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CONTENTS MADRID IN THE MOVIES 2 Madrid in the Movies July 6 through September 5 4 Totally Awesome! Films of the 1980s The culture, architecture and personality of Madrid figure FREE SCREENINGS! NIH Science in prominently in films from Spain, 7 just as Paris is a recurring the Cinema character in French cinema. As appreciation for Spanish and 8 AFI Life Achievement Award: Spanish-language cinema grows A Tribute to Al Pacino in the US, it’s time for a look at an outstanding series of films set in and starring Madrid—cine- 9 PROGRAM THE SILVER Contest matic tourism at its best. Winner The series features a host of t s e renowned Spanish directors, f o t o h P including Pedro Almodóvar and f o 10 John Huston: American Maverick y s e t r too-rarely-seen masters such as u o Carlos Saura, Luis García c WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN 12 50 Years of Janus Films, Part II Berlanga and Fernando Trueba. Recent Spanish cinema is repre- WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A spans 17 years, from the time Otto and Ana sented by the lyrical Julio 14 What is AFI Silver, HOW DO I JOIN? NERVOUS BREAKDOWN [MUJERES AL meet as elementary school children in Medem and enfant terrible Álex Madrid to their unlikely reunion in the wilds de la Iglesia. BORDE DE UN ATAQUE DE NERVIOS] of northern Finland. The lyrical, circular 15 Repertory Calendar—Full Schedule Saturday, July 7, 8:30 ORGANIZED AND PRESENTED BY: narrative blends comedy and tragedy with at www.AFI.com/Silver A landmark film for Almodóvar, a defini- near encounters and uncanny coincidences, LAWRENCE OF ARABIA in 70mm! tive film of the 1980s and a worldwide hit, anchored by particularly strong performanc- receiving Five Goya Awards (including es by the two enchanting leads. DIR/SCR Best Film), an Oscar nomination, and the Julio Medem; PROD Fernando Bovaira 16 Harry Potter and the Silver Screen SPONSORED AND CO-ORGANIZED BY: Audience Award from the Toronto Film and Enrique López Lavigne. Festival. Dumped by her cad lover, soap Spain/France, 1998, color, 112 min. LOOK FOR THE actress Carmen Maura considers suicide RATED R AFI member passes accepted for designated by barbituate-laced gazpacho. But she gets screenings. To find out how to become a comically distracted by a series of guests member of AFI, see page 14. and the search for the perfect pair of shoes. DIR/SCR/PROD Pedro Almodóvar. Spain, 1988, color, 90 min. AFI PREVIEW is published by the American RATED R Film Institute. 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As five very different but Production Manager: Marie Figueredo www.AFI.com/Silver for information on panel discussions and other special [LOS AMANTES DE CÍRCULO POLAR] Design: Anna Joyce, Post-Newsweek Media, Inc. headstrong women (Marisa Paredes, programs accompanying the films as it Saturday, July 7, 3:00 Information is correct at press time. Films and becomes available. Veronica Forque, Carmen Maura, Mercedes schedule subject to change. Nominated for four Goyas and the Venice AFI member passes will be Sampietro and Betiana Blum) prepare for the Check www.AFI.com/Silver for updates. accepted at all screenings in the Film Festival’s Golden Lion, this love story marriages of their sons, they deal with their Madrid in the Movies Series. See next page 2 n TICKETS & FULL SCHEDULE at WWW.AFI.COM/SILVER MADRID IN THE MOVIES own desires, prejudices and histories. Sex, anger, big- WELCOME MR. DEATH OF A CYCLIST [MUERTE DE UN CICLISTA] otry and love hilariously clash in this ultimate wed- MARSHALL Saturday, September 1, 1:30; Monday, September 3, 1:00; ding film about the strength of love and the impor- [BIENVENIDO MR. Wednesday, September 5, 9:15 tance of family. (Note from AFI FEST.) DIR Manuel When this film received the International Gómez Pereira; SCR Yolanda García Serrano and MARSHALL] Critics Award at Cannes, director Juan Monday, July 16, 6:00; Joaquín Oristrell. Spain, 2005, color, 107 min. t Antonio Bardem was unable to accept the s e Tuesday, July 17, 6:00 f o t o h award as he was serving one of several RATED R P f o Winner of the y s e t prison sentences meted out by Francisco Franco’s r u o International prize at c regime. His scathing social criticism contrasts an affluent THE DAY OF THE BEAST [EL DÍA DE LA BESTIA] Cannes, this surreal WELCOME MR. MARSHALL adulterous couple with Tuesday, July 10, 9:30 comedy is considered a watershed in Spanish cinema— the poor bicyclist they One of the highest-grossing films in Spain’s history, THE and remarkably audacious for a film made under strike with their car. DAY OF THE BEAST won six Goyas, including Best Franco’s repressive regime. Misinterpreted initially as Realizing that the Director and Best New Actor. In this high-octane cult clas- anti-American, it is actually a biting and dark satire of the cyclist is badly injured, s m l sic blending comedy, action and supernatural thriller, a Spanish government’s subservience to larger countries i F s they leave him to die u n a J priest makes the shocking discovery that the anti-Christ and their desire for a quick fix to postwar problems. It is f o rather than risk reveal- y s e t r also a panegyric to self-sufficiency—with some good- u will be born on Christmas Day in Madrid in 1999. The o ing their affair. Upon c natured lampooning of American and Spanish stereotypes only people that believe him are a heavy metal enthusiast their return to Madrid, DEATH OF A CYCLIST mixed in. DIR Luis García Berlanga; SCR J.A. and a TV psychic. DIR/SCR Álex de la Iglesia; SCR guilt grabs them with more tragic consequences. Bardem, L.G. Berlanga, Miguel Mihura. Spain, 1953, Jorge Guerricaechevarría; PROD Claudia Gaeta, DIR/SCR Juan Antonio Bardem, based on the story b&w, 95 min. NOT RATED André Vincente Gómez and Antonio Saura. by Luis Fernando de Igoa; PROD Georges de Spain/Italy, 1995, color, 99 min. RATED R THE BEEHIVE [LA COLMENA] Beauregard and Manuel J. Goyanes. Spain/Italy, 1955, b&w, 88 min. NOT RATED Sunday, July 22, 6:10; Monday, July 23, 7:00 ÓPERA PRIMA Winner of the Golden Bear at the Berlin International Saturday, July 7, 5:30 Film Festival, this film shows Madrid at its most poverty- Academy Award-winning director Fernando Trueba stricken in the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War. Based puts an Iberian spin on the "disaffected young man" on an immensely popular novel, the story centers on a character made popular by the French New Wave. group of villagers who meet in a café to discuss the emo- Recently divorced, opinionated 20-something journalist tional fallout of the conflict. DIR Mario Camus; Matias begins an affair with his cousin after meeting SCR/PROD José Luis Dibildos, based on the novel by her again on the subway. Full of wry humor, the film's Camilio José Cela. Spain, 1982, color, 105 min. NOT RATED s m title is even a pun: "opera" and "prima" are slang terms l i F s u n a J for subway and cousin. DIR/SCR Fernando Trueba; f o y s NOT ON YOUR LIFE [EL VERDUGO] e t r SCR Óscar Ladoire; PROD Fernando Colomo and u o Sunday, July 29, 5:10; Monday, July 30, 7:00 c José Esteban Lasala. Spain/France, 1980, color, 94 CRIA CUERVOS min. NOT RATED When the coveted critics prize at the Venice Film Festival went to this searing black comedy, Berlanga’s place in CRIA CUERVOS international cinema histo- Friday, August 31, 3:15; Sunday, September 2, 1:15; Monday, THE HOOLIGANS [LOS GOLFOS] September 3, 3:00; Wednesday, September 5, 7:00 Saturday, July 7, 1:00; Sunday, July 8, 7:30 ry was secured. Arguably the director’s finest film, Winner of the Grand Jury Award at Cannes, Director Carlos Saura’s first feature film used almost the plot centers on a hand- this acclaimed international hit by renowned exclusively non-professional actors and marked a true some but romantically father of Spanish modern cinema Carlos t s e watershed in Spanish cinema: both the high point of f o Saura continues his fascination with childhood. Ana unsuccessful young man t o h P f the small but influential Spanish neo-realist trend from o Torrent’s follow-up to her breakthrough performance in who is an undertaker.