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GYPSY CARAVAN
SHOW DATE: 6/24
SPEAKER(S): John Gingrich
Here's some information about the film:
Cinema Sundays Spring 2007 Series 39
Sunday, June 24, 2007
Cinema Sundays at the Charles concludes its 39th series on June 24th with the Baltimore Premiere of Gypsy Caravan. (Actual title: When the Road Bends: Tales of a Gypsy Caravan. Directed by Jasmine Dellal. Starring Fanfare Ciocarlia, Taraf de Haidouks, Johnny Depp, Antonio El Pipa, Maharaja and Esma Redzepova.
2006 USA Rated PG 110 minutes.
Synopsis
A dazzling display of the musical world of the Roma, juxtaposed to the real world they live in. This rich feature documentary celebrates the luscious music of top international Gypsy performers and interweaves stirring real life tales of their home life and social background. Shot by documentary icon Albert Maysles, the film takes place on location in Spain, Macedonia, Romania and India, as well as in Europe and in the USA during the Gypsy Caravan concert tour created by World Music Institute. Starring musicians from FANFARE CIOCARLIA, TARAF DE HAIDOUKS, MAHARAJA, ANTONIO EL PIPA & ESMA REDZEPOVA.
Click on the following link for trailer and official site.
http://www.gypsycaravanmovie.com/
Cinema Sundays is pleased to wrap up its thirty ninth series with the Baltimore premiere of Gypsy Caravan.
This award winning documentary presents a rare view of some unusual and special music as well as the culture and lives of the performers.
Our speaker for this week is musicologist John Gingrich. We last had the privilege of his work when he teamed up with his wife Eva Mengelkoch to present Go for Zucker. It’s a pleasure to welcome him back and I look forward to his musical observations.
I want to thank our speaker from Last week Matt Porterfield for doing such a nice job with Private Fears in Public Places. I also want to thank Mike Giuliano for sitting in for me and doing his usual fine work. I think this week’s film should be a fine end to a very interesting series and I hope you will join me on Sunday.
Jonathan Palevsky
Jpalevsky@aol.com
Private Fears in Public Places
SHOW DATE: 6/17
SPEAKER(S): Matt Porterfield
Here's some information about the film:
(Original French title Coeurs) Directed by Alain Resnais. Written by Alan Ayckbourn and Jean-Michel Ribes. Starring Sabine Azema, Lambert Wilson, Andre Dussollier, Pierre Arditi, Laura Morante and Isabelle Carre.
2006 France 120 minutes.
Synopsis
Sophie is Thierry's sister and roommate who spends most of her time trying to find a boyfriend. Thierry is a real estate agent who shows Nicole several apartments. Nicole is looking for a 3 bedroom to share with her fiancé, Dan, but Dan has little interest in helping her, in fact, his only concern lately is getting drunk and his only acquaintance is the bartender, Lionel. Lionel listens to other people's problems, while his own are enormous. He cares for his sick and hateful father and whe n he goes to work at night, Charlotte, a caregiver he has hired, takes over. Charlotte has a few tricks up her sleeve to keep Lionel's cantankerous father in check. The six collide and influence each other's lives in significant ways as they navigate the cold winter months in Paris. Resnais shows how the power of friendship, no matter the eccentricities, can change our lives and heal our hearts.
For reviews and trailer see
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/
Cinema Sundays is pleased to present the Baltimore Premiere of Alain Resnais’ Private Fears in Public Places (or just Coeurs as far as the French are concerned) Made when the director was a mere 84 years old, this is your chance to see the work of a master.
A while ago people were screaming for foreign films now we are delighted to be drowning in them. I want to commend all of you who sat through the endless hours of Lady Chatterley, your service to the film goddess will not be forgotten.
I want to thank our speaker from Last week Ellen Handler Spitz for her interesting observations on Lady Chatterley. Our speaker this week is no longer TBA but is in fact film maker Matt Porterfield. You may remember his film Hamilton which played at the Rotunda and was very well reviewed. It’s a pleasure to welcome him to Cinema Sundays.
Unfortunately I will not be with you on Sunday and I am leaving you in the capable hands of Mike Giuliano. I am confident as always that he will do a first class job.
I look forward to seeing you for our final screening on June 23rd.
Lady Chatterley
SHOW DATE: Ellen Handler Spitz
SPEAKER(S): 6/10
Here's some information about the film:
(Original title Lady Chatterley et L’homme de bois) Directed by Pascale Ferran. Written by Roger Bohbot and Pascale Ferran. Starring Marina Hands, Jean-Louis Coullo’ch, Hippolyte Giradot, Helene Alexandridis, Helene Fillieres and Bernard Verley.
2006 France Rated R 168 minutes. (Gewalt!)
Synopsis
Constance Reid was 23 years old when she married Cambridge graduate, lieutenant, and mine owner Clifford Chatterley in 1917. After a short-lived honeymoon, Clifford was drafted to fight on the Flanders battlefront, from which he returned badly wounded and fated to spend the rest of his life in a wheelchair.
The film begins in the year 1921, after the young couple moves to Wragby, one of the Chatterley family properties. Constance looks back longingly to the years before her marriage, when she spent her time with artists and students of her own age, also enjoying long trips abroad. Now she feels lonely and isolated in a rural environment that bores her. And yet, it is her taciturn gamekeeper Oliver Parkin, a man whose life and background is so diametrically opposed to her own, who awakens in Lady Chatterley a desire she has never felt before.
At first, Parkin is mistrustful of his mistress. He cannot understand what a Lady would want from a simple man such as himself. But as Parkin¹s body re-awakens both Constance's flesh and spirit, her child-like ability to take pleasure in their relationship infuses hope and energy into his numbing solitude.
Lady Chatterley tells the story of a passion that is both innocent and subversive - one that transcends, without ever ignoring, class and social conventions. As Constance and Parkin nourish their mutual love, both enter into a radical realm where nature, sex and romance merge into one powerful experience.
Click here for official site and trailer!
http://www.kino.com/ladychatterley/#Scene_1
Is there no end to Cinema Sundays international bent this series. From Denmark to Ireland to Minnesota and now Lady Chatterley set in French! This award winning epic film brings D.H. Lawrence’s second and lesser known version of the story to the screen, and is the first adaptation directed by a woman. CSC will be screening the abbreviated 168 minute version rather than the 220 version which ran on French TV. This film will not open in Baltimore until mid July and this will be your only chance to see this highly regarded film for a while.
Our speaker this week is Ellen Handler Spitz from UMBC. We all remember what a fine job she did with Roman Polanski’s adaptation of Oliver Twist. We look forward to her return to CSC.
I’m looking forward to seeing you this Sunday.
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