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1972 FALL SCHEDULE
ALL SHOWINGS AT 7:00 AND 9:05 P.M. (unless otherwise noted)
SEPTEMBER OCTOBER Fri Oct 27 EYES WITHOUT A FACE
Thurs Fri Sept 7,.8 TARZAN THE APE MAN Tues/Wed Oct 3, 4 VIRIDIANA (The Horror Chamber of Dr. Faustus)
Dir. Georges Franu (1969). French, subtitles.
Dir. Willard Van Dyke (1932)., With Johnny Weissmuller, Maureen Dir. Luis Bunuel (1961) . Spanish, subtitles. Bunuel shreds Spanish director tackled this horror movie with chilling
O'Sullivan. Hear the Call of the Wild! See the accomplished Cheetah, Catholic apart exposing the inadequacy of good intentions. Grand have fainted.
his monkey wife! Pity poor Jane, finale of blasphemous beggars' Last Supper. Short: "Be Human"
Short: "Muratti Cigarette Commercial" Short: "Land Without Bread"-Luis Bunuel (1932)
Sot Sun Oct 28, 29 THE RED &THE WH
Sat,/Sun Sept 9& 10 THE GREAT WHITE HOPE Thurs. Oct 5 AMERICAN UNDERGROUND Dir. MikO c,2Hn Wh
RETROSPECTIVE PROGRAM 4 Dir. Miklos Jansco, Hungrian (1967). With su
Dir. Martin Ritt (1969) . Color. Powerful performances by James Earl Red and the White Royalist Armies in 1918 Ru
Jones and Jane Alexander. Story of Jack Johnson, first black heavy- DANCE CHROMATIC. Dir. Ed Emshwiller (1959) by American enthusiasts for unique camera st
weight champion. Man who lived his life in scorn of Puritan conven- SCIENCE FICTION. Dir. Stan Van Der Beek (1959) battle scenes.
tions and paid bitterly. WINDOW WATER BABY MOVING. Dir. Stan Brakhag (1959) Short: "Simply Killing"
Short: "The House I Live In" DIONYSIUS. Dir. Charles Boultenhouse (1963) -
BLOWJOB Di. Ady Wrho (164)Tues /Wed Oct 31, Nov 1 JULIET OF THI
Mon Sept 11 MR. HULOT'S HOLIDAY BPEYOTE QUEN.Dr AndytoWarhoi (1r964) Dir. Federico Fellini (1965). The female comple
Dir. Jacques Tati (1952). Chaotic comedy. Marvelous series of sight plot is unimportant; the texture is overwhelming.
gags on a theme, including a great fireworks explosion. One of ARABESQUE FOR KENNETH ANGER. Dir. Marie Menken (1961) color. With Giulietta Masina.
France's most beloved movies. MOOD MONDRIAN. Dir. Marie Menken (1961) ~Shows at 7:00 & 9:30
Tues/Wed Sept 12, 13 SMILES OF A SUMMER NIGHT Fri Oct 6 HERE COMES MR. JORDAN NOVEMBER
Dir. Ingmar Bergman (1955) . Swedish, subtitles. "Boudoir farce be- Dir. Alexander Hall (1941) . With Claude Rains, Edward Everett Hor
comes lyric poetry"-Pauline Koel. ton. Fantasy of prizefighter who's accidentally sent to Heaven before Thurs Nov 2 AMERICAN UNDERGROU
his time and must find a new body to occupy. RETROSPECTIVE PROGRAM 8
Thurs Sept 14 AMERICAN UNDERGROUND Short: Foreign Press Awards, with Jane Mansfield DAVID HOLZMAN'S DIARY. DirrJim McBride (1
RETROSPECTIVE PROGRAM 1 Sat Sun Oct 7, 8 EL TOPO ARTIFICIAL LIGHT. Dir. Hollis Frampton (1969)
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND: Dir. Alexandro Jodorowsky (1970). Spanish, subtitles. Starkly photo- CHINESE FIREDRILL. Dir. Will Hindle (1968)
RHYTHMUS 21 and 23.-Dir. Hans Richter (1921-23) graphed allegorical story of the transformation of a gunslinger. Mexico
during the era of revolution-bloodshed, religious fervor and sado- Fri Nov 3 DINNER AT EIGHT
LE SANG D'UN POETE. Dir. Jean Cocteau (1930) masochism. Dir. George Cukor (1933). A star studded dinnerI
ENTR'ACTE. Dir. Rene.Clair (1924) Mon Oct 9 FOOLISH WIVES different and clashing strata of New York soci
MENILMONTANT. Dir. Dimitri Kirsanoff (1924) Ferber and George S. Kaufman. With Marie Dre
Dir. Erich Von Stroheim (1923). Silent. Adventurer passes himsef off John Barrymore, Lionel Barrymore, Jean Harlow,I
Fri Sept 15 BEN HUR as a Russian colonel, preys on rich women. Lush silent cinema, capped
Dir. Fred Niblo (1927). Silent. MGM's lavish spectacular. With by Von Stroheim's rapacious performance. Sat Sun Nov 4, 5 SON OF THE SHEIK
Ramon Navarro and Francis X. Bushman. Famous chariot race scene. Tues /Wed Oct 10, 11 IMMORTAL STORY Dir. George Fitzmaurice (1926). Rudolph Valen
High and stylized desert adventure, but the flies,
SatSun Sept 16, 17 RED PLANET MARS Dir. Orson Welles (1968). Welles acts out a story of an old man who too much-Valentino's last film.
Dir. Harry Horner (1952). USA. With Peter Graves, Andrea King. pays a sailor to sleep with his wife, so he can have a son before he
McCarthy era film exposes evils of Communism-directly from the dies. With Jeanne Moreau, Richard Coggio. Mon Nov 6 STEAMBOAT BILL JUNIOR
voice of God (who lives on Mars and is contacted by radio) AND Dir. Charles F. Reisner (1928). Starring Buster
Short: "Red Nightmare": Jack Webb warns of Communism in your SIMON OF THE DESERT of the rain, he goes back to the prison he esca
own living room. Dir. Luis Bunuel (1966). A saintly man, living on a pillar in the desert, Keaton's dumbfounding acrobatics.
is tempted by the devil in the form of a woman (Silvia Pinal).
Tues/Wed Sept 19,20 SEVENTH SEAL Thurs. Oct 12 AMERICAN UNDERGROUND
Thur. Ot 12AMEICA UNDRGRUNDWOMEN'S FILM FEST
Dir. Ingmar Bergman (1957). Swedish, subtitles. Chess game with RETROSPECTIVE PROGRAM 5
Death in a medieval landscape of plague and religious madness. With Tues Wed Nov 7, 8 UNE FEMME EST U
Max von Sydow. UNSERE AFRIKAREISE. Dir. Peter Kubelka (1961-66)
Short: "The Dove" ECHOES OF SILENCE. Dir. Peter Goldman (1965) (A Woman Is a Woman)
FAT FEET. Dir. Red Grooms (1966) Dir. Jean-Luc Godard (1964). Playful, funny e:
Thurs Sept 21 AMERICAN UNDERGROUND PIECE MANDALA END WAR. Dir. Paul Sharitis (1966) and male relationships in a triangle situation. An
RETROSPECTIVE PROGRAM 2 Belmondo, Jean-Claude Brialy.
Fri Oct 13 THE IDIOT
6 MAYA DEREN SHORTS: Dir. Akira Kurosawa (1951). Japanese master director takes on the Thurs Nov 9 A PROGRAM OF SHORT Fl
MESHES OF THE AFTERNOON (1943); AT LAND (1944) ; CHORE- Dostoevsky classic. A man's quest for sainthood brings destruction to ANYTHING YOU WANT TO BE. Dir. Liane Bra
OGRAPHY FOR CAMERA (1945) ; RITUAL IN TRANSFIGURED those around him. DOROTHY PROVING GROUND. Dir. Vaughn Obe
TIME (1946) ; MEDITATION ON VIOLENCE (1948); THE VERY 'Shows at 7:00 & 9:30 GROWING UP FEMALE. Dir. Carolyn Bird
EYE OF NIGHT (1959) Sat Oct 14 LES DAMES DU BOIS DE BOLOGNE SCHMEERGUNTZ. Dir. Gunvor Nelson & Doroth
VISUAL VARIATIONS ON NOGUCHI. Dir. Marie Menken (1945) Dir. Robert Bresson (1944). French, subtitles. Mario Casares as an "Shows at 7:00 & 9:30
GEOGRAPHY OF THE BODY. Dir..Willard Maas (1943) abandoned mistress who attempts revenge on her lover by trapping him Fri Nov 10 THREE LIVES
FIREWORKS. Dir. Kenneth Anger (1947) into marriage with a tramp.
LOOPS. Dir. Kenneth Anger (1939) Short: "Fall of the House of Usher" Dir. Kate Millet (1971). A documentary study o
9by a female crew. They talk to the camera and .f
COLOR BOX & TRADE TATTOO. Dir. Len Lye (1935 & 37) Sun Oct 15 LA FEMME DOUCE (The Gentle Woman) about women, men, and how they have chosen to
Fri Set 22 L'IMMORTELLE Dir. Robert Bresson (1969) . Bresson's first color film portrays a hus- SCHMEERGUNTZ. Dir. Gunvor Nelson & Doroth
P band's examination of events leading to his wife's suicide. Controlled
Dir. Alain Robbe-Grillet (1963). French, subtitles. The leader of the use of sound, silence, flow of images for which Bresson is known. Sat Nov 11 THE SILENCE
Noveau Roman literary movement transfers his aesthetics to film- Short: "Un Chant D'Amour," Jean Genet Dir. Ingmar Bergman (1964). Two sisters choo;
recurirg motifs, examination of surfaces, fascination with geometrics Tues Wed Oct 17, 18 NIGHTS OF CABIRIA define their sexuality. Choices: Promiscuity, mast
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Short: "Boop-oop-A-Doop" Dir. Federico Fellini (1957). Wry modern comedy about bad-luck of a Short: "So You Want To Be Pretty"
cheerful prostitute. With Guilietta Massina
Sat/Sun Sept 23, 24 SOCRATES Short: "Felix in Fairyland" Sun Nov 12 ADAM'S RIB
Dir. Roberto Rosselini (1970). French, subtitles. Personal and realistic Thurs Oct 19 AMERICAN UNDERGROUND Dir. George Cukor (1949). Exhilarating and funn
presentation of the benevolent philosopher and his antagonists. Ros- is precipitated in a "modern family" when Kathc
selini sees history as "human beings who are like us, but chronologi- RETROSPECTIVE PROGRAM 6 defense attorney and Spencer Tracy the prosecut
cally at another moment in time." CHELSEA GIRLS. Dir. Andy Warhol (1966) Short: "Betty Boop for President"
1 showing: 31/ hours-7:00--$1.50 admission
Mon Sept 25 SHOESHINE Mon Nov 13 THE PUMPKIN EATER
Dir. Vittorio de Sica (1947) Italian, subtitles. A classic of neorealism. Fri Oct 20 INTIMATE LIGHTING Dir. Jack Clayton (1964). Anne Bancroft as
Social protest film that rises above its purpose. It is a lyric study of Dir. Ivan Passer (1965). Czech, subtitles. Subtle analysis of the who seeks self-fulfillment through having man
how two boys betrayed by society betray each other and themselves. pleasures and provocations of provincial rfamily life crazy when she has a hysterectomy to make her
Short: Adebar & Mosaic in Confidence
Tues/Wed Sept 26, 27 LOS OLVIDADOS Sat Sun Oct 21, 22 LES BONNES FEMMES
(The Young & The Damned) Dir. Claude Chabrol (1960). Story of four shop-girls in a non-glamor- Tues Wed Nov 14, 15 WEEKEND
Dir. Luis Bunuel (1950). Spanish with subtitles. Tragic story of the ous Paris. Shows the discrepancy between their goals and reality. of misguided revolutionaries and pleasureeseeki
destruction of two boys reared in the slums of Mexico City. Short: "Food & Magic"ofm sguredrealu taija pse-ek
Short Medium: "Un Chien Andalou"-Luis Bunuel and Salvador Dali, Mon Oct 23 METROPOLISmembered fr cataclysmic traffic ja scene.
1928.Thurs Nov 16 LE GA SAVOIR
Dir. Fritz Long (1925) .Silent, with subtitles. Futuristic fantasy details Thr.Jn oa16 (L 98G.lGS ar
Thurs Sept 28 AMERICAN UNDERGROUND horrors of mechanistic utopia. A robot double of the heroine incites ject in relation to sound and image. The goal-a
RETROSPECTIVE PROGRAM 3 the people to revolt. Hitler liked the film so much he wanted Lang to iousess.
make Nazi movies. Lang left the country. consciousness
THREE ABSTRACT FILM EXERCISES. Dir. Whitney Bros. (1943, 44) Fri Nov17 ANNA CHRISTIE
ADVENTURES OF JIMMY. Dir. James Broughton (1950) Tues Wed Oct 24, 25 8 /A
ANTICIPATION'OF THE NIGHT. Dir. Stan Brakhage (1958) Dir. Federico Fellini (1962). With Marcello Mastroiani and Claudia Dir. Clarence Brown (1930). From the play by E
NEW YORK, NEW YORK. Dir. Francis Thompson (1957) Cardinale. Infamous autobiographical film of Fellini's chaotic personal Garbo as the young woman trying to hide her p
MAN AND DOG OUT FOR AIR AND OTHER FILMS. Dir. Robert Breer onfus a70 & 930 hor elox rin Fairyland
EARLY APSTRACTIONS. Dir. Harry Smith (1939-56)
Thurs Oct26 AMERICAN UNDERGROUND Sat Sun Nov 18, 19 NINOTCHKA
Fri Sept 29 LADY WITH THE DOG RETROSPECTIVE PROGRAM 7 Dir. Ernst Lubitsch (1939). Loving satire-Comm
Dir. Josef Heifitz (1960). A stunning masterpiece in which timing ALLURES. Dir. Jordan Belson (1964) meets Capitalism (Melvin Douglas) in Paris.
and pace and visually created atmosphere carry the plot. Based on a STILL LIFE. Dir. Bruce Bailley (1966) ideology. Humor highlighted by trio of Russian em
Chekhov story. Go see this movie-you'll really like it. HOLD ME WHILE I'M NAKED. Dr. George Kuchar (1966) Alexander Granach, Felix Bressart.
Short: "Russian Lullabye" SPROCKET HOLES. Dir. George Landow (1966) Mon Nov 20 THE EAGLE
Sat/Sun Sept 30 Oct 1 L'ECLISSE (The Eclipse) DIRT PARTICLES, etc. Dir. George Landow (1966) Dir. Clarence Brown (1925). With Rudolph Valen
Dir. Michelangelo Antonioni (1962), Italian, subtitles. The stock- WAVE LENGTH. Dir. Michael Snow (1966-67) Vilma Banky. Romantic comedy set in Russia of(
market madness of a depraved generation will be avenged by the SECRET OF WENDEL SAMSON. Dir. Mike Kuchar (1966) Tongue-in-cheek take-off of Valentino by Valent
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