October 14th 2013. Pick Of The Day.
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Una giorno di Columbus molto felice! Day-off shenanigans on the rep circuit include Petey Bogs' initiation of the New Hollywood of the 70's, Catherine Denueve's fighting off of her father's advances (comment bien Francais!), and the cinematic documentation of the construction of one of the Rolling Stones' most indelible works of song. Continuing series include the Film Society's Jean-Luc Godard cuddlery, Film Forum's Jacques Demy retrospective, and MoMA's annual To Save and Project. The lowdown;
IFC Center
THE LAST PICTURE SHOW (1971) Dir; Peter Bogdanovich
Film Society of Lincoln Center
EVERY MAN FOR HIMSELF (1980) Dir; Jean-Luc Godard
PIERROT LE FOU (1965) Dir; Jean-Luc Godard
TOUT VA BIEN (1972) Dir; Jean-Luc Godard
NUMERO DEUX (1975) Dir; Jean-Luc Godard
SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL (1968) Dir; Jean-Luc Godard
Film Forum
DONKEY SKIN (1970) Dir; Jacques Demy
BREAK OF DAY (1980) Dir; Jacques Demy
Museum of the Moving Image
RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981) Dir; Steven Spielberg
MoMA
NIGHTMARE ALLEY (1947) Dir; Edmund Goulding
HANGOVER SQUARE (1945) Dir; John Brahm
Today's Pick? On this day when we celebrate great explorers and the awesome and iconic headwear they sported none other than Harrison Ford's Indiana Jones, whose introductory adventure RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK unspools at Astoria's Museum of the Moving Image, can stand alonside as celebrated (and controversial) a seeker as the one and only Christophoro Colombo. The only difference between these two men of destiny is that Columbus gets credit for discovering something he didn't, while Jones' actual hard work and legitimately-earned booty is relegated to the arenas of legend, gossip, and conspiracy theory. Y'know, within the movie anyway. As John Ford, Tha Shpielz's fave filmaker, proudly extolled through the dialogue of his THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE, "print the legend". As Ford displayed in the same film, show the facts.
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-Joe Walsh
