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The Museum of Art and Archaeology is pleased to announce the new season of its Film Series. The Museum will show films each month inspired by one of the special exhibitions on view in the Museum or about artists and art. Prior to the showing, there will be a brief introduction by the Museum Educator or a special guest. For more information, please call 573-882-5076.
All films shown at 7:00 pm, 106 Pickard Hall. Free and open to the public.
Film series flyer (pdf)
August
August 7, 2009 - Friday
Camelot (1967)
Directed by Joshua Logan
Starring Richard Harris, Vanessa Redgrave and Franco Nero
August 20, 2009 - Thursday
The Life and Times of Andy Warhol: Superstar (1990)
Directed by Chuck Workman
Starring Jean Michel Basquiat
(Co-sponsored by MACS)
September
September 4, 2009 - Friday
Body Heat (1981)
Directed by Lawrence Kasdan
Starring Kathleen Turner and William Hurt
Hurt plays Attorney Ned Racine, whose life is changed forever when he meets Matty Walker (Turner). Enmeshed in their torrid love affair during a Florida heat wave, he decides to help her murder her rich husband. In the mode of The Postman Always Rings Twice and Double Indemnity, Kasdan takes the 1940s film noir genre and updates it, as well as creates the template for later films such as Fatal Attraction and Basic Instinct.
September 17, 2009 - Thursday
The Letter (1940)
Directed by William Wyler
Starring Bette Davis and Herbert Marshall
The wife (Davis) of a rubber plantation owner in Malaysia owner (Marshall) has shot a man she claims is a sexual assailant. What is the truth? What will a forgotten letter reveal? Taken from a Somerset Maugham story, the film was nominated for seven Oscars, including best picture, director, actress, but it had to compete with the likes of James Stewart, Katharine Hepburn, and the films Grapes of Wrath and Rebecca. Davis' portrayal of an atypical femme fatale remains daring and unforgettable. Lushly filmed with B&W cinematography at its exquisite best.
October
October 2, 2009 - Friday
Annie Hall (1977)
Directed by Woody Allen
Starring Diane Keaton and Woody Allen
Alvy Singer (Allen), a neurotic comedian meets Annie (Keaton), a quirky young woman from Wisconsin exploring her talents in New York City. Singer examines their relationship, often directly to the audience, as her need for autonomy and fun collides with his insecurities. Annie Hall is a lovely romance, hilarious comedy and a thoughtful examination of what matters. The film embraces all of Allen's themes: his great love for New York, the difficulties of relationships and the fear of death.
October 16, 2009 - Friday
Cleopatra (1934)
Directed by Cecil B. DeMille
Starring Claudette Colbert and Warren William
This historical epic about the Queen of the Nile and her love affairs with Julius Caesar and Marc Antony is not unfairly considered one of the most amazing films of all time. Lavish costumes, sets, and overall production values are pure DeMille, but Colbert's brilliant portrayal must have given Liz Taylor pause when she attempted the character again in 1963. Newly remastered by UCLA Film School.
November
November 6, 2009 - Friday
Agnes of God (1985)
Directed by Norman Jewison
Starring Jane Fonda and Anne Bancroft
Originally a hit play on Broadway, Fonda plays a chain-smoking psychiatrist court-appointed to evaluate a novice (Meg Tilly). The young woman is charged with manslaughter after being discovered unconscious with a dead newborn baby in her room. Dr. Livingston engages in mutual feelings of hostility with the convent's Mother Superior (Bancroft) as they battle over the soul and sanity of the nun.
November 19, 2009 - Thursday
The Garden of Allah (1936)
Directed by Richard Boleslawski
Starring Marlene Dietrich and Charles Boyer
Convent-educated Domini Enfilden (Dietrich) is advised by her Mother Superior to embark on a spiritual retreat in the Sahara. Instead of peace she finds true love and passion, in the guise of mysterious Boris Androveky (Boyer). Unbeknownst to Domini, her lover is an ex-communicated Trappist monk. Will his secret be revealed? Sumptuously photographed and among the earliest major productions in three-strip Technicolor.
December
December 4, 2009 - Friday
Medea (1970)
Directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini
Starring Maria Callas and Massimo Girotti
Based on the Greek tragedy by Euripides, the film tells the story of Jason, who meets the foreigner and sorceress Medea while on his quest for the Golden Fleece. She sacrifices her country and even her brother for him, and he repays her by betrayal. Her revenge is legendary and who better than Callas to play a woman scorned? Her only movie role; she doesn't sing a note, but her acting is a perfect complement to director Pasolini's style. A difficult to obtain film.
December 17, 2009 - Thursday
Leave Her to Heaven (1945)
Directed by John M. Stahl
Starring Gene Tierney, Cornel Wilde and Vincent Price
One of our favorite directors (Back Street, Imitation of Life, and Magnificent Obsession) returns with juicy entertainment. Beautiful, jealous and just plain evil Ellen (Tierney) has her own idea of love and woe to anyone who gets in her way. After viewing this gorgeous Technicolor production, you will know why this film won an Oscar for Best Cinematography and Tierney's malevolent and shocking portrayal won her a Best Actress nomination.
January
January 21, 2010 - Thursday
Basquiat (1996)
Directed by Julian Schnabel
Starring Jeffrey Wright and Michael Wincott
Schnabel depicts the life of graffiti artist Jean-Michel Basquiat and his rise to fame in the New York art community. Wright (who won a Tony for Angels in America) portrays the artist struggling to come to terms with his gift until his death of a heroin overdose in 1988. Also starring David Bowie as pop-artist Andy Warhol, Michael Wincott as poet Rene Ricard, as well as Gary Oldman, Dennis Hopper, and Courtney Love.
All films shown at 7:00 pm, 106 Pickard Hall. Free and open to the public.
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