27TH YEAR OF FILM SPRING ~ SUMMER ‘04 Denver FILMEXCLUSIVE TITLES, FILM SERIES, MEMBER EVENTS LISA KENNEDY HOSTS DOC NIGHTS PAGE 5 THE TRILOGY FROM LUCAS BELVAUX PAGE 3 SUMMER OF PRESERVATION PAGE 6 MAY•JUNE•JULY CALENDAR PAGES 16-17 FILM ON THE ROCKS PAGE 20 1 THIS DENVER FILM ISSUE DENVER FILM EXCLUSIVES Spring-Summer 2004 Denver Film Exclusives TWENTYNINE PALMS 4 LOST BOYS OF SUDAN 7 THE SADDEST MUSIC IN THE WORLD 8 THE AGRONOMIST 21 Also: THE BIG ANIMAL (pg. 12), THE INTENDED (pg. 18), THE CLAY BIRD (pg. 22), KAENA: THE PROPHECY (pg. 25), CRIMSON GOLD (pg. 26) and more (pg. 28-29) Special Film Events Dumont Does Denver 4 Film Festivals 14 Kids Movie Saturdays 10 Also: From Colorado to Mongolia (pg. 13), Outdoor Film Series (pg. 20), Denver Sneak Peeks (pg. 24) THE TRILOGY from Lucas Belvaux May 7 to May 27, 2004 Cinematheque Series Three audacious feature-length fi lms. Starz FilmCenter at the Tivoli FilmReal Doc Night 5 Three different genres. The same 9th St. & Auraria Pkwy - Denver 303.820.FILM• denverfilm.org Summer of Preservation 6 characters and actors. Structurally reminiscent of Akira Kurosawa’s Americana Film Series 9 RASHOMON, Lucas Belvaux’s uncompromising THE TRILOGY Also: Tattered Cover Book Store Free Classics (pg. 19), takes the idea of ever-expanding narrative webs to a new level. Stop-Start Deconstruction Series (pg. 19), Colorado Filmmakers “Though Belvaux’s fi lms operate well enough on their own individual terms,” explains The Onion’s A-V Club, “they interact more closely, Showcase (pg. 23), Saturday Night Shadowcasts (pg. 27) each running through a parallel chronology, with major players in one entry fading into the One-of-a-kind About Denver Film Society backdrop of the next, and vice versa.” Written Three-Film Achieve From the Staff 15 and directed by Lucas Belvaux. Starring Lucas ment Membership 30-31 Belvaux, Gilbert Melki, Dominique Blanc, Ornella Muti, Francois Morel. Distributed by Magnolia Pictures. Starz FilmCenter 30 French with English subtitles. See specifi c title for fi lm length. May-June-July Calendar 16-17 TRILOGY 1: ON THE RUN: May 7 to May 13, 2004 ON THE RUN is Belvaux’s crime thriller, kicking off THE TRILOGY with a leftist revolutionary (Belvaux) who escapes from prison to ON THE COVER: Film on the Rocks, Red Rocks settle scores with his enemies and reunite with his lover. Meantime, Amphitheatre (see outdoor fi lm series on pg. 20). he tries to avoid a cop (Melki) who is struggling with his morphine- addicted wife (Blanc). France, 2004, Not Rated, 1:57. DENVER FILM is published quarterly by Denver Film Society at TRILOGY 2: AN AMAZING COUPLE: May 14 to May 20, 2004 1725 Blake Street, Denver CO, 80202. ©2004 Denver Film Society. AN AMAZING COUPLE is Belvaux’s comedy farce, continuing Information is verifi ed at press time. Visit denverfi lm.org for updates. THE TRILOGY with a business owner (Morel) asking his doctor for a biopsy he doesn’t need, while his wife (Muti) hires a confl icted cop (Melki) to fi nd out what’s really going on. France, 2004, Not Rated, 1:40. TRILOGY 3: AFTER THE LIFE: May 21 to May 27, 2004 AFTER THE LIFE is Belvaux’s moving melodrama, concluding THE TRILOGY with a Grenoble cop (Melki) seeking to regain credibility NEW DEAL PICTURES • ANNA AND JOHN J. SIE FOUNDATION • MORGAN STANLEY FOUNDATION by capturing an escaped convict (Belvaux) while struggling with his THE DENVER FOUNDATION • THE JANUS FOUNDATION • HEALTHONE addict wife (Blanc) who is helping the very fugitive her husband seeks. THE DENVER POST • ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS • CBS 4 • 23AIRMAIL France, 2004, Not Rated, 1:27. CEAVCO AUDIO VISUAL • CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER • ONYX ENTERTAINMENT 2 3 2 WWW.DENVERFILM.ORG • (303) 820-FILM WWW.DENVERFILM.ORG • (303) 820-FILM 3 DENVER FILM EXCLUSIVE CINEMATHEQUE SERIES FilmReal Doc Night with Lisa Kennedy presented by The Just Media Fund May 27, June 17 and July 1, 2004 Dumont Does Denver Exclusive monthly screenings of new documentaries, with the June 11 to June 17, 2004 fi lmmakers in person, followed by audience discussion led by Starz FilmCenter at the Tivoli The Denver Post’s fi lm critic, Lisa Kennedy. All of French director Bruno Dumont’s 9th St. & Auraria Pkwy - Denver Starz FilmCenter at the Tivoli features are screened theatrically for 303.820.FILM• denverfilm.org TUPPERWARE! Thursday May 27, the fi rst time in Denver. Infl uenced by 9th St. & Auraria Pkwy - Denver 7:00pm TALK THURSDAY Director in 303.820.FILM• denverfilm.org Bergman and Fellini, Dumont’s ability to make mundane Denver person. A documentary following life into fascinating fi lm creates a palpable, brutal Theatrical the rise of reclusive inventor Earl Tupper’s plastic bowls to icon status world. “Whether you agree with Dumont’s theories Premieres more than 40 years ago, thanks to the savvy marketing skills of a on the human capacity for violence or not,” explains single young mother, Brownie Wise. The duo’s unlikely partnership All Movie Guide, “odds are that you will be affected by changed the way Americans stored food and created the phenomenon his vision.” All three series fi lms written and directed by Bruno of thousands of women selling products from their living rooms. Dumont. “Plenty of drama,” says Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, in this “engaging TWENTYNINE PALMS June 11-13: 12:10, 2:30, 4:55, 7:20, 9:45. documentary.” Written and directed by Laurie Kahn-Leavitt. Narrated June 14-18: 4:55, 7:20, 9:45 A photographer and his girlfriend by Kathy Bates. USA, 2004, Not Rated, 1:03. leave LA for a desert shoot and, from their base in Twentynine Palms, lose their way on the road – and with each other. Frantic passion, LOCK UP YOUR SONS AND DAUGHTERS Thursday June 17, fervent fi ghts and hasty reconciliations lead to an act of unforeseen 7:00pm TALK THURSDAY Curator in person. In conjunction with Denver desperation. “Compelling,” says The New York Times. “Likely to Pride Week. A collection of anti-gay propaganda fi lms from the divide people into two strongly opinionated camps.” Starring Katerina 1950s through today, with titles like “Soapy the Germ Fighter” Golubeva and David Wissak. Distributed by Wellspring. English/ (1955), “Perversion for Profi t” (1965) and “The Gay Agenda” French with English subtitles. France/USA, 2004, Not Rated, 1:59. (2001). “This is the type of show that not only educates people,” explains the curator, “but also empowers them into action.” Curated THE LIFE OF JESUS June 12: 12:25; June 13: 9:05 Dumont’s debut by Bill Taylor. USA, 2003, Not Rated, 1:27. – about a reckless teenager’s thorny path to redemption – won Camera D’Or at 1997’s Cannes Film Festival. Amateur actors and multiple THE CORPORATION Thursday July 1, 7:00pm TALK THURSDAY cinematic styles combine for subtle thrills and powerful commentary. Director in person. A documentary revealing the global consequences Starring David Douche, Marjorie Cottreel and Kader Chaatouf. French of an 18th-century legal decision to treat a corporation as a person. with English subtitles. France, 1997, Not Rated, 1:36. “The next BOWLING FOR COLUMBINE” (Globe and Mail). Directed by Jennifer Abbott and Mark Achbar. Interviews with Peter Drucker, L’HUMANITÉ June 12: 9:05; June 13: 12:25 Dumont’s haunting Milton Friedman, Naomi Klein, Noam Chomsky and Michael Moore. second feature –about a kindhearted police detective overwhelmed Distributed by Zeitgeist Films. Canada, 2003, Not Rated, 2:25. by his investigation into the murder of an 11-year-old girl – combines the bizarre mood of David Lynch with the deliberate pacing of Robert Bresson. Best actor (Schotté), best actress (Caneele) and jury grand prizes at 1999’s Cannes Film Festival. Starring Emmanuel Schotté, Séverine Caneele, Philippe Tullier, and Ghislain Ghesquère. French with English subtitles. France, 1999, Not Rated, 2:28. 4 5 4 WWW.DENVERFILM.ORG • (303) 820-FILM WWW.DENVERFILM.ORG • (303) 820-FILM 5 CINEMATHEQUE SERIES DENVER FILM EXCLUSIVE Summer of Preservation July 8, 9, 10 & 11, 2004 From the archives of the National Film Registry and Library of Congress Starz FilmCenter at the Tivoli Starz FilmCenter demonstrates its 9th St. & Auraria Pkwy - Denver new dual projection system with four 303.820.FILM• denverfilm.org 35mm treasures preserved by the LOST BOYS OF SUDAN National Film Registry and Library of Congress from Rare July 23 to July 29, 2004 the “nitrate” era, before 1951, when fi lm was highly Classic Starz FilmCenter at the Tivoli fl ammable. Each print is preserved today on non- Prints Two Sudanese refugees embark 9th St. & Auraria Pkwy - Denver fl ammable safety stock. All programs introduced and on an extraordinary journey from 303.820.FILM• denverfilm.org followed by audience discussion. Africa to America in this feature- length documentary. Orphaned as young boys in one of the world’s SHADOW OF A DOUBT Thursday July 8, 7:00pm TALK THURSDAY cruelest civil wars, Peter Dut and Santino Chuor survive lion From nitrate sources including original camera negatives (AFI/ attacks and militia gunfi re to reach a refugee camp in Kenya. From Universal). A favored uncle visits his peaceful Santa Rosa family in a thousands of other children, remarkably, they are chosen to come suspenseful, inexorable attack on comfortable small-town America. to America, safe from physical danger and hunger. A world away Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Starring Joseph Cotton and Theresa from home, they fi nd themselves confronted Wright. USA, 1943, Rated PG, 1:48. with the abundance and alienation of Award-Winning contemporary American suburbia. Documentary HIS GIRL FRIDAY Friday July 9, 7:00pm From original camera negatives (AFI/Columbia).