STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE at the Egyptian
DeForest Kelley, William Shatner, Stephen Collins, Leonard Nimoy in Star Trek: The Motion Picture
The director’s cut of Star Trek: The Motion Picture will be screened at the American Cinematheque’s Egyptian Theatre on Sunday, Sept. 27, at 5:30 pm. Pre-show elements begin at 5 pm.
As per the Cinematheque’s press release, "this program will review the full spectrum of Star Trek’s visual achievements and its contributions to the art of narrative design for science fiction. Production Designers John Jefferies, Joseph R. Jennings, Herman Zimmerman and Scott Chambliss, along with moderator and VFX artist Darin R. Dochterman, will take us on a journey using visual clip pods based on design themes such as the ships, the bridge, alien worlds, gadgets & gizmos, and [...]
by Andre Soares | September 24, 2009
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Tags: American Cinematheque, Darin R. Dochterman, Egyptian Theatre, Leonard Nimoy, Los Angeles Screenings, Persis Khambatta, Robert Wise, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Stephen Collins, Visual Effects, William Shatner
Japanese Horror Classics: GOKE, HAUSU at the Egyptian
House by Nobuhiko Obayashi (top); Goke, Bodysnatcher from Hell by Hajime Sato (bottom)
Schedule and synopses from the American Cinematheque website.
Wednesday, September 23 – 7:30 PM
Japanese Cult Classics Double Feature:
HOUSE (HAUSU), 1977, Janus Films, 87 min. This long-lost fantasy/horror masterpiece from director Nobuhiko Obayashi has finally surfaced in America. Oshare can’t wait to spend the summer with her father…until he informs her that he plans to remarry. She decides to go away with some friends to visit an estranged aunt…who, unbeknownst to the girls is immortal and can only remain that way by feeding on virgins. Her evil house, with its girl-devouring piano, does the killing for her. Based on an idea given to the director by his then 7-year-old [...]
by Andre Soares | September 23, 2009
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Tags: American Cinematheque, Classic Movies, Egyptian Theatre, Goke, Hajime Sato, Hausu, Horror Movies, Los Angeles Screenings, Nobuhiko Obayashi
Nagisa Oshima at the American Cinematheque
“No other director of Oshima’s generation has made more vital, inventive and challenging films, or taken more risks. He is a giant in contemporary cinema.” – Tony Rayns
“Plainly the greatest living Japanese filmmaker.” – Jonathan Rosenbaum
“Japan’s greatest living filmmaker.” – J. Hoberman
Those in the Los Angeles area can judge for themselves as Nagisa Oshima is the subject of an eight-film series from April 23-26 at the American Cinematheque’s Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood. The Oshima series is being presented in collaboration with the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (which will have its own Oshima series in May) and is co-sponsored by the Japan Foundation.
"I am not interested in making films that can be understood [...]
by Andre Soares | April 16, 2009
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Tags: American Cinematheque, Classic Movies, Cruel Story of Youth, Egyptian Theatre, Eiko Matsuda, Empire of the Senses, In the Realm of the Senses, Janus Films, Japanese Cinema, Japanese Summer: Double Suicide, Los Angeles Screenings, Nagisa Oshima, Pleasures of the Flesh, Political Movies, Psychological Drama, Sex, Tatsuya Fuji
