children followed slums, to the Bogotá by her impassioned brother-in-law John treatment A powerful of the Toro. Álex collateral costs of the continuing drug and gu Director Luis Alberto Director Re Fa photographedspectacularly mountains, the flashbacks begin. Umaña, Cristina presided over by her sternly bearded da DIE) TO TIME Angarita (A Gustavo for rehab herself. Umaña’s seems headed performance keeps her curiously appealing her and poignant out- through A major change-of- of-control odyssey. pace from the director MAXIMUM of Fest). (02 PENALTY Echeverry. Directed/produced by Jorge 92 min. color, Colombia, 2003, MALAMOR K As LATIN AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL FILM AMERICAN LATIN farmers been past 15 years have in the Work, thrown off their lands. Best First Ac F F Directed/written/produced by Luis A Q 47011_AFI_AGSCG 8/26/04 7:22 AM Page 11 Page AM 7:22 8/26/04 47011_AFI_AGSCG 47011_AFI_AGSCG 8/26/047:22AMPage12

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JAZZ FILM FESTIVAL SPECIAL EVENT

PLUS life and jazz and how they interact.”— Jack Kroll, Newsweek. ● Special Members For The Seriously DIFFERENT DRUMMER: M Directed/produced by Bruce Ricker; Advance Screening! ELVIN JONES written by John Arnoldy. US, 1979, Cool: Jazz On Film Last spring saw the passing of a giant— color, 90 min. Elvin Jones, who powered one of the SKY CAPTAIN September 13-15 most extraordinary ensembles in SPECIAL EVENT! Following the first annual Silver Spring Jazz American music history—the John AND THE WORLD Coltrane Quartet. Jones demonstrates Producer Bruce Ricker Festival on September 11, 2004, AFI Silver not only his fierce polyrhythmic Live On Stage! OF TOMORROW presents an outstanding series of jazz films. approach, but also his touching musical Tuesday, September 14, 7:00 There’s an added dimension to seeing great philosophy, and says of the Coltrane THELONIOUS MONK: soloists as well as hearing them and you’ll group, “We didn’t have to talk much. It STRAIGHT, NO CHASER Famous scientists around the world was telepathy.” have mysteriously disappeared. see and hear such greats as Count Basie, Wed, Sept 15, 9:00 Directed/produced by Ed Gray. US, An extraordinary, intimate look at a Chronicle reporter Gwyneth Coleman Hawkins, and Thelonious Monk, 1979, color, 30 min. genius, through the eyes of those who Paltrow and ace aviator Jude Law plus a special tribute to two recently depart- knew him best—his wife, his producer, (Sky Captain) investigate, risking ed masters, drummer Elvin Jones and saxo- 25th Anniversary! his lover, and his fellow musicians. their lives as they travel to exotic phonist Illinois Jacquet. Special guest Stunning performances, along with rare locales around the world. Can the SPECIAL EVENT! visual insights into the mind of an artist appearances (see below). Special thanks to Jazz & Documentary of the highest rank. fearless duo stop Dr. Totenkopf, the OODRTCES W.F.O/IVR• TICKETS: WWW.AFI.COM/SILVER ORDER • TO Bruce Ricker and Rhapsody Films Classic! Directed/produced by Charlotte evil mastermind behind the plot to (www.rhapsodyfilms.com), David Berger and WAMU’s HOT JAZZ Zwerin; co-produced by Bruce Ricker. destroy the earth? Aided by for making prints available. SATURDAY NIGHT Host US, 1989, b&w/color, 90 min. RATED Angelina Jolie, commander of an all- More information about the Silver Spring Rob Bamberger & PG-13 female amphibious squadron, and technical genius Giovanni Ribisi, Jazz Festival is at www.silversprung.com Filmmaker Bruce Ricker Discuss “The Count” SPECIAL EVENT! Paltrow and Law may be the and Kansas City Jazz Filmmakers David planet’s only hope! SPECIAL EVENT! Live On Stage! Berger and Holly Maxson, WPFW’s SUNDAY KIND THE LAST OF THE jazz historian and writer Directed/written by Kerry OF LOVE Host Miyuki Patricia Willard, jazz Conran; produced by Jon Avnet, Williams will introduce: BLUE DEVILS legend (and Silver Sadie Frost, Jude Law and Wed, Sept 15, 6:30 Spring’s own) Keter Marsha Oglesby; Cast: Jude Law, TEXAS TENOR: THE Count Basie returns to Kansas City— Betts discuss their friend Gwyneth Paltrow, Angelina ILLINOIS JACQUET STORY and the once-segregated musicians union Jolie, Gionvanni Ribisi and hall—for joyous musical reunions and and colleague, bassist Mon, Sept 13, 9:00 and photographer Milt Michael Gambon. US/UK, 2004, reminiscences with Big Joe Turner, Jay 107 min. RATED PG Jean Baptiste “Illinois” Jacquet died on McShann, Jo Jones, Eddie Durham and Hinton, Live On Stage! nd July 22 at the age of 81, leaving a fiery, many others. Archival footage includes Tickets: $7.50 each. Member bluesy musical legacy begun at age 19 Charlie Parker, Lester Young and Dizzy KEEPING TIME: THE LIFE, passes may not be used (any with Flying Home. Noted fashion photog- Gillespie. “This beautiful film is about MUSIC & PHOTOGRAPHY tickets not sold by day of rapher Arthur Elgort’s stylish documen- tary captures both the blazing swing “To see it is to love it. OF MILT HINTON performance will be made Tue, Sept 14, 9:15 available to the general player and the sensitive balladeer. THE LAST OF THE BLUE Appearances by Lionel Hampton, Dizzy Years in the making, a profile of the public at $8.50 per ticket.) Gillespie, Sonny Rollins, Les Paul, and DEVILS is the second nearly ubiquitous bassist who accompa- Dorothy Donegan—among many others. half of WOODSTOCK.” nied everyone from Louis Armstrong and Directed by Arthur Elgort; produced by Billie Holiday to and Ronit Avneri. US, 1991, b&w, 81 min. — Barbra Streisand. In a musical career that spanned seven decades, Hinton pursued another career as well, becoming one of the greatest of all jazz photographers. Appearances by Quincy Jones, Nat Hentoff, Gregory Hines and Branford Marsalis. Directed by Stefan Nadelman and David Berger; written by David Berger, Holly Maxson and Kate Hirson; produced by David Berger and Holly Maxson. US, 2003, b&w/color, 59 min. PLUS Milt Hinton in performance in AFTER HOURS Featuring one of the great working groups of the 1950s and 60s, the Coleman Hawkins/Roy Eldridge Quintet, with bassist Milt Hinton, pianist Johnny Guarnieri and drummer Cozy Cole. “AFTER HOURS is a fond glimpse into jazz as never-never land.”—Critic Jon Pareles. Directed by Shepherd Traube. US 1961, b&w, 27 min.

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FILM SERIES investigation. But as every unearthed THE ASSASIN clue leads right back to him, is anybody The Films going to do anything about it? “A provocative political thriller as troubling today as in 1970. Maybe more so.”— of Elio Petri Kenneth Turan, . September 20–October 19 Oscar for Best Foreign Film; Special Jury Prize, Cannes Festival. The winner of an Oscar for Best Foreign Directed/co-written by Elio Petri; co- Film and of the Cannes Film Festival Palme written by ; produced by d’Or, Italy’s Elio Petri collaborated with Daniele Senatore and Mario Cicogna. stars like , Gian Maria Italy, 1970, color, 115 min. Volonté, Ursula Andress and , and with legendary composer NUMBERED DAYS . His films were box office [I giorni contati] Kennedy Center: Tues, Sept 21, 6:30; hits in Europe and US arthouses. Having Mon, Oct 4, 8:15 flourished in an age of giants like Fellini, Plumber gets the bad Antonioni and Visconti, and dying relative- news from his doctor. Time to quit that ly young [1929-1982], Elio Petri’s image job repairing toilets and enjoy life, but has surprisingly dimmed over the years, what if he doesn’t know how to? A QUIET PLACE IN THE GOOD NEWS despite his wealth of accomplishments. Inspired by the life of director Petri’s COUNTRY [Un tranquillo [Buone notizie] father. Best Film, Mar del Plata Film posto in campagna] Kennedy Center: Mon, Oct 18, 8:15; Now, with the aid of Martin Stiglio of the Festival; Best Screenplay, Italian Film Tue, Oct 19, 6:30 Italian Cultural Institute and of Cinecittà Journalists. Kennedy Center: Wed, Oct 6, 6:30; No wonder Giancarlo Gainnini’s Directed/written by Elio Petri; Sun, Oct 10, 6:30 Holding, it’s possible to take a comprehen- (SWEPT AWAY) identity crisis is produced by Goffredo Lombardo. painter and his rampant: his job—monitoring tv sive look back at the Italy, 1962, b&w, 100 min. manager/lover Vanessa Redgrave (then work of one of his real-life love) take a country sojourn. violence—and his life are filled with Italy’s most But their deserted villa is seemingly disruptions: terrorism, strikes, and out- PROPERTY IS NO of-control dogs. It’s heightened by a provocative film- haunted—and by a jealous ghost. The ensuing madness is heightened by the chance encounter with an old friend LONGER A THEFT who knows a secret about Giannini’s makers. [La proprietà non è più un furto] music of Ennio Morricone, and capped Petri’s films will by a bitingly ironic conclusion. wife Angela Molina. Petri’s final film is AFI Silver: Mon, Oct 4, 8:40; Wed, Oct 6, 8:45 often hilarious, sort of an Italian Jean- screen at two loca- Directed/written by Elio Petri; co- Luc Godard’s WEEK END. tions: AFI Silver Successful butcher Ugo Tognazzi has a written by ; produced real problem: a bank clerk () Directed/written/produced by Elio Theatre and AFI by Alberto Grimaldi. Italy, 1968, color, who hates the rich fixates a Robin Hood 95 min. Petri; co-produced by Giancarlo National Film Theater complex on him. As Bucci’s thefts esca- Giannini. Italy, 1979, color, 110 min. at the Kennedy Center. late from Tognazzi’s hat to his knife to The uncut version of All films are in Italian his mistress, the butcher tries bribery. A scathing satire on the rich/poor gap. with English subtitles. THE WORKING CLASS Directed/written by Elio Petri; co-written by Ugo Pirro; produced by Claudio GOES TO HEAVEN Mancini. Italy, 1973, color, 130 min. [La classe operaia va in Paradiso] INVESTIGATION OF A Kennedy Center: Thu, Oct 7, 8:40; CITIZEN ABOVE SUSPICION THE ASSASSIN [L’assassino] Fri, Oct 8, 8:15 [Indagine su un cittadino al di AFI Silver: Mon, Oct 4, 6:30; Thu, Oct 7, 6:30 Factory worker Gian Maria Volonté continually tops his already-record output. sopra di ogni sospetto] When slimy ladies’ man Marcello But an accident makes him reevaluate his Kennedy Center: Mon, Sept 20, 6:30; Mastroianni’s mistress winds up dead, life, lose girlfriend Tue, Sept 21, 8:30 guess who’s the top suspect? And under (SWEPT AWAY) and get in trouble with Inspector Salvo Randone’s (Best Police inspector Gian Maria Volonté (LE the police. Shorn by 28 minutes on first Supporting Actor, Italian Film GOOD NEWS CERCLE ROUGE; the bad guy in US release, this is the complete version. Journalists) grilling, every flashback just FISTFUL OF DOLLARS and A FEW Palme d’Or, Cannes Festival. DOLLARS MORE) murders his gets Mastroianni in deeper. What if he’s actually innocent for once? Directed/written by Elio Petri; co- WE STILL KILL • TO ORDER WWW.AFI.COM/SILVER TICKETS: • mistress—then gets tapped to head the written by Ugo Pirro; produced by Directed/co-written by Elio Petri; co- THE OLD WAY Ugo Tucci. Italy, 1971, color, 126 min. written by Pasquale Festa Campanile, [A ciascuno il suo] Massimo Franciosa and Tonino Kennedy Center: Mon, Oct 18, 6:30; Guerra; produced by Franco Cristaldi. Tue, Oct 19, 8:30 Italy, 1960, b&w, scope, 105 min. Kennedy Center: Thu, Oct 7, 6:30; After a double murder in a Sicilian Sun, Oct 10, 8:15 village, professor Gian Maria Volonté THE TENTH VICTIM Fiery priest Marcello Mastroianni leads starts to investigate, then falls in love [La decima vittima] a spiritual retreat of bigwigs, including with Irene Papas (ZORBA THE Kennedy Center: Mon, Oct 4, 6:30; burnt-out Premier Gian Maria Volonté, GREEK) while confiding in lawyer Fri, Oct 8, 6:30 then attendees start turning up dead. (L’AVENTURRA)—big Star-packed (Mariangela Melato, Michel mistake! From a novel by Leonardo A cartoonish, retro-futuristic pop art Piccoli, Renato Salvatore) adaptation of Sciascia. “Tense, unusual thriller... a satire with Ursula Andress (sporting the ’s novel was banned nightmare realism that suggests world’s deadliest bra) vs. a blonde, sun- reportedly for its admitted caricature of Kafka.”—Pauline Kael. Best Screenplay, worshipping Marcello Mastroianni in Italian leader —(later Cannes Festival; Best Director, Actor, “The Big Game,” the 21st century’s kidnapped and murdered by the Red Screenplay, Italian Film Journalists. answer to overpopulation and aggression: Brigades). Directed/written by Elio Petri; co- INVESTIGATION kill 10 and you become a millionaire! Directed/written by Elio Petri; co- written by Ugo Pirro; produced by OF A CITIZEN Directed/co-written by Elio Petri; co- written by Berto Pelosso; produced by Giuseppe Zaccariello. Italy, 1966, color, ABOVE written by Tonino Guerra; produced by SUSPICION Daniele Senatore. Italy, 1976, color, 120 92 min. Carlo Ponti. Italy, 1965, color, 92 min. min. 14 47011_AFI_AGSCG 8/26/04 7:22 AM Page 15

KOREAN FILM FESTIVAL LOCAL find success as that cheating villain, the MY LOVE, MY BRIDE Foul King? The first lead role for super- MONTGOMERY COLLEGE SERIES This fall, AFI Silver will screen a series of exceptional films Korean Film [Na ui sarang, na ui shinbu ] star Song—later a two-time Grand Bell AFI Silver: Wed, Oct 6, 6:30; Thu, Oct 7, 8:40 Best Actor Award winner—who report- in conjunction with Montgomery College film courses. edly did all his own stunts. Best Each film will be introduced by one of the instructors, It seems like just another naturalistic Festival DC 2004: Director, Film Festival. who will lead a post-film audience discussion. The gener- young-marrieds’ chronicle—except for al public is invited to join in. Tickets are $5.00. the eight chapter-headings, the anima- Directed/written by Kim Ji-woon. Korean Cinema tion inserts, the subjunctive flash- Korea, 2000, color, 122 min. THE BIG PARADE forwards, and Park Joong-hoon and Choe Tue, Sept 21, 5:30 Jin-shil directly addressing the camera Yesterday, Today for hilarious recaps and play-by-plays. PLEASE TEACH ME All-American boy John Gilbert goes off to Maverick director Lee’s second film was ENGLISH [Yeongeo World War I and discovers the joys of and Tomorrow a box office hit and started the early 90s wanjeonjeongbok] chewing gum and of French girl Renée Korean sex-war comedy craze. Adorée. King Vidor’s giant-scale war epic Although little seen here, recent Korean Kennedy Center: Mon, Sept 20, 8:40; was one of the all-time smash hits, Directed/written by Lee Myung-se; Wed, Oct 6, 8:15 featuring Adorée’s desperate farewell to films make up a national cinema that has produced by Park Hyo-song. Korea, This anything-goes comedy features Gilbert amid the transport trucks. been one of the most vibrant and excit- 1990, 108 min. animated thought-balloons, textbook-like Directed by King Vidor; written by ing for over a decade. captions, video game parodies, fantasy Harry Behn; produced by Irving AFI will focus on the Korean comedies sequences, and hilariously botched Thalberg. US, 1925, b&w, silent with that have been a particular highlight of English as reluctant language student Lee music track, 130 min. Na-young falls hard for oblivious Jang

recent years as part of a citywide Festival Hyuk—who only has eyes for Aussie L'ATALANTE • TICKETS: WWW.AFI.COM/SILVER ORDER • TO organized by the Freer Gallery—the largest teacher Angela Kelly. A major change of Tue, Oct 5, 5:30 pace for erstwhile action director Kim. festival of Korean films ever presented in Outwardly a simple story—a couple weds, the US, also involving the Avalon Theatre, Directed/written by Kim Sung-su; co- has problems and reunites. But in the hands the Hirshhorn Museum and the National written by Noh Hae-young and Choi of legendary auteur Jean Vigo, the story is Hee-dae; produced by Choi Jeong- transformed to idiosyncratic poetry. The Museum of Women in the Arts. The Festival hwa. Korea, 2003, color, 118 min. drama extends post-production: director MY SASSY GIRL is made possible by the Korean Cultural Vigo died three weeks after the premiere of a Service of Washington, DC, the Korean Film THE WAIKIKI BROTHERS version shredded by the producer. Council and the Korean Film Archive. Please MY SASSY GIRL Kennedy Center: Sat, Oct 9, 6:30; Directed/written by Jean Vigo; co- Sun, Oct 10, 4:15 written by Jean Guinée and Albert Riéra; visit www.asia.si.edu/KoreanFilm for full [Yeopgijeogin geunyeo] produced by Jacques-Louis Nounez. schedule information. AFI’s selection of Kennedy Center: Sat, Oct 9, 8:30; As the years go by in flashbacks, playing France, 1934, b&w, 89 min. In French Sun, Oct 10, 2:00 goofy cover-versions of Western and with English subtitles. Korean comedies will screen at both the AFI Korean pop hits in a third-rate band National Film Theater at the Kennedy A roller-coaster ride romance, with sweet-faced Jun Ji-hyun dishing it out begins to pall, and even bus driving THE BICYCLE THIEF [Ladri di Center and the AFI Silver. and Cha Tae-hyun taking it, the comic starts to look glamorous. “The start-it- up garage-band myth has never had such Biciclette—literally, ] All films are in Korean with English highlights their visualizations of her Tue, Oct 19, 5:30 wacky screenplays. Adapted from Kim a witty and despairing redress.”— subtitles. In postwar Italy, even a gig schlepping movie Ho-sik’s Internet diary, this was a Michael Atkinson, . posters looks good to a jobless man who’s had record-breaking smash hit in Korea. Best Directed by Im Sun-Rye; written by to pawn the family sheets to get that bike out Actress, Best Screenplay, Grand Bell Lim Soon-rye; produced by Lee Eun. of hock. But when it’s stolen, he and his little THE VIRGIN STRIPPED Awards. Korea, 2001, color, 105 min. BARE BY HER BACHELORS son must take a desperate trek. Cast with Directed/written by Kwak Jae-young; neophytes and filmed on location in a monu- [Oh! Soo-jung] produced by Shin Chul. Korea, 2001, ment-less , it nevertheless won a Best Kennedy Center: Tues, Oct 5, 8:30; color, 123 min. Foreign Film Oscar, an Italian Oscar and the Sat, Oct 9, 2:00 New York Critics’ Prize. “On just about every- The title refers to the enigmatic Marcel MARRIAGE STORY body’s list of the greatest films”—Pauline Kael. Duchamp art piece. The beginnings of a [Gyulhon jiyagi] Directed/written/produced by Vittorio relationship (between Jeong Bo Seok and de Sica; co-written by , Lee Eun Joo) are traced via flashback, and Kennedy Center: Wed, Oct 20, 6:30; Oreste Biancoli, Adolfo Franci and then—hey, wait a minute, are we starting Thu, Oct 21, 8:45 Gerardo Guerrieri, from the novel by all over again? Things are subtly different The debut of director-writer team Kim Luigi Bartolini; co-produced by Giuseppe the second time, in sometimes puzzling, and Park, impressionistically rendering Amato. Italy, 1949, b&w, 93 min. In sometimes Jim Jarmusch-like ways. the alternately hilarious and painful ups Italian with English subtitles. Directed/written by Hong Sang-soo; and downs of a marriage’s first year. The BUNGEE JUMPING OF THEIR OWN produced by Ahn Byoung-ju and Choi entire film is zippily pieced together MID-ATLANTIC REGIONAL In-gi. Korea, 2000, b&w, 126 min. from a series of bite-sized vignettes. Korea’s 1993 top box-office hit, with BUNGEE JUMPING SHOWCASE (MARS) Shim Hye-jin in a role that won her a AFI continues its ongoing monthly showcase of inde- MY LOVE, MY BRIDE OF THEIR OWN Grand Bell Best Actress award. [Beonjijeompeureul hada] pendent films in partnership with Montgomery College Directed by Kim Ui-seok; written by and the DC Independent Film Festival. A casual “Meet and Park Heon-soo; produced by Park Kennedy Center: Tue, Oct 5, 6:30; Greet” with filmmakers begins a half hour before show- Sang-in, Shin Chul. Korea, 1992, color, Sat, Oct 9, 4:30 time in the AFI Silver café and is followed post-screening 95 min. Two college students meet in the rain by a filmmaker Q&A. Tickets are $5 and vow eternal love. But later, she doesn’t show up. Seventeen years later, NEVER SAY DIE THE FOUL KING Lee Byung-hun’s a married teacher—and Tuesday, Oct 5, 9:30 [Banchikwang] flashbacks start to fill in the blanks. Is Shot over the course of several years, this Kennedy Center: Wed, Oct 20, 8:20; his lost love now reincarnated in one of rockumentary—a real life SPINAL TAP or a Thu, Oct 21, 6:30 his male students? As Michael Atkinson fake SOME KIND OF MONSTER?—follows noted in The Village Voice—“the climax Black Sabbath tribute band Sabbra Cadabra Nebbishy bank clerk Song Kang-ho can’t is a Buddhist leap of bliss.” walk past his dad’s solitaire game through successes and failures, side projects without upsetting it. His boss reacts to Directed by Kim Dae-seung; written by and lineup changes—and a life devoted to his perpetual lateness with vicious head- Ko Eun-ni; produced by Choi Nak- rock and roll. locks. Then, one day he walks past a kwon. Korea, 2001, color, 107 min. Directed by Katie McQuerrey and David rundown wrestling gym—can he at last Gray. US, 2004, 52 min. 15 47011_AFI_AGSCG 8/26/04 7:22 AM Page 16

SPECIAL EVENTS SPECIAL EVENT! LIVE THEATRICAL SPECIAL EVENT PERFORMANCE! The Second Annual Mahalia Susan Claassen in Jackson Birthday Celebration A CONVERSATION Monday, October 11th, 3:00 WITH Move on up a little higher, lifted by one of the greatest Sunday, Oct 17, 6:00 American voices of all times and . Dr. Horace Boyer, perhaps the leading scholar of African American Susan Claassen appears live as costume sacred music and author of The Golden Age of Gospel, designer Edith Head in this behind-the- will return to perform and share his captivating scenes feast of great movie lore and musical insights. The People’s Community Church delicious stories. In her six decades as Gospel Choir will once again fill the historic AFI Silver the diva of design, Edith Head dressed with its vibrant sound, augmented by the mighty Silver most of the great stars from Mae West organ. And, of course, there will be on-screen historic to , received 35 performances by the majestic Jackson herself. Academy Award nominations and won an unprecedented eight Oscars. Hear Miss Head tell her own story, a story SPECIAL SCREENING filled with humor, ambition and above Silent with Carmine all, glamour in the most glamorous Coppola Soundtrack!

PHOTO BY TIM FULLER BY PHOTO place in the world: Hollywood. 90 min. NAPOLEON [Napoleon ● SPECIAL MEMBERS’ EVENT FOR vu par Abel Gance] M AFFILIATE LEVEL MEMBERS & ABOVE! Kennedy Center: Sat, Oct 23, Brunch and screening with actress Susan 1:30; Sun, Oct 24 1:30 Claassen in AFI’s 3rd Floor Conference Room. “Edith Head comes to life The rise of Napoleon is one of the overwhelming epics of the screen, with its massive in a way that’s production values, multiple-imaged shots, machine-gun Sunday, Oct 17, 12:00 so perfectly cutting, hyperactive camera, and the Cinerama Engage in a lively discussion about the golden age of Hollywood accurate it’s grandeur of the Italian campaign. Albert Dieudonné’s with Edith Head experts actress Susan Claassen and biographer almost scary.” incarnation of the Corsican is its human centerpiece. Paddy Calistro—followed by a special, intimate screening of one —NEW YORK TIMES The 1981 reissue of Napoleon (including the climactic of Head’s most revolutionary films, THE LADY EVE, starring Henry 18-minute Polyvision reel, transposed to Cinemascope) Fonda and . supervised by , with new music Directed/written by Preston Sturges; story by Monckton Hoffe; produced by Paul Jones. composed and conducted by . US, 1941, b&w, 97 min. Directed/written by Abel Gance. France, 1927, b&w Attendance is strictly limited. No passes will be accepted. $35 includes with tinted sequences, approximately 270 min., plus brunch, a visit with Susan Claassen and Paddy Calistro, and the screening intermission. of THE LADY EVE. Invitations will be sent to Affiliate Members and above. • TO ORDER WWW.AFI.COM/SILVER TICKETS: •

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SPECIAL EVENTS SPECIAL EVENT! LIVE THEATRICAL SPECIAL EVENT PERFORMANCE! The Second Annual Mahalia Susan Claassen in Jackson Birthday Celebration A CONVERSATION Monday, October 11th, 3:00 WITH EDITH HEAD Move on up a little higher, lifted by one of the greatest Sunday, Oct 17, 6:00 American voices of all times and genres. Dr. Horace Boyer, perhaps the leading scholar of African American Susan Claassen appears live as costume sacred music and author of The Golden Age of Gospel, designer Edith Head in this behind-the- will return to perform and share his captivating scenes feast of great movie lore and musical insights. The People’s Community Church delicious stories. In her six decades as Gospel Choir will once again fill the historic AFI Silver the diva of design, Edith Head dressed with its vibrant sound, augmented by the mighty Silver most of the great stars from Mae West organ. And, of course, there will be on-screen historic to Elizabeth Taylor, received 35 performances by the majestic Jackson herself. Academy Award nominations and won an unprecedented eight Oscars. Hear Miss Head tell her own story, a story SPECIAL SCREENING filled with humor, ambition and above Silent with Carmine all, glamour in the most glamorous Coppola Soundtrack!

PHOTO BY TIM FULLER BY PHOTO place in the world: Hollywood. 90 min. NAPOLEON [Napoleon ● SPECIAL MEMBERS’ EVENT FOR vu par Abel Gance] M AFFILIATE LEVEL MEMBERS & ABOVE! Kennedy Center: Sat, Oct 23, Brunch and screening with actress Susan 1:30; Sun, Oct 24 1:30 Claassen in AFI’s 3rd Floor Conference Room. “Edith Head comes to life The rise of Napoleon is one of the THE LADY EVE overwhelming epics of the screen, with its massive in a way that’s production values, multiple-imaged shots, machine-gun Sunday, Oct 17, 12:00 so perfectly cutting, hyperactive camera, and the Cinerama Engage in a lively discussion about the golden age of Hollywood accurate it’s grandeur of the Italian campaign. Albert Dieudonné’s with Edith Head experts actress Susan Claassen and biographer almost scary.” incarnation of the Corsican is its human centerpiece. Paddy Calistro—followed by a special, intimate screening of one —NEW YORK TIMES The 1981 reissue of Napoleon (including the climactic of Head’s most revolutionary films, THE LADY EVE, starring Henry 18-minute Polyvision reel, transposed to Cinemascope) Fonda and Barbara Stanwyck. supervised by Kevin Brownlow, with new music Directed/written by Preston Sturges; story by Monckton Hoffe; produced by Paul Jones. composed and conducted by Carmine Coppola. US, 1941, b&w, 97 min. Directed/written by Abel Gance. France, 1927, b&w Attendance is strictly limited. No passes will be accepted. $35 includes with tinted sequences, approximately 270 min., plus brunch, a visit with Susan Claassen and Paddy Calistro, and the screening intermission. of THE LADY EVE. Invitations will be sent to Affiliate Members and above. • TO ORDER WWW.AFI.COM/SILVER TICKETS: •

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