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Samurai Cinema First-Run Features: SAVE THE GREEN PLANET FUNNY HA HA TROPICAL MALADY PICKPOCKET Special Screenings: Jane Fonda Live with DC Labor Filmfest Korean Film Festival Asian Pacific American Film Festival THE WICKER MAN NOSFERATU DER GOLEM Happy Birthday Mahalia Jackson! Plus: French Cinema Under the Occupation Still Blazing: Mel Brooks The Lubitsch Touch HARAKIRI AFIPreview19 8/8/0512:53PMPage2

• BUY TICKETS ONLINE: WWW.AFI.COM/SILVER • NO SERVICE FEE • 2 14 14 10 Institute, MembershipDepartment,2021 N.Western Avenue, Los Angeles, CA90027. ing offices. Membership. PeriodicalspostagepaidatSilver Spring,Marylandandatadditional mail- American FilmInstitute, 2021 N.Western Ave., Los Angeles,CA 90027, Attention: correspondences aboutsubscriptions,undelivered copies andaddress changesto: tions alsoincludemembership intheAmerican FilmInstitute. Sendallremittances and Silver Spring,MD20910(301.495.6720). Subscriptionprice: $50.00 peryear. Allsubscrip- lishing andadvertising offices: AFISilver Theatre andCultural Center, 8633Colesville Rd., reserved. Reproduction inpartorwholewithoutpermissionisprohibited. Editorial, pub- sarily reflect theofficialinstitute policy. Institute’s office at8633Colesville Road, Silver Spring,MD. Signedarticlesdonotneces- AFI PREVIEW change. Checkwww.AFI.com/Silver for updates. Information iscorrect atpress time.Filmsandschedulesubjectto Preview designer: AFI Preview editor: AFI Inset: HAR On thecover: Brazil’s REDEEMER, N 12 12 16 16 16 15 15 15 13 11 4 2 2 2 9 8 5 3 WRQX Presents:U2,RATTLE ANDHUM Montgomery CollegeSeries Mahalia JacksonBirthdayCelebration Cinema Tropical: MAIDS CinemAfrica: NERIA with Live MusicalAccompaniment NOSFERATU &THEGOLEM, THE WICKERMAN;SilentScreams Halloween Treats! BritishHorrorClassic: Baltimore’s WEAREARABBERS Local Docs:DC’s930FSTREET& Mid-Atlantic RegionalShowcase, Still Blazing:MelBrooks Ernst Lubitsch,Part1 Robert Bresson’sPICKPOCKET French CinemaUndertheOccupation Calendar About AFI More Kurosawa, Kobayashi, Okamoto& Samurai FilmsfromtheMasters: 2005 AsianPacificAmericanFilmFestival XVI Washington LatinAmericanFilmFestival Choi Eun-hee,Live onStage! Korean Film Festival withShinSang-ok& NINE TOFIVE,BarbaraKopple &More 2005 DCLaborFilmfest:JaneFonda Live with FUNNY HAHA:Life,Post-College DeathintheJungle Love & TROPICAL MALADY: Sci-Fi ComedyfromKorea SAVE THEGREENPLANET! Win tixto seeU2inconcert! O AKIRA, Postmaster: Sendaddress changesto AFIPREVIEWatAmericanFilm (ISSN-0194-3847) ispublishedevery six weeks by theAmericanFilm courtesy ofJanusFilms W PLAYING Annie Collier Rehill Melissa Kelly, Auras Design courtesy ofGNC-TV © 2005 AmericanFilmInstitute. Allrights TROPICAL MALADY Premiere Engagement Washington, DC Korea, 2003,color,118min.InKorean withEnglishsubtitles. the audience. trickinhiscinematicarsenal tounleashafull-outmoviemakingassaulton marshaled every ofYujeboss, theCEO Chemicals,BaekYun-shik. First-timedirectorJang Jun-hwan has Crown Princeandstopthedestruction.ThatalienjusthappenstobeShinHa-gyun’s old Royal GeneticCodeneededtocontactthe next lunareclipse. Oneofthempossessesthe restrials planningtodestroyourplanetatthe have infiltratedhumansociety. Slyextrater- aliens! Nasty, disgustingspaceinvaders who could havemadesuchamessofhislife... no suchthingasbadluck.Onlyone bad breakafteranother.Yet heknowsthere’s sci-fi films.Hislifehasbeenderailedbyone sack hoppeduponconspiracytheoriesand isasensitive, blue-collarsad Shin Ha-gyun Opens Friday, August26 [Jigureul jikyeora!] SAVE THEGREENPLANET! Premiere Engagement Washington, DC with Englishsubtitles. PROD CharlesdeMeauxand Alex color,118min.InThai Moebius.Thailand,2004, Thai jungleinsearchofhim.—StrandReleasing. of the formed intoamythic wildbeast,andthesoldierjourneysaloneintoheart disrupted bytheboy’s suddendisappearance. Locallegendsclaimtheboywastrans- boyheseduces,soontobe the country cal loveaffairbetweenayoungsoldierand the ThaiNewWave, chroniclesthemysti- of themostprominentyoungdirectors Weerasethakul (BLISSFULLY YOURS), one mysterious filmbymaverickApichatpong TROPICAL2004. MALADY, thelyricaland tion oftheNewYork FilmFestival, bothin Cannes FilmFestival andanofficialselec- Prizeatthe Winner oftheSpecialJury Opens Friday, September 2 [Sud pralad] FEATURED FILMS PROD EthanVogt. US,2003,color, 89min. Bujalski hascraftedafunny blendofabsurdityandnaturalism. ofRichardLinklater’s bestworks, musch andthestream-of-consciousness observations minimalismofearlyJar- independent filmmakingageneration ago. Infusedwiththewry ofworkmadebythelikesJohn Cassevettes andMikeLeighthatdefines film—the sort FUNNY HAisananachronistic indie turn bywriter/director AndrewBujalski. film. Themoviealsofeaturesasolidcomic for afriendbyactinginhisindependent aimless 20-somethingswhowoulddoafavor sional actors,allperfectlycastasthekindof landscape entirelypopulatedbynonprofes- Kate Dollenmayer,FUNNYHAcreatesa performanceby Anchored byarevelatory America. college lifeincontemporary theinherentsillinessofpost- Deftly observes Opens Friday, September 2 FUNNY HA Premiere Engagement Washington, DC DIR/SCR Jang Jun-hwan;DIR/SCR PROD South andKimSun-ah. ChaSeoung-jae UNRATED. UNRATED DIR/SCR ApichatpongWeerasethakul;DIR/SCR UNRATED. DIR/SCR Andrew Bujalski; DIR/SCR AFIPreview19 8/8/05 12:53 PM Page 3

LABOR FILM FESTIVAL Filmmaker Barbara BUTTHEAD, KING IL POSTO 2005 DC Labor Filmfest Kopple in Person with OF THE HILL and Fox’s soon-to-be- [The job] September 15 through September 21 HARLAN COUNTY, USA released IDIOCRACY). Sunday, September 18, 1:00; Tuesday, September 20, 8:30; Organized and presented by the Metropolitan Friday, September 16, 7:30; DIR/SCR Mike Judge; Monday, September 19, 8:45 Wednesday, September 21, Washington Council of the AFL-CIO, the Debs- PROD Daniel Rappa- port and Michael 5:30 (Montgomery College Series Legendary documentarian Barbara Showing, see p. 16 for details) Jones-Douglass Institute and the American Kopple won the first of her two Rotenberg. US, 1999, Sandro Panseri ven- Film Institute, DC Labor Filmfest 2005 boasts Academy Awards for this film about 89 min. RATED R tures from a small vil- a coal miners’ strike in “bloody Har- an array of new films and beloved classics IL POSTO lage to Milan in lan County,” Kentucky. “The film’s about work and workers, from the American AMERICAN search of employment. power comes from Kopple’s intimate DREAM But he finds himself on the bottom office place to the far-flung factories of the involvement with the people,” says Saturday, September 17, 1:00 rung of the bureaucratic ladder, with global economy. Special guest include Jane film writer Peter Biskind, “the risks daunting prospects, then finds rea- she took, the places—jails, court- Barbara Kopple won her second Fonda and Barbara Kopple. For more infor- son for hope. A tender coming-of- rooms, stockholders’ meetings—into Academy Award for Best Documen- mation, visit www.dclaborfilmfest.org. age story laced with sharp observa- which she forced her camera.” tary for this film about the 1985 tions on the dehumanizing aspects DIR/SCR/PROD Barbara Kopple. US, Hormel strike in Minnesota. In ●M AFI Member Passes will be accepted at of corporate enterprise. DIR/SCR 1976, 103 min. UNRATED addition to the usual struggle, this all screenings in the DC Labor Filmfest except Ermanno Olmi; SCR Ettore Lom- strike reveals conflicts between the • TICKETS: WWW.AFI.COM/SILVER ORDER • TO the special screening of NINE TO FIVE. local union and national leaders of bardo; PROD Alberto Soffientini. the United Food and Commercial Italy, 1961, b&w, 90 min. In Italian Workers Union. Kopple sacrifices with English subtitles. UNRATED OPENING NIGHT! the easy drama of good and bad for Director David a vastly more compelling portrait of OFF TO WAR Redmon in Person the disintegration of the American Sunday, September 18, 3:00 Dream. DIR/SCR/PROD Barbara with the Washington, Brothers and native Arkansan docu- MARDI GRAS: Kopple; PROD Arthur Cohn. US, DC Premiere of mentarians Brent and Craig Renaud MADE IN CHINA 1991, 98 min. RATED PG-13 track the soldiers of an Arkansas MARDI GRAS: MADE IN CHINA Director Filmmaker Barbara Thursday, September 15, 8:00 National Guard unit as they leave OFFICE SPACE Kopple has been invited to home to undergo a forced transfor- Ever wonder where those colorful attend this screening of mation to soldiering full-time in Mardi Gras beads come from? This Friday, September 16, 10:10; Saturday, September 17, 10:10 AMERICAN DREAM. Check Iraq. DIR/SCR/PROD Brent Renaud fresh look at globalization documents www.AFI.com/Silver for updates. and Craig Renaud. US, 2004, 80 “Work sucks.” This outrageous tale the beads’ journey from the battered min. UNRATED fingers of young women in a factory was ignored upon its theatrical in Fuzhou, China, to the necks of release, then discovered by legions Washington, revelers at Mardi Gras in New who have made it an all-time-great DC Premiere! Co-presented by Orleans. DIR/SCR/PROD David Red- cult classic. Written and directed by THE PHANTOM OF Cinema Tropical mon. US, 2005, 74 min. UNRATED Mike Judge (TV’s BEAVIS & MAIDS [Domésticas] THE OPERATOR Sunday, September 18, 4:50 [Le fantôme de l’opératrice] 25TH ANNIVERSARY! Saturday, September 17, 3:10 See page 15 for program note. Jane Fonda in Person with “This wry film reveals a little-known chapter in labor history: female tele- NINE TO FIVE phone operators’ central place in the Saturday, September 17, 7:30 development of global communica- Director Alexandra tions. With an eye for the quirky The hilarious caper in which Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin and Dolly Parton take Lescaze in person with and humorous, Caroline Martel on their “sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot” boss. Undervalued and assembles clips from more than 100 WHERE DO YOU STAND? underpaid, the secretaries take over the office and implement flex time, day industrial, advertising and scientific care, equal pay and more. DIR Colin Higgins; SCR Patricia Resnick & Colin STORIES FROM AN management films produced in North Higgins; PROD Bruce Gilbert. US, 1980, 110 min. RATED PG AMERICAN MILL America between 1903 and 1989 by Sunday, September 18, 6:50 Bell and Western Electric—and transforms them into a dreamlike In 1999, after a quarter century of montage documentary.”—Women struggle, textile workers in North Make Movies. DIR/SCR/PROD Caro- Carolina won the single largest line Martel. Canada, 2004, color and industrial union victory in the his- b&w, 65 min. In French and English tory of the South, a region long known as a bastion of anti-union with English subtitles. UNRATED sentiment. WHERE DO YOU PLUS STAND? documents that epic and often bitter struggle. DIR/SCR/ LIVING TO WORK PROD Alexandra Lescaze. US, “This visual poem explores the rela- 2003, color, 60 min. UNRATED. tionship between the upper class Director Alexandra Lescaze obsession with success and the Tickets are $15. Proceeds from this special 25th anniversary will appear live onstage. The working class struggle to make ends screening will benefit the organization Working America. Hon. David Bonior, Chair, meet, asking whether living to work Jane Fonda will appear live onstage along with Working Amer- American Rights at Work, is living at all.”—SILVERDOCS 2005. ica Executive Director Karen Nussbaum, co-founder of 9to5, the has been invited to join her. For DIR/SCR/PROD Leah Wolchok. US, organization for women office workers that inspired the film. more information, visit 2004, color, 9 min. UNRATED www.wheredoyoustand.info. 3 AFIPreview19 8/8/0512:53PMPage4

• TO ORDER TICKETS: WWW.AFI.COM/SILVER • 4 all screenings intheKorean FilmFestival. ● please visitwww.asia.si.edu. English subtitlesunlessotherwiseindicated. the Korean Cultural Service, Washington, DC. Ministry ofCulture andTourism, Seoul;and possible by theKorean FilmCouncil; the Hyunjun MinoftheUniversity ofMaryland. Galleries oftheSmithsonianInstitution,and film programmer for theFreer andSackler of Korean cinema’smostlegendaryfigures. as well asavery specialappearance by two tions ofhorror, war andmartialartspictures, working new twists onthegenre conven- films by several emerging writer/directors, festival includesinnovative andchallenging hotbeds. Thesecond editionofthispopular energy ofonetheworld’s cinematic GalleriesasweSackler celebrate thecreative Join AFISilver Theatre andtheFreer and October 20 September 22 Festival DC2005 Korean Film KOREAN CINEMA M DIE BAD For complete program information, All filmsare in35mmandKorean with Korean Filmfestival DC2005ismade The festival was organized by Tom Vick, AFI MemberPasseswillbeaccepted at through (who literallycomesbacktohaunt prison forkillingateenage friend crime afterbeingreleasedfrom a youngmanwhopursueslifeof violence. Thefourstoriescenteron rowing meditationonthenatureof nected vignettesintoagritty, har- ingeniously weavesfourintercon- September9opener), Gallery’s directed ARAHAN,theFreer from Ryu (whoalso Seung-wan This astonishingdirectorialdebut Thursday, 7:00 September 22, DIE BAD SPECIAL EVENT SAM RYONG THEMUTE Director ShinSang-okandActress ChoiEun-heeinpersonwith In the1950sand b&w,SCR NaDo-hyang. 1964, min. 84 feudal societyandtheprejudicesofhisemployerstowinherhand. in lovewithhismaster’s daughter-in-law, hemustconfronttherigidrulesoftraditionalKorean The heroofthisfilmisadeaf-mute Thursday, October 13,7:00 tion USA. are provided by theKorea Founda- Shin Sang-okandChoiEun-hee MOTHER (1961). with THEHOUSEGUEST AND MY (1969), andSunday, October 16, with WOMEN OFTHEYIDYNASTY at theFreer Friday, October 14, to welcome themto AFISilver. still revered today. We are honored many ofwhichstarred Choi—are cated, emotionallycharged films— years. Shin’s technically sophisti- dictator KimJong-ilfor several forced to work for NorthKorean golden ageofKorean cinema.They are best known today for having beenkidnappedand Travel andaccommodations for Shin andChoiwillalsoappear ’ 60s, director ShinSang-okandhiswife, ChoiEun-hee, reigned over the horror filmsetduringtheVietnam An intenselycreepypsychological Thursday, October 6,6:50 Tuesday, October 4,4:45; R-POINT 95 min. min. 2004, PROD BaeJeong-min, BaekJeong- ial love. aboutfamil- prisingly movingstory seems adepravedplotintosur- plan. then hercopfathergetswindofthe happened asanactofpenance. But their moneyandtellthemwhat sleep withallherclients,return killed, herbestfrienddecidesto why. Whenateenage prostituteis GIRLproves maker. SAMARITAN Korea’s mostcontroversialfilm- SPRING, and3-IRON) isbyfar SUMMER, FALL, WINTER...AND Kim Ki-duk(directorofSPRING, Loved bysome, loathedbyothers, Thursday, October 6,9:00 Tuesday, October 4,7:00; SAMARITAN GIRL kuk. 2000, 95 min. Ryu PROD Seung-wan; KimSun- getic actionfilmmaking. Ryu’s talentforcerebralyetener- him). Thisfilmperfectlyillustrates who makesamodestlivingasfarmhand.Whenhefalls Kim manages to turnwhat THE MUTE SAM RYONG DIR/SCR KimKi-duk; DIR/SCR UNRATED UNRATED RATED R ● M DIR/SCR Choi Kang-hyeok. 2004, 107min. Choi Kang-hyeok. 2004, Kong PRODDIR/SCR Su-chang; keep youawakeforweeks. ing aroundthem,andjustmight more disturbingthanthewarrag- natural goings-ontheyfindareeven appeared inthevicinity. Thesuper- a groupoffellowsoldierswhodis- hotel tofindoutwhathappened army platoonsenttoanabandoned ofaKorean Su-chang tellsthestory War, thisfilmfromdirectorKong UNRATED 118min. Dae-hyeon. 2004, Il-gon; Song PRODDIR/SCR Kim you guessinguntiltheend. complex narrativepuzzlethat keeps ing thrillerfromSongIl-gonanda vision. Anintricate, visuallyarrest- of hiswife, whichheforesawina their deathsandtheearlierdeath of tosolvethemystery memory together theshardsofhisshattered crashed. Minmustthenpiece dered intheforestnearwherehe the policethatacouplewasmur- dent, televisionproducerMintells acaracci- After narrowlysurviving Thursday, October 20,9:40 Monday, October 17, 9:00; SPIDER FOREST UNRATED DIR/PROD Sang-ok; Shin AFIPreview19 8/8/05 12:53 PM Page 5

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and rely on precocious daughter Lucia Sneig to BENJAMIM run the household, but by the time the baby XVI Washington Latin comes she’ll need more. Writer/director/star Fog- will’s debut feature recalls work by Nicole American Film Festival Holofcener (LOVELY AND AMAZING), but with a September 21 through October 3 flair for comedic melodrama and an irreverent knowingness that bears comparison to Fassbinder AFI, the Association of Ibero-American Cultural Attachés and and Almodóvar. DIR Vera Fogwill and Martín the IDB Cultural Center are proud to present the Washington Desalvo; SCR Vera Fogwill; PROD Axel Pauls. Latin American Film Festival. Now in its 16th year, the Festi- Argentina/Spain, 2005, color, 85 min. UNRATED val offers an extensive annual exploration of filmmaking BUENOS AIRES 100 KM throughout the Americas. This year’s selection of over Friday, September 23, 7:30; Saturday, September 24, 12:30 twenty of the best and most recent films from the region Five boys in a small town 100 kilometers from includes multiple award-winners, festival favorites, local Buenos Aires struggle with the relationships, OLGA box-office hits and debut works by promising new talents. gossip and stunted dreams that fuel and con- Wednesday, September 28, 8:40; Sunday, October 2, 3:20 AFI would like to thank the Inter-American Develop- strain their departure from adolescence. In 1930s Germany, Jewish Communist Olga DIR/SCR Pablo José Meza; PROD Pepe Salvia, ment Bank and Mr. Félix Angel; the Association Benário (Camilo Morgado) springs her lover Natacha Rebora and Pablo José Meza. 2004, right from the courtroom, then guards revolu- OODRTCES W.F.O/IVR• TICKETS: WWW.AFI.COM/SILVER ORDER • TO of Ibero-American Cultural Attachés, and Mr. color, 93 min. UNRATED tionary Luís Carlos Prestes (Caco Cicler, Murilo Gabrielli and Ms. Lydia Bendersky; and XANGO FROM BAKER STREET, ‘04 Fest) on Festival co-curator Ms. Patricia Dalone for their NEXT EXIT [Próxima salida] his return to Brazil—and finds love. If their Saturday, October 1, 2:00; Sunday, October 2, 1:00 coup fails, will the dictator have a gift for invaluable support and collaboration in presenting this Hitler? Super-production based on an all-too-true Darío Grandinetti (TALK TO HER) heads an all- event. All films are in Spanish or Portuguese with English story, in a debut feature by a titan of the Brazil- star cast of actors in this drama about laid-off rail- ian miniseries. Winner of three Brazilian Film subtitles, unless otherwise noted. road workers and their struggles during Academy Awards, and Brazil’s 2004 Oscar sub- Argentina’s recent financial crisis. Debut feature for mission. DIR Jayme Monjardim; SCR Rita Buz- ●M AFI Member Passes will be accepted at all screenings in director Nicolas Tuozzo, son of actress Leonor zar, from the book by Fernando Morais; PROD the Latin American Film Festival. Benedetto. DIR Nicolas Tuozzo; SCR Marcos Negri Rita Buzzar. 2004, color, 141 min. UNRATED and Nicolas Tuozzo; PROD Marcos Negri and Jorge Rocca. 2004, color, 110 min. UNRATED BUENOS AIRES 100 KM BRAZIL BENJAMIM Wednesday, September 21, 6:40; Saturday, September 24, 1:45 Aging male model Paulo José starts to relive the pleasures and torments of his past upon meeting Cléo Pires, who bears an amazing resemblance to the late, great love of Paulo’s life. But the “reincarnation” also brings a settling of accounts with his guilty conscience. Writer/director Monique Gardenberg displays an assured hand guiding the narrative in and out of flashbacks and daydreams, in this visually elegant, bitter- ARGENTINA sweet memento. DIR Monique Gardenberg; SCR Jorge Furtado, Monique Gardenberg and Glenio MY UNCLE KILLED A GUY KEPT AND DREAMLESS Póvoas; PROD Augusto Casé and Paula Lavigne. [Las mantenidas sin sueños] 2004, color, 97 min. UNRATED MY UNCLE KILLED A GUY Saturday, September 24, 8:50; Sunday, September 25, 5:20 [Redentor] [Meu tio matou um cara] Vera Fogwill’s a druggy single mom who’s preg- REDEEMER Friday, September 30, 5:30; Sunday, October 2, 6:20 nant again, with no idea who the father is. She Friday, September 23, 9:45; Sunday, September 25, 3:05 Tough times for 15-year-old Darlan Cunha: he’s can hit her up shrink mom Mirta Busnelli for cash A Terry Gilliam-esque satire with nifty special got a crush on his childhood friend Sophia effects. Muckraking journalist Célio Reis, but she only has eyes for his buddy Rocha cuts a deal with crooked KEPT Renan Gioelli. Then his uncle Lázaro Ramos real estate tycoon Otávio Sabóia to AND crashes in to announce he’s shot his girlfriend’s DREAMLESS plant a story that will rescue his ex-husband! But Cunha, explorer of virtual money-pit condo. Then he has a crime scenes, smells a rat—and maybe he can vision—in the person of a talking figure out that triangle thing too. From the Cristo Redentor statue, Rio’s director and star (Ramos) of last year’s THE famous landmark—that instructs MAN WHO COPIED. DIR Jorge Furtado; SCR him to give Sabóia’s property Guel Arraes and Jorge Furtado; PROD Guel away. Best Director, Brazilian Film Arraes, Nora Goulart, Paula Lavigne and Academy Awards. DIR Cláudio Luciana Tomasi. 2005, color, 87 min. UNRATED Torres; SCR Elena Soárez, Fer- nanda Torres and Cláudio Torres; PROD Leonardo Monteiro de Bar- Be sure to vote for the ros and Cláudio Torres. 2004, Audience Award for Best Feature! color, 110 min. UNRATED

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DIARY OF A PROVINCIAL GIRL MY BEST ENEMY THE CURSE OF [Vida de menina] FATHER CARDONA Saturday, October 1, 12:25; Monday, October 3, 9:00 Winner of the Audience Award for Best Film at the Rio de Janeiro Film Festival, this adaptation of one of Brazil’s most beloved works of litera- ture—Helena Morley’s 19th century diary—is a record of a country’s transition into modernity that parallels Morley’s transformation from ado- lescence into maturity. Director Helena Solberg (CARMEN MIRANDA: BANANAS IS MY BUSI- NESS) recreates with Bergman-esque wonder MY BEST ENEMY [Mi mejor enemigo] the insightful observations of her strong-willed Saturday, September 24, 4:15; Wednesday, September 28, 6:20 narrator—a teenager more apt to play in the street than sit still during etiquette lessons. DIR A profound indictment of war’s cruel futility Helena Solberg; SCR Elena Soárez and Helena from first-time writer/director/producer Alex SELLER, smash hit of the ’98 Fest. DIR Víctor Solberg; PROD David Mayer. 2004, color, 101 Bowen. Set in 1978, during “the war that never Gaviria; SCR Víctor Gaviria and Hugo Restrepo; was” (a border dispute between Chile and min. UNRATED PROD Víctor Gaviria and Enrique Gabriel. Argentina), a Chilean border patrol unit gets 2004, color, 105 min. UNRATED lost in the Argentine pampas, then locked DIARY OF A down in a trench with Argentine troops. Stale- PROVINCIAL mate gives way to a truce, but when fighter GIRL COSTA RICA planes and tanks arrive, the friends are forced once again to fight. DIR Alex Bowen; SCR Alex CARIBE Bowen, Julio Rojas and Paula de Fierro; PROD Wednesday, September 21, 9:00; Monday, September 26, 6:30 Alex Bowen and Pablo Trapero. Chile/Argentina/ Costa Rica’s multicultural Caribbean coast is torn UNRATED Spain, 2004, color, 100 min. when an American oil company attempts to set up shop. Concerns about environmental damage FAILING GRADES [Promedio rojo] are countered by the need for jobs. Jorge Perugor- Tuesday, September 27, 9:45; Saturday, October 1, 10:30 ría (STRAWBERRY AND CHOCOLATE), a biolo- The treachery and awkwardness of high school gist recruited by the company to sell the plan, have never been so embarrassing, seen through grapples with his social conscience while engaging the eyes (and overactive imagination) of nerdy in a dangerous affair with the half-sister (Cuca comic book aficionado Ariel Levy (whose char- Escribano) of his wife (Maya Zapata). DIR/PROD acter’s name, Roberto Rodriguez, pays homage Esteban Ramírez; SCR Ana Istarú and Esteban to comic book geek and SIN CITY director, Ramírez. 2004, color, 90 min. UNRATED Robert Rodriguez). Told with comic-book style, Levy and his stock John Hughes-movie loser CAZUZA: TIME DOESN’T STOP sidekick battle bullies. DIR/SCR Nicolás López; DOMINICAN [Cazuza: O tempo não pára] PROD Miguel Asensio, Santiago Segura and REPUBLIC Friday, September 30, 9:45; Saturday, October 1, 11:00 Nicolás López. Chile/Argentina, 2004, color, 98 min. UNRATED THE CURSE OF FATHER CARDONA This biopic of Brazilian music superstar Cazuza, whose career was cut short by his death from [La maldición del padre Cardona] Tuesday, September 27, 9:30; Monday, October 3, 6:30 AIDS in 1990 at age 32, was a box office and COLOMBIA critical smash last year, winning seven Brazilian This romantic comedy from the Dominican Film Academy Awards, including Best Feature, ADDITIONS AND SUBTRACTIONS Republic marks the country’s first appearance in Lead Actor, Cinematography and Adapted the Washington Latin American Film Festival. [Sumas y restas] Itinerant priest Father Cardona (Koldo) has been Script. Daniel de Oliveira is magnetic in the Friday, September 30, 7:20; Saturday, October 1, 8:30 lead, from early success with rock group Barão called to Constanza to free it from deviltry— Vermelho through maturation, with the fast Medellín, 1984: ambitious engineer Juan Uribe something to do with cursed beans—but must

• TO ORDER WWW.AFI.COM/SILVER TICKETS: • pace and brilliant music never letting down. needs capital to implement his big building fight a new temptation in stunning Zoe Saldaña DIR Sandra Werneck and Walter Carvalho; SCR plans, but, except for an occasional recreational (PIRATES OF THE CARRIBEAN, THE TERMI- Fernando Bonassi and Victor Navas; PROD snort, won’t mess with that drug stuff. That is, NAL, GUESS WHO), who already has padre- Daniel Filho. 2004, color, 98 min. UNRATED until he meets charismatic garage owner/smug- issues with Father Jerónimo (Anthony Álvarez). gler Fabio Restrepo. Best Film, Best Actor DIR/SCR/PROD: Félix Gérman; PROD Carlos Gér- (Restrepo, in his film debut!), Miami Latin Film man. 2005, color, running time t/b/d. UNRATED CHILE Festival; from the director of THE ROSE BAD BLOOD [Mala leche] EL SALVADOR Thursday, September 22, 6:40; Friday, September 23, 5:30 ADDITIONS AND SUBTRACTIONS Winner of the Horizons Award at the 2004 San SHORT FILMS Sunday, September 25, 12:30; Monday, September 26, 6:00 Sebastian Film Festival, this gritty feature debut captures the aimlessness of drug-infested delin- The culture of the smallest Central American coun- quent youth culture in Santiago. Framed by doc- try comes brilliantly to life in four brief—and very umentary-style realism, two junkies, played with different—films. CORN HIKERS offers gripping tes- violent urgency by Mauricio Diocares and Luis timonies of migrant workers deformed in train Dubó, embark on a crime spree to pay back Yao, the stuttering kingpin. DIR León Errázuriz; SCR Be sure to vote for the León Errázuriz and Matias Ovalle; PROD Matias Audience Award for Best Feature! Ovalle. 2004, color, 101 min. UNRATED

6 • TO ORDER TICKETS: WWW.AFI.COM/SILVER • 7 WHISKY UNRATED UNRATED UNRATED DIR Alberto ArveloDIR Alberto Men- DIR/SCR/PROD Fabrizio [Paloma de papel] Be sure to vote for the for vote to Be sure Audience Award for Best Feature! for Award Audience URUGUAY URUGUAY WHISKY 1, October 6:20 Saturday, 29, 7:00; September Thursday, Struggling factory feels the owner Andrés Pazos need to impress his successful younger brother Jorge Bolani, to Montevideo for recently returned to Pascual funeral. He hires Mirella their mother’s with unintended consequences. pose as his wife, Like Finland’s Aki Kaurismaki, writer/directors Stoll masterfully Rebella and Pablo Juan Pablo wring comedic pathos from their oddball charac- of numerous international awards, ters. Winner Cannes 2004.including the FIPRESCI prize, SCR Rebella; and Juan Pablo DIR/SCR Stoll Pablo Fernando GonzaloPROD Delgado Galiana; 2004,Epstein. color, 99 min. VENEZUELA HABANA, HAVANA 3, 6:20 October 1, October Monday, 4:20; Saturday, On his first trip ever to Havana, 40-ish peasant to get those find anyplace can’t Manuel Porto perfect shoes for his little girl, then gets mis- taken for someone else at knifepoint. Luckily, lonely widow Eslinds Núñez (MEMORIES OF him out. LUCIA) helps UNDERDEVELOPMENT, first a near-wordless city, tone poem of the At then a chamber play for two—with a shocking, Miami Latino ironic conclusion. Best Screenplay, (A HOUSE From festival regular Film Festival. OF THE SEA,WITH A VIEW ONE LIFE AND TWO TRAILS) Arvelo. PERU DOVE PAPER 26, 8:30 September Monday, 25, 1:00; September Sunday, A bus ride through the Andean highlands causes one just-released prisoner to reminisce about his he was dragooned childhood. Once a farmboy, into El Sendero Lumino (The Shining Path), along with other child guerillas. A powerful indictment of civil war and the costs visited upon the poor, this film was one of Peru’s biggest local hits ever, and the country’s Oscar submission a year ago. Aguilar. 2004, color, 90 min. Mezquita Pedro doza; SCR Carlos Díaz; PROD 2004,Arcaya. color, 80 min. UNRATED RATED R RATED DIR Fernando UNRATED UNRATED [Temporada de patos] [Temporada [Derecha-izquierda] DIR/SCR Gabriel Traversari; PROD DIR/SCR Gabriel Traversari; DIR Alejandro Lozano; SCR Alvaro Lozano; DIR Alejandro UNRATED NICARAGUA NICARAGUA ALONG THE PATHWAYS [Por los caminos] 26, 6:00 September 25, 12:30; Monday, September Sunday, A passionate testament to the strength of the people in the face of protracted Nicaraguan poverty and cultural political turmoil, extreme disillusionment, this documentary follows citi- zens from every walk of life as they strive for a better future. Julia Sevilla Hopping and Gabriel Traversari. 2004, color, 54 min. PARAGUAY RIGHT-LEFT 2, October 8:30 2, October 12:30; Sunday, Sunday, Seven Holocaust survivors now residing in of their pre-Nazi give riveting accounts Paraguay lives, how they endured the concentration camps, and the triumph of their liberations. A different view of a familiar subject, recorded just before the colors will inevitably fade. Mamrud Javier DIR/SCR PROD Rafael Kohan; min. 2005, color, 92 and Rafael Kohan. DUCK SEASON 25, 7:40 September 6:40; Sunday, 24, September Saturday, Deadpan drollery from debut helmer Fernando tender- attuned to teenage sensitively Eimbcke, the early work of Jim ness and reminiscent of friends Flama and Moko Teenage Jarmusch. have a parent-free apartment the suburbs for in music and porno an afternoon of video games, Then the pretty neighbor asks to use the mags. strong brownies. oven to bake some curiously 2004. AFI FEST Jury Award, and Fernando Markovitch SCR Paula Eimbcke; Ramos and Christian Jaime PROD Eimbcke; 90 min. 2004, b&w, Valdelievre. @FESTIVBERCINE.RON 1, October 12:00 Saturday, 29, 9:15; September, Thursday, Co-writers and directors Gabriel Retes and Lourdes Elizarrarás co-star as clownishly self- and his lead important director Mariano Pacheco actress in this Altman-esque comedy that uses as its the real-life Guadalajara festival in Mexico Castro, cameos by Fidel backdrop. Featuring Harry the late Cuban director Pastor Belafonte, and internationally renowned actress Daisy Vega Granados. Despite the universal rejection of their film WELCOME as a betrayal of Latin American to hustle cinema, Retes and Elizarrarás manage it into festival contention. Their fortunes change when rumors surface that Spielberg is interested. and Lourdes Retes Gabriel DIR/PROD and María del Gabriel Retes SCR Elizarrarás; 2004, min. color, 95 Pozo. PULP FICTION—and as madcap and meander- as madcap and PULP FICTION—and WHITE GO TO AND KUMAR ing as HAROLD CASTLE. RaczynskiBernat, Kristoff Alejandro and Billy Fernando and Rovzar PROD Lozano; 2004,Rovzar. 90 min. color, UNRATED DUCK SEASON ALL UNRATED [Matando cabos] DIR Carlos SCR Reynaldo Agraz; García MEXICO NOOSE ENDS 11:00 24, September 22, September 9:00; Saturday, Thursday, This pitch-black comedy intertwinesof a stories a tyrannical boss workplace mishap involving (who had it coming) and a ransom scheme As stylishly vivid as the gone horribly awry. or Quentin Tarrantino’s Coen Brothers’ FARGO GUATEMALA GUATEMALA WHERE THE ROAD ENDS [Donde acaban los caminos] 25, 9:40 September 12:00; Sunday, 24, September Saturday, doctor Raúl the turn of the 20th century, At on Zamora opts to practice in a native village the edge of Lake Determined to treat all Atitlán. in need regardless of race or class, he falls for Beautifully on loca- filmed Maria Xahil, a native. tion near Lakethe colonial city of with Atitlán, Old Guatemala showcasing the country’s land- scapes. based on Toledo, León and Mario Monteforte PROD Toledo; the novel by Mario Monteforte Toledo and José Toledo Mario Monteforte Ordoñez. 2003, color, 82 min. THE GIFT [El regalo: La navidad de los Mora] DIR Adrián Hernández; SCR Oscar Rodriguez Luis Balibrera, and Adrián Hernández; PROD Hernández and Adrián Oscar Rodriguez, 17 min. 2005, color, Edmundo Landaverde. CORN HIKERS [Caminantes de maíz] CORN HIKERS [Caminantes Villalobos; Gutierrez;DIR Santiago SCR Ernesto Carlos 2004, Figueroa. color, 20 min. PROD [Retratos de Clementina] PORTRAITS OF CLEMENTINA 2003, color, 8 min. Heredia. DIR/SCR/PROD Paula ARQUIMEDES’ SHOES [Los zapatos de Arquímedes] ARQUIMEDES’ SHOES [Los storyDIR David Ulloa; original Nelly Ash; 2004, Julia Herrera. 8 min. color, PROD LATIN AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL FILM AMERICAN LATIN worker cared for in human rights accidents, then shelter.Olga Sanchez’s OF PORTRAITS centers on artistCLEMENTINA Clementina Suarez. animated THE GIFT, In Oscar Rodriguez’ by prepares for Christmas—aided the Mora family fruits, and vegetables.talking animals, be And steal before that job inter- careful whose shoes you SHOES)! view (ARQUIMEDES’ AFIPreview19 8/8/05 12:53 PM Page 7 Page PM 12:53 8/8/05 AFIPreview19 AFIPreview19 8/8/05 12:53 PM Page 8

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TOMORROW, JULIO DIR/SCR/PROD the urban stylings of Chinese Cana- contents: 376 passengers of Indian 2005 DC Asian Brian Chang. US, 2005, b&w, 4 dian female rapper Masia One. descent. This documentary culmi- min. UNRATED nates with a standoff in Vancouver SPOTLIGHTING DIR/SCR Justin Lin Harbor, multiple assassinations, and DIR/SCR/PROD Pacific American TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT and Josh Diamond; PROD Julie the ship’s return to India—to be J. P. Chan. US, 2005, b&w and Asato, Josh Diamond, Joan Huang attacked by British authorities. color, 4 min. UNRATED Film Festival and Justin Lin. US, 2004, color, 26 DIR/SCR/PROD Ali Kazimi. Canada, October 7 through October 16 DANCE MANIA FANTASTIC DIR/SCR min. UNRATED 2004, b&w and color, 87 min. In Since its inception in 2000, the DC Asian Sasie Sealy; PROD Siggi Hilmarsson BROWN LIKE DAT DIR/SCR/PROD English and Punjab/Urdu with Eng- Pacific American Film Festival, annually pre- and Wendy Cheng. US, 2004, Raeshem Chopra Nijhon. US, lish Subtitles. UNRATED color, 12 min. In Japanese with 2005, color, 34 min. UNRATED sented by APA Film, has introduced more English subtitles. UNRATED FACE than 10,000 people in the Washington area SEX AND COFFEE DIR/SCR/PROD I WAS BORN, BUT... Friday, October 14, 8:30 to the fresh new voices of Asian Pacific Lee Isaac Chung. US, 2004, color, Sunday, October 9, 9:25 Bai Ling returns from Hong Kong to 13 min. UNRATED American filmmakers. In theaters in and An intensely personal memoir of New York, reuniting with the daugh- around Washington, DC, the festival will I’LL HAVE AN ESPRESSO, AND JUST A filmmaker Roddy Bogawa’s experi- ter she left to be raised by her showcase more than 100 short and feature WATER FOR... DIR/SCR/PROD ence growing up in the LA punk grandmother 19 years earlier, and forcing a painful reconciliation. Sun- length films and videos in narrative, docu- Ernest Woo. US, 2004, color, 2 scene and discovering his identity. min. UNRATED Bookended by the deaths of Joey dance Festival 2002; CineVegas Festi- mentary and experimental form. For more val 2002, Critics Award, Special DIR/SCR Kit Hui; PROD Ramone and Joe Strummer. MISSING Mention, Direction. DIR/PROD information, visit www.apafilm.org. Ramsey Fong and Cherry Montejo. DIR/SCR Roddy Bogawa; PROD Bertha Bay Sa-Pan; SCR Oren US, 2005, color, 14 min. In Jason Simon. US, 2004, 16mm, Moverman & Bertha Bay Sa-Pan. US, ●M AFI Member Passes will be accepted at Cantonese with English subtitles. color, 90 min. UNRATED 2002, color, 87 min. UNRATED all screenings in the A.P.A. Film Festival. UNRATED THE MONSTER AND THE PEANUT WACKY, WICKED CAVITE THE GRACE DIR/SCR/PROD Franklin Jin Rho. & WILD SHORTS Sunday, October 16, 7:30 LEE PROJECT US, 2005, color, 18 min. UNRATED Tuesday, October 11, 9:15 An American citizen visiting the From spoofing a busy call center in SEIBUTSU (STILL: LIFE) DIR/SCR Joe Philippines for his father’s funeral India to a John Woo-style shootout Turner Lin; PROD Dennis Lee. US, learns that his mother and sister in a Texas convenience store, these 2004, color, 19 min. In Japanese have been kidnapped and threatened films all use satire and parody to with English subtitles. UNRATED with murder if he fails to comply. enlighten and entertain. A CHINK IN THE ARMOR DIR Baun Mah. The kidnappers are the Islamic ter- US, 2005, color, 25 min. UNRATED CALL CENTER DIR Amyn Kaderali. rorist group Abu Sayyaf, and their US, 2005, color, 12 min. UNRATED demands create a moral dilemma. A taut thriller and rollicking tour of SLOW JAM KING DIR Rocky Jo. US, BUNNY AND CLYDO the markets and back alleys of 2005, color, 20 min. UNRATED Cavite. South By Southwest Festival THE GRACE LEE PROJECT SPAM-KU DIR Steven Tschida. US, 2005. Preceded by Eli Africa’s short Friday, October 7, 7:00 2005, color, 5 min. UNRATED film SELLING SONGS OF LEYTE. DIR/SCR Neill Dela Llana and Ian When filmmaker Grace Lee moved THE HAIRS DIR Yohei Kawamata. Gamazon; PROD Neill Dela Llana, from Missouri to Los Angeles, she US, 2005, color, 5 min. UNRATED Ian Gamazon and Quynn Ton. US, was stunned to find hundreds of HERE COMES PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR 2005, color, 80 min. In English and Asian-American women with her KENGO KOSHIYAMA DIR Yohei Spanish and Tagalog with English name. A hilarious exploration that SLOW JAM KING Kawamata. US, 2005, color, 13 Sunday, October 9, 5:20 subtitles. UNRATED contrasts stereotypes with the real-life min. UNRATED experiences of Grace Lees throughout Wacky road movie in which a Fil- PLUS DIR Ryan Tse. US, 2005, the world. DIR/SCR/PROD Grace Lee; ipino American gangsta-wannabe SLICK color, 5 min. UNRATED PROD Amy Ferraris. US, 2005, 68 dreams of becoming a Nashville SELLING SONGS OF LEYTE min. UNRATED country star and kidnaps a traveling A documentary that presents a col- • TO ORDER WWW.AFI.COM/SILVER TICKETS: • PLUS perfume salesman to drive him there. THE FALL OF FUJIMORI orful look at fish vendors on the DIR/SCR/PROD Steven E. Mallorca. Wednesday, October 12, 7:00 Philippine island province of Leyte GOD IS GOOD US, 2004, color, 109 min. UNRATED and their tradition of singing songs Elected as a reformer, Alberto Fuji- to sell their wares. DIR/SCR/PROD Seven-year-old Harold Choi’s life is mori became a dictator to fight a Eli Africa. US/Philippines, 2005, altered forever when his mother war on terror. A rich portrait of a SUNRISE, SUNSET: color, 14 min. UNRATED finally takes action against her phi- LIFESTYLES OF ASIAN complex man and a country in tur- landering husband. DIR/SCR/PROD moil, Ellen Perry’s film is both Caryn Waechter. US, 2004, 23 min. AMERICAN MUSICIANS humorous and horrifying. DIR/PROD UNRATED Sunday, October 9, 7:30 Ellen Perry; SCR Kim Roberts, Zach Includes Justin Lin (BETTER LUCK Anderson and Ellen Perry. US, 2005, SHORTS IN URBAN TIME TOMORROW) and Josh Diamond’s color, 83 min. UNRATED Friday, October 7, 9:05 SPOTLIGHTING, a whirlwind docu- mentary about the evolution of Fil- The ebb and flow of urban life— CONTINUOUS JOURNEY ipino band The Sunspots; BROWN Wednesday, October 12, 9:05 and the city dwellers who live it— LIKE DAT, documenting how a is the shared theme of this diverse group of poets, MCs and DJs joined In 1914, the Komagata Maru, a Japan- program of short films. to respond to post-9/11 anti-immi- ese ship chartered by Indian Sikh businessman Gurdit Singh, was DIR/SCR/PROD Stephen grant backlash; and a selection of CLEAN denied entry into Canada due to Dypiangco. US, 2004, b&w, 4 music videos, from the DIY spirit of the questionable nature of the ship’s SPOTLIGHTING min. 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SAMURAI JAPANESE CINEMA REBELLION

man Somegoro Ichikawa calls on Samurai Cinema double-crosses of his own to stop him. DIR Hideo Gosha; SCR Kaneo October 8 through November 6 Ikegami; PROD Toshiaki Tsushima. AFI Silver presents a sample of the ultimate action genre with direction by masters of the cin- 1978, color, 163 min. ema, starring some of the world’s greatest actors—Samurai! Stark conflicts of loyalty versus duty. Shakespearean power plays. Contemporary social criticism in period guise. Like all Brand New 35mm Print! notable categories, what we call the Samurai film (in Japanese, jidai-geki, “period film,” or its SAMURAI SAGA subgenre chambara, “chop-’em-up”) encompasses a wide range of subject matter and tone, [Aru Kengo no shogai] while retaining it's own unique flavor—the most kinetic and balletic array of action sequences. Sunday, October 16, 5:15; Tuesday, October 18, 9:00 All films in the series are in Japanese with English subtitles. Toshiro Mifune’s 17th-century samurai ●M AFI Member Passes will be accepted at all screenings in the Samurai series. responds to jibes regarding his enlarged proboscis with witty haiku and slashing swordplay. He plays KILL! ghostwriter for the tongue-tied Akira Takarada’s courtship of Yoko Tsukasa, whom Mifune secretly loves himself. der’s Web.” DIR Akira Kurosawa; OODRTCES W.F.O/IVR• TICKETS: WWW.AFI.COM/SILVER ORDER • TO A retelling of Edmond Rostand’s SCR Shinobu Hashimoto, Ryuzo Cyrano de Bergerac, and a unique expe- Kikushima, Hideo Oguni and Akira rience for Mifune fans watching him Kurosawa, from the play Macbeth essay a legendary role in world the- by William Shakespeare; PROD ater. He is superb. DIR Hiroshi Ina- Akira Kurosawa and Sojiro Motoki. gaki; SCR Hiroshi Inagaki, from the 1957, b&w, 110 min. play Cyrano De Bergerac by Edmond Rostand; PROD Tomoyuki Tanaka. 1959, color, 111 min. Brand New 35mm Print! SAMURAI REBELLION THE HIDDEN FORTRESS [Joiuchi] [Kakuchi Toride No San-Akunin] Friday, November 4, 9:40; Saturday, Friday, October 21, 7:00; November 5, 1:00; Sunday, November 6, 9:05 Saturday October 22, 7:20 Here is one of cinema’s greatest This richly comic fairy tale for adults images: the wounded Toshiro Mifune Brand New 35mm Print! bestseller, only a third of which was is pure entertainment from the mas- bracing himself to rise with his used for this version. DIR Kihachi [Kiru!] ters, acknowledged as the source for sword. In this story, social critic KILL! Okamoto; SCR Shinobu Hashimoto, STAR WARS. General Toshiro Mifune Masaki Kobayashi (HUMAN CON- Saturday, October 8, 3:00; from the novel by Kaizan Nakazato; DITION) makes a devastating attack Monday, October 10, 4:30 enlists two bumbling vagabond for PROD Sanezumi Fujimoto. 1966, his rescue of a princess—and her on feudalism. A lord forces Mifune’s Amid the carnage, the action starts b&w, scope, 119 min. gold. Probably Kurosawa’s most daz- son, Takeshi Kato, to marry his dis- with Tatsuya Nakadai chasing a zling exercise in pure filmmaking (his carded mistress, Yoko Tsukasa. But chicken. Both amusing and violent, Brand New 35mm Print! first use of wide screen), and one of then he demands her return. The Okamoto’s skillful combination pits Mifune’s most exciting vehicles, as he tension explodes in Mifune’s power- corrupt officials against idealistic BANDITS VS. did all his own stunts. DIR Akira ful stand. Winner of Japan’s Oscar retainers. Tatsuya Nakadai, as a SAMURAI SQUADRON Kurosawa; SCR Hideo Oguni, Ryuzo equivalent for Best Film. DIR Masaki dropout samurai pacifist, plays it [Kumokiri Nizaemon] Kikushima, Shinobu Hashimoto and Kobayashi; SCR Shinobu Hashimoto, cool. Audiences catch up with the Saturday, October 15, 4:55; Akira Kurosawa; PROD Akira Kuro- from the novel by Yasuhiko plot about halfway through, easily Wednesday, October 19 8:20 sawa and Sanezumi Fujiimoto. Japan, Takiguchi; PROD Toshiro Mifune in time to appreciate the show- and Tomoyuki Tanaka. 1967, b&w, This big-budget grafting of STING- 1958, b&w, scope, 139 min. down—a duel with darts in a scope, 128 min. style chicanery onto the samurai closet-size room. DIR Kihachi tradition is probably the top samu- Okamoto; SCR Akira Murao and THRONE OF BLOOD rai film of the ’70s. Enigmatic ban- Brand New 35mm Print! Okamoto, from a story by Shugoro [Kumonosu-Jo] dit chieftain Tatsuya Nakadai uses Yamamoto; PROD Tomoyuki Tanaka. Saturday, October 29, 4:45; [Seppuku] con games and robberies to finance HARAKIRI 1968, b&w, scope, 115 min. Tuesday, November 1, 9:30; Saturday, November 5, 9:05; a revenge plot; shogunate police- Wednesday, November 2, 5:30 (Montgomery Sunday, November 6, 4:45 College Series Showing, see p. 16 for details); Brand New 35mm Print! Thursday, November 3, 9:20 A young samurai commits needless SAMURAI hara-kiri, and the wanderer request- SWORD OF DOOM SAGA Macbeth as a medieval Japanese leg- ing an honorable death turns out to [Dai-bosatsu toge] end, with Mifune as the usurper be his avenging father-in-law, Saturday, October 8, 9:00; Sunday, and the powerful Isuzu Yamada as “played with something like October 9, 1:00; Thursday, October 13, 9:10 the Lady. Mifune’s takeover after the demonic self-possession by Tatsuya A cult film among buffs, this utmost murder and the castle’s bird inva- Nakadai.”—Critic Vernon Young. Afi- of action thrillers boasts three of sion are powerful additions to the cionados who may find the sword- director Okamoto’s one-against-all text in this heavily Noh-influenced play strange, take note: the actors sword fights (one with guest star adaptation, with one obvious excep- used real swords. Eerie score by the Toshiro Mifune). During the Meiji tion—there is no camera trickery in great Toru Takemitsu. DIR Masaki Restoration, the evil (and fictitious) the famous final scene. Real archers Kobayashi; SCR Shinobu Hashimoto, Tatsuya Nakadai carves his way to fired real arrows from just off-cam- from a novel by Yasuhiko Takiguchi; an incredible climax. This is the era. The literal translation of the PROD Tatsuo Hosoya. 1962, b&w, umpteenth filming of an interminable Japanese title is “Castle of the Spi- scope, 135 min. 9 AFIPreview19 8/8/05 12:53 PM Page 10

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DC Labor Film Festival 18 DC Labor 19 DC Labor 20 Montgomery 21 Korean Cinema 22 Latin American 23 Latin American 24 IL POSTO 1:00 Film Festival Film Festival College Series DIE BAD 7:00 Film Festival Film Festival Presents (DC Labor) OFF TO WAR 3:00 HARLAN COUNTY, USA 8:45 MAIDS 6:40 (co-presented Latin American BAD BLOOD 5:30 WHERE THE ROAD ENDS 12:00 MAIDS 4:50 (co-presented by Cinema Tropical) IL POSTO 5:30 Film festival BUENOS AIRES 100KM 7:30 BUENOS AIRES 100KM 12:30 IL POSTO 8:30 Latin American BAD BLOOD 6:40 REDEEMER 9:45 BENJAMIM 1:45 by Cinema Tropical) Film Festival WHERE DO YOU STAND? 6:50 NOOSE ENDS 9:00 MY BEST ENEMY 4:15 BENJAMIM 6:40 DUCK SEASON 6:40 CARIBE 9:00 KEPT AND DREAMLESS 8:50 NOOSE ENDS 11:00

Latin American 25 Latin American 26 Latin American 27 Latin American 28 Latin American 29 Latin American 30 Latin American 1 • TICKETS: WWW.AFI.COM/SILVER ORDER • TO Film Festival Film Festival Film Festival Film Festival Film Festival Film Festival Film Festival ALONG THE PATHWAYS w/ ALONG THE PATHWAYS w/ THE CURSE OF FATHER MY BEST ENEMY 6:20 WHISKY 7:00 MY UNCLE KILLED A GUY @FESTIVBERCINE.RON 12:00 SALVADORAN SHORTS 12:30 SALVADORAN SHORTS CARDONA 9:30 OLGA 8:40 @FESTIVBERCINE.RON 9:15 5:30 DIARY OF A PROVINCIAL GIRL 12:25 PAPER DOVE 1:00 6:00 FAILING GRADES 9:45 ADDITIONS AND NEXT EXIT 2:00 REDEEMER 3:05 CARIBE 6:30 SUBTRACTIONS 7:20 HABANA, HAVANA 4:20 KEPT AND DREAMLESS 5:20 PAPER DOVE 8:30 CAZUZA 9:45 WHISKY 6:20 DUCK SEASON 7:40 ADDITIONS AND SUBTRACTIONS 8:30 WHERE THE ROAD ENDS 9:40 FAILING GRADES 10:30

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Latin American 2 Latin American 3 Korean Cinema 4 5 Korean Cinema 6 Mel Brooks Series 7 Mel Brooks Series 8 Film Festival Film Festival R-POINT 4:45 R-POINT 6:50 THE PRODUCERS 5:00 THE PRODUCERS 1:00, 7:00 RIGHT-LEFT 12:30 HABANA, HAVANA 6:20 SAMARITAN GIRL 7:00 SAMARITAN GIRL 9:00 A.P.A. Film Festival Samurai Cinema NEXT EXIT 1:00 THE CURSE OF FATHER MARS Presents THE GRACE LEE PROJECT KILL! 3:00 OLGA 3:20 CARDONA 6:30 WE ARE ARABBERS 9:00 W/ GOD IS GOOD 7:00 SWORD OF DOOM 9:00 MY UNCLE KILLED A GUY 6:20 DIARY OF A PROVINCIAL IN URBAN TIME: SHORTS IN Ernst Lubitsch Series RIGHT-LEFT 8:30 GIRL 9:00 THE CITY 9:05 TROUBLE IN PARADISE 5:15

Samurai Cinema 9 MAHALIA JACKSON 10 A.P.A. Film 11 Montgomery 12 13 Mel Brooks Series 14 Mel Brooks Series 15 SWORD OF DOOM 1:00 BIRTHDAY Festival College Series Ernst Lubitsch SPACEBALLS 6:35 SPACEBALLS 1:00, 10:10 CELEBRATION Presents (Lubitsch) Mel Brooks Series WACKY, WICKED & WILD TROUBLE IN PARADISE 5:15 A.P.A. Film Festival Occupation Cinéma Samurai Cinema SHORTS 9:15 TROUBLE IN PARADISE 5:30 Korean Cinema THE RAVEN 3:00 THE PRODUCERS 3:30 KILL! 4:30 SAM RYONG THE MUTE 7:00 FACE 8:30 A.P.A. Film Festival A.P.A. Film Festival Halloween Screams Samurai Cinema Ernst Lubitsch THE FALL OF FUJIMORI 7:00 Samurai Cinema BANDITS VS. SAMURAI SLOW JAM KING 5:20 SWORD OF DOOM 9:10 THE WICKER MAN 10:20 SUNRISE, SUNSET: LIFESTYLES OF TROUBLE IN PARADISE CONTINUOUS JOURNEY 9:05 SQUADRON 4:55 ASIAN AMERICAN MUSICIANS 7:30 6:45 Halloween Screams Mel Brooks Series THE WICKER MAN 8:00 I WAS BORN, BUT... 9:25 THE PRODUCERS 8:30 Occupation Cinéma 16 17 18 Montgomery 19 Occupation 20 21 Ernst Lubitsch 22 STORMY WATERS 3:30 College Cinéma Ernst Lubitsch DESIGN FOR LIVING 1:00 U2: RATTLE AND HUM 7:00 U2: RATTLE AND HUM 7:00 Series Presents Samurai Cinema STORMY WATERS 6:00 DESIGN FOR LIVING 5:00 Occupation Cinéma Korean Cinema Samurai Cinema (Occupation Cinéma) THE RAVEN 7:45 Samurai Cinema SAMURAI SAGA 5:15 SPIDER FOREST 9:00 SAMURAI SAGA 9:00 THE RAVEN 5:00 IT HAPPENED AT THE INN 2:50 Korean Cinema HIDDEN FORTRESS 7:00 A.P.A. Film Festival Samurai Cinema Samurai Cinema CAVITE w/ SELLING SONGS OF SPIDER FOREST 9:40 Mel Brooks Series HIDDEN FORTRESS 7:20 BANDITS VS. SAMURAI BLAZING SADDLES 9:45 LEYTE 7:30 SQUADRON 8:20 Mel Brooks Series Halloween Screams BLAZING SADDLES 10:00 THE WICKER MAN 9:25

Ernst Lubitsch 23 Ernst Lubitsch 24 25 26 27 Occupation 28 Occupation Cinéma 29 NINOTCHKA 1:00 NINOTCHKA 4:20 Cinéma CHILDREN OF PARADISE 1:00 DESIGN FOR LIVING 5:15 Occupation Cinéma CHILDREN OF PARADISE Samurai Cinema Occupation Cinéma IT HAPPENED AT THE INN 6:45 THRONE OF BLOOD 4:45 6:30 Mel Brooks Series Halloween Screams DOUCE 3:10 YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN Mel Brooks Series DOUCE 8:40 10:30 NOSFERATU 7:00 BLAZING SADDLES 9:40 Mel Brooks Series YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN 8:45 NOVEMBER Halloween Screams 30 Mel Brooks Series 31 Ernst Lubitsch 1 Montgomery 2 Ernst Lubitsch 3 PICKPOCKET 6:20, 8:00 4 Samurai Cinema 5 DER GOLEM 1:00 YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN BLUEBEARD’S EIGHTH College Series BLUEBEARD’S EIGHTH SAMURAI REBELLION 1:00 Presents (Samurai Samurai Cinema Occupation Cinéma 4:40, 6:45 WIFE 5:00 Cinema) WIFE 5:15 SAMURAI REBELLION 9:40 HARAKIRI 9:05 CHILDREN OF PARADISE 3:00 Halloween Screams Samurai Cinema HEAVEN CAN WAIT 7:00 THRONE OF BLOOD 5:00 PICKPOCKET 3:30, 7:25 Ernst Lubitsch NOSFERATU 9:00 THRONE OF BLOOD 9:30 Ernst Lubitsch Samurai Cinema HEAVEN CAN WAIT 6:40 BLUEBEARD’S EIGHTH THRONE OF BLOOD 9:20 Mel Brooks Series WIFE 8:20 YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN 8:50

PICKPOCKET 1:00, 7:25 6 PICKPOCKET 5:15, 9:15 7 PICKPOCKET 5:15, 7:10 8 Occupation Cinéma Occupation Cinéma FANTASTIC NIGHT 2:40 FANTASTIC NIGHT 7:10 Calendar lists all repertory dates and Special Events/Programs as of press time. Always check local listings for daily show times. Visit www.AFI.com/Silver for additional openings and regis- Samurai Cinema 11 HARAKIRI 4:45 ter for AFI Silver’s weekly e-blast to receive up to the minute program information. SAMURAI REBELLION 9:05 AFIPreview19 8/8/05 12:53 PM Page 12

CINÉMA FRANÇAIS French Cinema Under The Occupation October 15 through November 7 During the German Occupation (1940-1944), French filmmakers struggled to create works uncom- promised by economic limits and censorship imposed by the Vichy government. Remarkably, not only did many films succeed, but the best subtly supported resistance. The era saw important works by established filmmakers such as Jean Grémillon, Claude Autant-Lara and Marcel L’Her- bier, but perhaps more significantly the first works of Jacques Becker, Henri-Georges Clouzot and Robert Bresson (see his classic PICKPOCKET, p. 13).

AFI Silver wishes to thank Sarah Finklea, Janus Film (New York); Gau- mont (Paris); and especially Roland Celette and Estelle Carpentier of the French Embassy in Washington, DC, for making this series possi- ble. The series is presented courtesy of Le Bureau du Cinéma, Ministère des Affaires Étrangères, Paris. We are grateful to Marie Bonnel, film officer of the French Consulate in New York, for organizing the tour. All films in this series are in French with English subtitles and are UNRATED. ●M AFI Member Passes will be accepted at all screenings in the Under the Occupation series. sinking ship and succumbs to her THE RAVEN wiles, while his invalid wife, STORMY WATERS Madeleine Renaud, pines at home. A work of passion from the under- servant in the household of the THE WIND of the art film”— appreciated Grémillon, the film was Comtesse de Bonafé (Marguerite Andrew Sarris. The film’s release a big hit in wartime France, reunit- Moreno). Autant-Lara’s masterpiece was purposely delayed until the ing the stars (and screenwriter draws comparisons to THE MAG- Liberation. The setting is Paris, Jacques Prévert) of the 1930s classic NIFICENT AMBERSONS and DAN- 1840. On the Boulevard, woman of QUAI DES BRUMES. Expats during GEROUS LIAISONS in charting the mystery Arletty dallies with the the Occupation, Gabin and Morgan decline of a family, and the end of great mime Baptiste Deburau (Jean- wouldn’t appear on French screens an era. This print restores a Louis Barrault), the legendary actor again until after the Liberation. DIR sequence in which the Comtesse Frédérick Lemaître (Pierre Brasseur) Jean Grémillon; SCR Roger Vercel, pays a Christmas visit to a poor- and the criminal Lacenaire (Marcel Jacques Prévert and André Cayatte. house, counseling “patience and res- Herrand)—all real people. DIR Mar- 1941, b&w, 81 min. ignation,” cut by the Vichy govern- cel Carné; SCR Jacques Prévert; ment’s censors as “anti-French.” PROD Raymond Borderie and Fred DIR Claude Autant-Lara; SCR Jean Orain. 1945, b&w, 195 min. THE RAVEN [Le corbeau] Aurenche and Pierre Bost, from the Saturday, October 15, 3:00; novel by Michel Davet; PROD Pierre FANTASTIC NIGHT Wednesday October 19, 5:30 (Montgomery Guerlais. 1943, b&w, 104 min. College Series Showing, see p. 16 for details); [La nuit fantastique] Thursday, October 20, 7:45 Sunday, November 6, 2:40; CHILDREN OF PARADISE Monday, November 7, 7:10 Mysterious poison-pen letters begin Spurned by his girlfriend, student to plague the residents of a small Fernand Gravey finds his dreams town, alleging crimes against the haunted by a mysterious woman in recipients. These notes are signed white—the luminous Micheline only “Le Corbeau” (The Raven), Presle—whom he follows into a and no one knows who the author IT HAPPENED AT THE INN delirious nocturnal exploration of is. But the townspeople prove all Paris. The whimsical NUIT FAN- too ready to accuse one another. TASTIQUE allowed silent-era mas- Clouzot’s controversial classic (the IT HAPPENED AT THE INN ter L’Herbier to indulge his taste film was banned for two years after [Goupi mains rouges] for elaborate set design, playful the Liberation, Clouzot for four) “is Saturday, October 22, 2:50; Monday, October 24, 6:30 camera movements and experimen-

WWW.AFI.COM/SILVER WWW.AFI.COM/SILVER as brilliantly nasty as THE WAGES tal optical effects. DIR Marcel OF FEAR and DIABOLIQUE or “Jacques Becker’s first masterpiece”— L’Herbier; SCR Louis Chavance, indeed anything this misanthropic Bertrand Tavernier. A murder causes Maurice Henry and Marcel L’Her- filmmaker ever did.”—J. Hoberman, the usually feuding Goupis, a rural bier. 1942, b&w, 103 min. Village Voice. DIR Henri-Georges clan of ne’er-do-wells, to close ranks Clouzot; SCR Louis Chavance; on the suspect—a citified cousin Film director/historian PROD René Montis and Raoul Plo- recently returned to the family seat. Bertrand Tavernier, who quin. 1943, b&w, 195 min. DIR Jacques Becker; SCR Pierre Véry. appeared at the AFI Silver 1943, b&w, 104 min. CHILDREN OF PARADISE earlier this year, curated this STORMY WATERS [Les enfants du paradis] provocative series. LAISSEZ- [Remorques] DOUCE Friday, October 28, 6:45; Saturday, PASSER (SAFE CONDUCT), Sunday, October 16, 3:30; Sunday, October 23, 3:10; October 29, 1:00; Sunday, October 30, 3:00 his masterpiece about film- Thursday, October 20, 6:00 Monday, October 24, 8:40 This super-production involved con- makers under the Occupation, Tugboat captain Jean Gabin rescues Paris, 1887: Sexual intrigue upsets structing the Boulevard de Crime will play at La Maison Française mysterious Michèle Morgan from a the division between master and on the Riviera. “The GONE WITH (www.la-maison-francaise.org). 12 • TO ORDER TICKETS: WWW.AFI.COM/SILVER • 13 by La Ernst Look for Look the next Preview! even more even Lubitsch in de Barbe-Bleu Huitième Femme Alfred Savoir.Alfred US, 80 b&w, 1938, min. Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder, the play from HEAVEN CAN WAIT BLUEBEARD’S EIGHTH WIFE BLUEBEARD’S EIGHTH WIFE 1, 5:00; Wednesday, November Tuesday, 3, 5:15 November 2, 8:20; Thursday, November zillionaire Gary Many-times-divorced Cooper goes shopping for pajama pants—Claudette Colbert needs only set- the Riviera the tops. Of course, already hurt Colbert’s ting doesn’t stunning presence in this first of 14 collaborations. “Ele- Brackett-Wilder gant from first scene to last, brightly paced, written and played.”—film K. Everson. historian William Ernst Lubitsch; SCR DIR/PROD with by Leslie Bush- DIR/PROD Ernst DIR/PROD joie de chapeau DIR/PROD Ernst Lubitsch; DIR/PROD The Birthday TROUBLE IN PARADISE TROUBLE HEAVEN CAN WAIT CAN WAIT HEAVEN 30, 6:40; October Sunday, 3, 7:00 November Thursday, sinner Don Ameche C. 1890, knocks on the door of Hell. But devil Laird Cregar wonders, does first color he qualify? Lubitsch’s film. SCR Samson the Raphaelson, from play NINOTCHKA 23, 1:00; October Sunday, 4:20 24, October Monday, Greta Bolshevik “special envoy” emis- Garbo keeps bumbling Paris saries Iranoff, Buljanoff and Kopal- ski sweating borscht—until she dis- covers the Count Melvyn Douglas. Garbo’s first foray into comedy proved her biggest success—even though, rumor has it her on-set laugh came out soundless! Lubitsch; SCR Charles Brackett, Reisch, and Walter Billy Wilder story a from by Melchior Lengyel. 111 min. b&w, US, 1939, Fekete. US, 1943, color, 112 min. US, 1943, Fekete. ménage à trois ménage by Aladar Laszlo. AFI member passes accepted M ● DESIGN LIVING FOR Friday, October 21, 5:00; Saturday, 21, October 5:00; Saturday, Friday, 23, 5:15 October 22,October 1:00; Sunday, Revel in this naughty Commercial artist Miriam in Paris! Hopkins loves and lives with both struggling playwright Fredric March and undiscovered painter Gary a match-up of the Noel Cooper. It’s Coward, Alfred Lunt and Lynn “One of the friendship. Fontanne great comedies of the 1930s.”— Stephen Zito. Writer/Producer Lubitsch; SCR Ben Ernst DIR/PROD the play by Noel Cow- Hecht, from min. 95 b&w, US, 1933, ard. Kay Francis arrives on the scene. Kay Francis arrives on the Ernst Lubitsch; SCR DIR/PROD Samson the play from Raphaelson, The Honest Finder DESIGN FOR LIVING US, 1932, b&w, 83 min. b&w, US, 1932, to be a thriller. Bresson was arguably not ; . (Montgomery became known after became known I in Ger- War World his histori- for many cal “super-specta- In Hollywood, cles.” toward he gravitated the musical and comedies romantic that made his mark. All films in this series UNRATED are DIR/SCR AFI Member Passes will be accepted at AFI Member Passes will be accepted M the most austere of major directors (check out the prison break in A MAN ESCAPED), but suspense was already a factor in his previous to prepare his audience for there was little in his oeuvre works. Even so, what amounted to a action tour-de-force a series There’s scene. of billfold snatches, passes and disposals in the actual Gare de carried out Lyon, with amazing sleight of hand. Bresson; Robert Agnés Dela- PROD 1959, France, haie. min. 75 b&w, UNRATED ROBERT BRESSON’S CLASSIC ROBERT NEW 35mm PRINT! PICKPOCKET 8 November Tuesday, 4 through November Friday, “But how do they know who they are?” “Some men are above the law.” “They ask Themselves.” Martin Michel seems outstanding only Lassalle’s for his arrogance and detachment. But he has feelings and reasoning of which we learn only in increments and accretion in a film that director Robert firmly declared Bresson TROUBLE IN PARADISE TROUBLE IN PARADISE 8, 5:15; October Saturday, 10, 6:45; October Monday, 12, October 5:30 Wednesday, Cham- Picture yourself in Venice. caviar, moonlight, and merri- pagne, ment. Jewel thieves Herbert Marshall and Miriam Hopkins, seemingly a match made in heaven, enjoy the lovely victim until comforts of Italy... ● October 8 through November 3 November 8 through October visual wit of innuendo and With his mastery Ernst with human compassion, spiked He first delight today. to Lubitsch continues ERNST LUBITSCH LUBITSCH ERNST Touch The Lubitsch Thursday, October 13, 5:15 October Thursday, College Series Showing, see p. 16 for details) see p. 16 for Series Showing, College all screenings in the Lubitsch series. all screenings ERNST LUBITSCH ERNST AFIPreview19 8/8/05 12:53 PM Page 13 Page PM 12:53 8/8/05 AFIPreview19 AFIPreview19 8/8/05 12:53 PM Page 14

MEL BROOKS MARS Still Blazing: Mel Brooks Mid-Atlantic Regional October 7 through October 31 Showcase (MARS) “My comedy is half wit, half physical, half disgusting, and September 6 & October 4 sometimes half beautiful,” says Mel Brooks. His career has spanned over 50 years, from writing for television MARS: The Mid-Atlantic Regional Showcase is a continuing (one of the inventors of GET SMART), to acting for stage monthly screening series presented by AFI Silver (along and film, to directing and producing films (both his own SPACEBALLS with Montgomery College), supporting local and regional works and unexpected pictures like David Lynch’s ELE- film and video artists. September and October offer docu- PHANT MAN). Since adapting THE PRODUCERS into a SPACEBALLS mentaries and shorts that challenge and subvert viewers’ Broadway musical, Brooks has joined the elusive frater- Friday, October 14, 6:35; Saturday, October 15, 1:00 & 10:10 expectations. Each MARS screening is preceded by an infor- nity of those who have received the Oscar, Emmy (as In Brooks’ silly take on Lucas’ STAR WARS mal gathering in the AFI Silver Café a half-hour before saga, characters use the “Schwartz” instead of show time and is followed by a Q&A with the filmmaker. both actor and writer), Tony and Grammy. the Force, and Rick Moranis is the diminutive Dark Helmet (Vader with a Napoleon com- Admission to MARS shows is only $6.75! ● AFI Member Passes will be accepted at all screenings M plex). DIR/PROD Mel Brooks; SCR Mel ● AFI Member Passes will be accepted at all in the Mel Brooks series. Brooks, Thomas Meehan and Ronny Graham. M US, 1987, color, 96 min. RATED PG MARS screenings. BLAZING SADDLES 930 F STREET Friday, October 21, 9:45; Saturday, October 22, 10:00, Tuesday, September 6, 9:00 930 F STREET Sunday, October 23, 9:40 The hit film from SIL- The quaint frontier town Rock Ridge is at the VERDOCS returns for an mercy of mustache-twirling villainy. Harvey Kor- encore engagement! This man plays robber-baron Hedley Lamarr. Will the retrospective of Washing- town put its faith in black sheriff Cleavon Little? ton, DC’s 930 Club takes Will gunslinger Gene “The Waco Kid” Wilder you back to an under- sober up to help? Will Dietrich-esque Madeleine rated piece of American Kahn find out the twooooth? DIR/SCR Mel musical history. Patrons Brooks, Norman Steinberg, Andrew Bergman, and original staff are Richard Pryor and Alan Uger; PROD Michael interviewed, along with Hertzberg. US, 1974, color, 93 min. RATED R indie record producers and musicians including THE PRODUCERS YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN R.E.M., Minor Threat, the Rollins Band, Clutch, Friday, October 28, 10:30; Saturday, October 29, 8:45; Bad Brains and others. From the graphic art- THE PRODUCERS Sunday, October 30, 8:50; Monday, October 31, 4:40 & 6:45 work to the historic Atlantic building to that Gene Wilder’s “Dr. Fronk-en-steen” returns to the damned pole in the middle—everyone has Friday, October 7, 5:00; Saturday, October 8, 1:00 & 7:00; memories recorded for posterity. DIR/PROD Sunday, October 9, 3:30; Monday, October 10, 8:30 family castle and finds himself creating his own monster, Peter Boyle, with the help of Marty Feld- Tarik Dahir. US, 2004, color, 87 min. Long before was a Tony Award- The Producers man (“Eyegor”), Teri Garr and Cloris Leachman as winning Broadway musical sensation, Gene PLUS the creepy Frau Blücher. With perfect recreation Wilder and Zero Mostel starred in Mel of the Expressionistic look and feel of James Brooks’s Oscar-winning, non-musical original CIRCUMNAVIGATION 1 AND 2 Whale’s black-and-white classics, Brooks’ spoof about two schlubs out to bilk old ladies’ for- An exploration of the monuments of Richmond, pays homage to the originals while hilariously sub- DIR tunes. The Broadway musical was retooled for Virginia, in two parts: Autumn and Winter. verting them. DIR Mel Brooks; SCR Gene Wilder Stephen Brandt. US, 2005, color, 8 min. the big screen with Matthew Broderick and and Mel Brooks, based on the novel Frankenstein Nathan Lane reprising their stage roles. by Mary Shelley; PROD Michael Gruskoff. US, DIR/SCR Mel Brooks; PROD Sidney Glazier. 1974, b&w, 105 min. RATED PG WE ARE ARABBERS • TO ORDER WWW.AFI.COM/SILVER TICKETS: • US, 1968, color, 88 min. RATED PG Tuesday, October 4, 9:00 “Long before cars and supermarkets, American streets bustled with peddlers. A holler or song would announce goods and services, and cus- tomers would flock to horse-drawn carts. In Balti- more, these carts still peddle fruits and vegeta- bles. They are known as Arabbers, a tradition threatened with extinction. WE ARE ARABBERS documents the tradespeople struggling to keep their heritage alive.”—Skizz Cyzyk, Maryland Film Festival. DIR Scott Kecken and Joy Lusco Kecken. US, 2004, video, 81 min. PLUS THE WEEKENDS ARE FOR US Have you ever noticed the human wallpaper of our cities, be it a stressed-out “suit” whizzing by or someone down-and-out sleeping on a grate? YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN Could one ever end up like the other? DIR Frank Turner. US, 2004, b&w/color, 26 min. 14 AFIPreview19 8/8/05 12:53 PM Page 15

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With LIVE Musical DER GOLEM AFI member NERIA ● passes accepted Accompaniment! Saturday, September 10, 4:00; M Sunday, September 11, 12:30 Silent Screams Jesese Mungoshi plays Neria, the wife of lov- ing, respectful husband Emmanuel Mbrirmi. October 29 through October 31 Through shared hard work and resourceful- AFI Silver screens two silent horror classics with a modern ness, the couple builds a comfortable life in twist, with contemporary ensembles performing new the city, but their equal partnership ends with the tragic death of her husband. Neria battles scores. These Expressionist films assume the tone and antiquated laws and traditions of inheritance mood of interpretations by a dynamic duo—the Silent to keep her family and retain control of their Orchestra and the Baltimore-based trio Yeveto. Tickets for property. DIR Godwin Mawuru; SCR Louise TICKETS ONLINE: WWW.AFI.COM/SILVER • NO SERVICE FEE • • BUY these programs are $20. Riber; PROD John and Louise Riber. Zim- babwe, 1993, color, 103 min. UNRATED

New CinemAfrica titles September 17 & October 22! Go to www.AFI.com/Silver for details OODRTCES W.F.O/IVR• TICKETS: WWW.AFI.COM/SILVER ORDER • TO ing the film’s dichotomy between naturalism and the fantastic. DIR F.W. Murnau; SCR Hen- rik Galeen; PROD Enrico Dieckmann and Albin Grau. Germany, 1922, b&w, 84 min. CINEMA Hosted by James White, local WAMU host of NPR’s ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. TROPICAL NOSFERATU Co-Presented ● AFI member DER GOLEM with Yeveto by the DC M passes accepted Sunday, October 30, 1:00 Labor Filmfest: WAMU’s James White in person! DER GOLEM’s five chapters center around the MAIDS [Domésticas] NOSFERATU with The Jewish people of Prague and a rabbi’s solution Sunday, September 18, 4:50; Tuesday September 20, 6:40 to possible exile. The score comprises sinister Silent Orchestra Based on a hugely popular stage play, this fast, sounds during the title credits, the haunting Saturday, October 29, 7:00; Monday, October 31, 9:00 sexy and life-affirming film from the director of chaos of a kabbalistic ceremony, the mechanical NOSFERATU, EINE SYMPHONIE DES CITY OF GOD and THE CONSTANT GAR- fury of the Golem first coming to life, and the GRAUENS, is F.W. Murnau’s legendary plagia- DENER follows five maids brought together by klezmer-inspired sounds of a Jewish celebration. rism of Dracula. A lawsuit suppressed its US drudgery and the bus they all ride. DIR/SCR Yeveto-Russell de Ocampo on piano, keyboards screenings for decades. Compared with Max Fernando Meirelles and Nando Olival; SCR and melodica; Ben Hoffman on drums; and Gre- Schreck’s rat-like “Drac,” all other screen blood- Cecília Homem de Mello and Renata Melo, gory Rago on guitar, accordion and bass-create suckers are mosquito-biters. This is the color- from the play by Melo. Brazil, 2001, 85 min. In a soundtrack to complement the varying moods. tinted version restored by the Munich Filmmu- Portuguese with English subtitles. UNRATED DIR Paul Wegener and Carl Boese; SCR Paul seum. The Silent Orchestra (keyboardist Carlos Wegener and Henrik Galeen, from the novel by Garza and percussionist Rich O’Meara) employs Gustav Meyrink; PROD Paul Davidson. Ger- sounds both natural and dreamlike-scraping many, 1920, b&w, 75 min. gongs and mutant rooster calls-aurally mimick- Cinema Tropical is a non-profit organi- zation that promotes, programs and distributes Latin American cinema in AFI member the United States. For more informa- ●M passes accepted tion, visit www.cinematropical.com. New 35mm print! THE WICKER MAN Friday, October 14, 10:20; Saturday, October 15, 8:00; Sunday, October 16, 9:25 One of the coolest cult classics from the 1970s, THE WICKER MAN is an occult thriller about sinister neo-pagan doings on a remote Scottish isle. Scripted by Anthony Shaffer (SLEUTH), the film stars Edward Woodward as an uptight constable from the mainland, flown out to inves- tigate an anonymous tip about a missing girl. Once there, he’s puzzled that the islanders seem unconcerned, flummoxed by the erotic advances of innkeeper’s daughter Britt Ekland, and alarmed by naked nature worshipping. Assured by Christopher Lee’s dandy Lord Sum- merisle that all is well—but warned to leave before May Day—Woodward presses on. DIR Robin Hardy; SCR Anthony Shaffer; PROD Peter Snell. UK, 1973, 88 min. RATED R AFIPreview19 8/8/05 12:53 PM Page 16

PAGESPECIAL HEAD SCREENINGS SPECIAL EVENT SPECIAL EVENT Presented by WRQX Mix 107.3 FM: The Third Annual Mahalia Win Tickets to see U2 in Concert! Jackson Birthday Celebration U2: RATTLE AND HUM Monday, October 10, 3:00 Monday, October 17, 7:00; Tuesday, October 18, 7:00 “His eye is on the spar- U2 front man Bono may croon I Still Haven’t Found What I’m row”—and our eyes will be Looking For, but this documentary look at the US leg of the on one of the greatest Amer- Irish rock band’s Joshua Tree concert tour proves that his ican singers of all times and quest is worth watching. Vintage concert footage is high- genres. Celebrate one of the lighted by a spirited rendition of Sunday, Bloody Sunday, in most extraordinary voices which an emotional Bono debunks “the glory of the revolu- and spirits of the 20th cen- tion” after tury in her birth month (she an IRA would have been 94), with a bomb gospel choir, the mighty AFI killed 11 at Silver organ and rare footage a remem- of Mahalia on the big screen, brance including film of her leg- service in endary 12:01 a.m. perform- Enniskillen. ance (she would only sing on Sunday) at the 1958 Newport DIR Phil Jazz Festival. Joanou; PROD Michael Hamlyn. FILM EDUCATION US, 1988, AFI member b&w/color, Montgomery College Series ●M passes accepted 99 min. Selected Wednesdays at 5:30 Sept. 21: IL POSTO (see p. 3 for program notes) Oct. 12: TROUBLE IN PARADISE (see p. 13 for program notes) PRESENTED BY Oct. 19: THE RAVEN (see p.12 for program notes) WRQX—MIX 107.3 FM: Nov. 2: THRONE OF BLOOD (see p. 9 for program notes) PAIR OF U2 Once again this fall, AFI Silver will screen a series of films in conjunc- CONCERT TICKETS tion with Montgomery College film courses. A Montgomery College RAFFLED AT EACH instructor will introduce each film in this series, and lead a post-film SCREENING! audience discussion. The general public is invited to attend. Tickets are $5. For more information, visit www.AFI.com/Silver.

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