28 June 2007 - "Happiness" (1998) by Todd Solondz

People!

It is time to laugh again!!!! So let us watch Ananas' recommendation

"HAPPINESS" by Todd Solondz shot in 1998

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0147612/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happiness_%28film%29

See you on Thursday, 8pm, @ room 220 BSI East building!


PS. did you know that one of the actors is actually working at RIKEN? come and check him on our super screen!


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21 June 2007 - Mahābhārata (1989)

This week, we have the pleasure to announce a movie proposed by our correspondent in India, super Elena. She writes:

The Mahābhārata, ”the great tale of the Bharata Dynasty”, is a 1989 film version of the Hindu epic, directed by Peter Brook. Brook's original 1985 stage play was 9 hours long, and toured around the world for four years. It lasted all the night, beginning at the sunset, and finishing at dawn. In 1989, it was reduced to under 6 hours for television (TV mini series). Later it was also reduced to about 3 hours for theatrical and DVD release. The screenplay was the result of eight years work by Peter Brook, Jean-Claude Carrière and Marie-Hélène Estienne. For the casting an international selection of actors was intentionally chosen, to show that the nature of the Hindu epic is the story of all humanity.
In general terms, the story involves epic incidents between two warring families, the Pandavas (representing the good side) and the Kauravas (representing the bad side). Both sides, being the offspring of kings and gods, fight for dominion. They have been both advised by the god Krishna to live in harmony and abstain from the bloody lust for power. Yet their fights come to threaten the very order of the Universe. The plot is framed as a narrative between the Brahmin sage Vyasa and the Hindu deity Ganesha, and directed towards an unnamed Indian boy who comes to him inquiring about the story of the human race. In The Mahabharata the discussion of human goals (artha or wealth, kama or pleasure, dharma or duty/harmony, and moksha or liberation) takes place within a long-standing mythological tradition, attempting to explain the relationship of the individual to society and the world (the nature of the 'Self') and the workings of karma.
Peter Brooke is one of the most important contemporary european theater director.
In the cast, the great italian actor Vittorio Mezzogiorno plays the role of the main character, Arjuna.

see you!

more info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mah%C4%81bh%C4%81rata
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097810/

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14 June 2007 - Waking Life (2001)

Let's continue dreaming on our big screen...

Since dreams.... what actually they are? 
An escape from reality or reality itself?
Waking Life is a really cool animation made from a usual movie shot first with a DV camera and actors using a technique called "rotoscoping" first invented in 1920s.

Bring your snacks, good mood and let's have fun as usual!

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07 June 2007 - David Lynch's Mulholland Drive (2001)

Mulholland drive… a David Lynch’s “psychological thriller”…

Surreal and dreamlike images make it difficult to discern between dream and reality…


Here are some (optional) clues that might help to know what it is going on:
  1. Pay particular attention in the beginning of the film: at least two clues are revealed before the credits.
  2. Notice the appearances of the red lampshade.
  3. Can you hear the title of the film that Adam Kesher is auditioning actresses for? Is it mentioned again?
  4. An accident is a terrible event... notice the location of the accident.
  5. Who gives a key, and why?
  6. Notice the robe, the ashtray, the coffee cup.
  7. What is felt, realized and gathered at the club Silencio?
  8. Did talent alone help Camilla?
  9. Note the occurrences surrounding the man behind Winkies.
  10. Where is Aunt Ruth?

see you there,
Joycix & Tomekx

more info:
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mulholland_Drive_%28film%29
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0166924/
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