10 Mondays, February 2 to April 6, 12:00 pm to 3:00 pm
Instructor: Jacob Mazer, Director of Programs and Education, BMFI
Join us for a series of discussions charting a course through the post-World War II history of motion pictures. We will take a chronological tour of international cinema, including stops in France, Italy, Argentina, Vietnam, and Germany. Films scheduled to be discussed are:
Feb 2: A Man Escaped (Robert Bresson, France, 1956)
Feb 9: Nothing but a Man (Michael Roemer, USA, 1964)
Feb 16: The Conformist (Bernardo Bertolucci, Italy, 1970)
Feb 23: Chilly Scenes of Winter (Joan Micklin Silver, USA, 1979)
Mar 2: The Official Story (Luis Puenzo, Argentina, 1985)
Mar 9: Roger & Me (Michael Moore, USA, 1989)
Mar 16: The Scent of Green Papaya (Tran Anh Hung, France/Vietnam, 1993)
Mar 23: Old Joy (Kelly Reichardt, USA, 2006)
Mar 30: Barbara (Christian Petzold, Germany, 2012)
April 6: Leave Her to Heaven (John M. Stahl, USA, 1945)
$240 for members, $305 for non-members. There is no "a la carte" enrollment.
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