Not Afraid
09-23-2005, 11:29 PM
THE AMERICAN CINEMATHEQUE, CINECITTĮ HOLDING - ROME, AND
THE ITALIAN FILM COMMISSION PRESENT
CINEMA ITALIAN STYLE: NEW FILMS FROM ITALY
AT THE AERO AND EGYPTIAN THEATRES
Presented in association with A.I..P. FilmItalia with the patronage of the Italian Ministry of Culture, and in collaboration with the Italian Consulate and the Italian Cultural Institute
October 6 - 16 at the Egyptian Theatre
October 7 - 13 at the Aero Theatre
HOLLYWOOD - The American Cinematheque, Cinecittį Holding - Rome, and the Italian Film Commission present Cinema Italian Style: New Films From Italy at the Egyptian Theatre, October 6 - 16 and at the Aero Theatre, October 7 - 13. Continuing in the glorious tradition of such filmmakers as Michelangelo Antonioni (whose complete retrospective in new prints from Cinecittą Holding screens at the L.A. County Museum in September), Pier Paolo Pasolini, Luchino Visconti and Bernardo Bertolucci, contemporary Italian cinema remains among the most vibrant and unpredictable anywhere in Europe, examining and celebrating an Italy both complex and sentimental, dark and solar, rural and urban. This two-week showcase of the best and most challenging in new Italian filmmaking opens with the bittersweet comedy MANUAL OF LOVE from director Giovanni Veronesi, the biggest Italian box office hit of the past year. The series closes with the L.A. Premiere of director Pupi Avati's SO WHEN ARE THE GIRLS COMING?, a jazz-themed portrait of the friendship between three "Gen X" Italian youths. The series features recent films from acclaimed directors including Cristina Comencini's gripping emotional drama, DON'T TELL; director Marco Tullio Giordana (BEST OF YOUTH), with his latest ONCE YOU ARE BORN ... (QUANDO SEI NATO NON PUOI PIŁ NASCONDERTI), about the collision between a wealthy Italian family and a boatload of illegal immigrants; Ettore Scola's loving portrait of one of Neorealist Italian Cinema's greatest screenwriters, Sergio Amidei; and Academy Award-winning director Gabriele Salvatores (MEDITERRANEO) with the offbeat, female private eye thriller QUO VADIS, BABY? The filmmakers in the series include director Roberto Faenza, with the hard-hitting Mafia drama COME INTO THE LIGHT; director Giuseppe Piccioni, with THE LIFE I WANT, a surprising, behind-the-scenes romance about an actor and actress who fall in love both on-screen and off; Michele Placido, with the hotly-anticipated crime epic ROMANZO CRIMINALE; plus a program of the best of "New Italian Short Films." The series will also feature several classics of Italian Cinema, including Vittorio De Sica's YESTERDAY, TODAY & TOMORROW (IERI, OGGI E DOMANI), starring Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni, and De Sica's legendary Neorealist classic SHOESHINE (SCIUSCIĄ), along with the Los Angeles Premiere of Michelangelo Antonioni's lost, 3-1/2 hour documentary on modern China, CHUNG KUO-CINA from 1972!
In person guests for the "Cinema Italian Style" series include directors Giovanni Veronesi (MANUAL OF LOVE), Cristina Comencini (DON'T TELL), Gabriele Salvatores (QUO VADIS, BABY?), Giuseppe Piccioni (THE LIFE THAT I WANT), and Pupi Avati (SO WHEN ARE THE GIRLS COMING?) and actor Luca Zingaretti (COME INTO THE LIGHT).
Special "Cinema Italian Style" Ticket Offer: Buy a series pass good for 10 general admissions at the Egyptian and/or Aero Theatres for $80.00 ($1.00 off regular ticket price per show). [All films in Italian with English subtitles.] Screenings are at the Lloyd E. Rigler Theatre at the historic 1922 Egyptian (6712 Hollywood Boulevard between Highland and Las Palmas) in Hollywood and the Max Palevsky Theatre at the Aero Theatre (1328 Montana) in Santa Monica .
The dedicated website for the event is www.cinemaitalianstyle.org (http://www.xenarchy.com/LoT/www.cinemaitalianstyle.org).
THE ITALIAN FILM COMMISSION PRESENT
CINEMA ITALIAN STYLE: NEW FILMS FROM ITALY
AT THE AERO AND EGYPTIAN THEATRES
Presented in association with A.I..P. FilmItalia with the patronage of the Italian Ministry of Culture, and in collaboration with the Italian Consulate and the Italian Cultural Institute
October 6 - 16 at the Egyptian Theatre
October 7 - 13 at the Aero Theatre
HOLLYWOOD - The American Cinematheque, Cinecittį Holding - Rome, and the Italian Film Commission present Cinema Italian Style: New Films From Italy at the Egyptian Theatre, October 6 - 16 and at the Aero Theatre, October 7 - 13. Continuing in the glorious tradition of such filmmakers as Michelangelo Antonioni (whose complete retrospective in new prints from Cinecittą Holding screens at the L.A. County Museum in September), Pier Paolo Pasolini, Luchino Visconti and Bernardo Bertolucci, contemporary Italian cinema remains among the most vibrant and unpredictable anywhere in Europe, examining and celebrating an Italy both complex and sentimental, dark and solar, rural and urban. This two-week showcase of the best and most challenging in new Italian filmmaking opens with the bittersweet comedy MANUAL OF LOVE from director Giovanni Veronesi, the biggest Italian box office hit of the past year. The series closes with the L.A. Premiere of director Pupi Avati's SO WHEN ARE THE GIRLS COMING?, a jazz-themed portrait of the friendship between three "Gen X" Italian youths. The series features recent films from acclaimed directors including Cristina Comencini's gripping emotional drama, DON'T TELL; director Marco Tullio Giordana (BEST OF YOUTH), with his latest ONCE YOU ARE BORN ... (QUANDO SEI NATO NON PUOI PIŁ NASCONDERTI), about the collision between a wealthy Italian family and a boatload of illegal immigrants; Ettore Scola's loving portrait of one of Neorealist Italian Cinema's greatest screenwriters, Sergio Amidei; and Academy Award-winning director Gabriele Salvatores (MEDITERRANEO) with the offbeat, female private eye thriller QUO VADIS, BABY? The filmmakers in the series include director Roberto Faenza, with the hard-hitting Mafia drama COME INTO THE LIGHT; director Giuseppe Piccioni, with THE LIFE I WANT, a surprising, behind-the-scenes romance about an actor and actress who fall in love both on-screen and off; Michele Placido, with the hotly-anticipated crime epic ROMANZO CRIMINALE; plus a program of the best of "New Italian Short Films." The series will also feature several classics of Italian Cinema, including Vittorio De Sica's YESTERDAY, TODAY & TOMORROW (IERI, OGGI E DOMANI), starring Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni, and De Sica's legendary Neorealist classic SHOESHINE (SCIUSCIĄ), along with the Los Angeles Premiere of Michelangelo Antonioni's lost, 3-1/2 hour documentary on modern China, CHUNG KUO-CINA from 1972!
In person guests for the "Cinema Italian Style" series include directors Giovanni Veronesi (MANUAL OF LOVE), Cristina Comencini (DON'T TELL), Gabriele Salvatores (QUO VADIS, BABY?), Giuseppe Piccioni (THE LIFE THAT I WANT), and Pupi Avati (SO WHEN ARE THE GIRLS COMING?) and actor Luca Zingaretti (COME INTO THE LIGHT).
Special "Cinema Italian Style" Ticket Offer: Buy a series pass good for 10 general admissions at the Egyptian and/or Aero Theatres for $80.00 ($1.00 off regular ticket price per show). [All films in Italian with English subtitles.] Screenings are at the Lloyd E. Rigler Theatre at the historic 1922 Egyptian (6712 Hollywood Boulevard between Highland and Las Palmas) in Hollywood and the Max Palevsky Theatre at the Aero Theatre (1328 Montana) in Santa Monica .
The dedicated website for the event is www.cinemaitalianstyle.org (http://www.xenarchy.com/LoT/www.cinemaitalianstyle.org).