 Cine-Concert: The Last Command
Saturday, December 4 at 2:30 p.m.
Music by the Alloy Orchestra
Stars Emil Jannings as a former Czarist general, reduced to working as a Hollywood extra and cast as a Russian general. (Josef von Sternberg, 1928, 88 minutes)
Film Design: Translating Words into Images
Sunday, December 5 at 2:00 p.m.
Academy Award winning production designer Patrizia von Brandenstein discusses her ideas and methods for designing a film. (Approximately 75 minutes) Made possible by funds given in memory of Rajiv Vaidya.
Force of Evil
Sunday, December 5 at 5:00 p.m.
Introduction by Rebecca Prime
A restored print of this rarely screened and often underrated film noir is shown on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the birth of blacklisted Hollywood writer-director Abraham Polonsky. (1948, 78 minutes)
Dreamchild
preceded by 1932 newsreel Alice in USA Land
Saturday, December 11 at 1:00 p.m.
A fictionalized account of Alice Liddell's 1932 visit to America includes several of Jim Henson's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. (Gavin Millar and Dennis Potter, 1985, 94 minutes)
Dante's Inferno
Thursday and Friday, December 16 and 17 at 1:00 p.m.
In this spare study of Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Russell focused on the rift between the artist's aspirations and his day-to-day reality. (Ken Russell, 1967, 90 minutes)
Cine-Concert: A Christmas Carol
Saturday, December 18 at 1:00 p.m.
Music by Andrew Simpson, piano (Approximately 25 minutes)
The Brotherhood: The Love School
Wednesday and Thursday, December 29 and 30 at 1:00 p.m.
Two episodes from a vintage BBC series on the lives of the Pre-Raphaelites, shown in conjunction with the exhibition The Pre-Raphaelite Lens: British Photography and Painting, 1848–1875. (Piers Haggard, BBC, 1975, 150 minutes)
www.nga.gov/programs/film/index.htm#art-films |
| | |  |  Julien Duvivier: The Grand Artisan
Julien Duvivier, whose work of the 1930s helped define midcentury poetic realist cinema was a master of many genres. This series of ten features samples Duvivier's work from the silent era to the eve of the French New Wave.
La Bandera
Saturday, December 11 at 4:00 p.m.
Introduction by Jay Carr
(1935, French with subtitles, 100 minutes)
Sous le ciel de Paris
December 12 at 4:00 p.m.
(1951, French with subtitles, 115 minutes)
Poil de carotte
December 18 at 3:30 p.m.
(1932, French with subtitles, 92 minutes)
Tales of Manhattan
December 26 at 2:00 p.m.
(1942, 125 minutes)
Anna Karenina
December 26 at 4:30 p.m.
(1948, 139 minutes)
www.nga.gov/programs/film/julienduvivier.htm |
| | | |  Straub and Huillet: The Work and Reaches of Creation
Artists Jean-Marie Straub and the late Daniele Huillet created an eccentric and personal cinematic style that used existing texts—poetry, plays, letters, music, and political writing—as the foundation for their craft.
Where Does Your Hidden Smile Lie?
Sunday, December 19 at 4:30 p.m.
(Pedro Costa, 2001, French with subtitles, 109 minutes)
www.nga.gov/programs/film/straubhuillet.htm |
| | | |  Bagpuss: The Most Magical, Saggy, Old Cloth Cat
Saturday, December 4 at 10:30 a.m.
Sunday, December 5 at 11:30 a.m.
recommended for ages 4 and up
Program features four episodes from the classic British television series: The Mouse Mill, The Hamish, Uncle Feeble, and The Frog Princess. (Peter Firmin and Oliver Postgate, United Kingdom, 1974, approximately 60 minutes)
www.nga.gov/programs/flmchild/index.htm#bagpuss |
| | | Films are shown in the East Building Auditorium, 4th Street at Constitution Avenue NW. There is no charge for admission but seating is on a first-come, first-seated basis. Doors open approximately 30 minutes before each show time. Programs are subject to change.
For more information call (202) 842-6799, e-mail film-department@nga.gov or visit www.nga.gov/programs/film/
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