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Inception
Mon, Oct 24 | 7:30pm | DGT Selected by the Sound Branch.
Writer-director Christopher Nolan’s action- packed sci-fi thriller takes place in a near future when science has given people the ability to enter and influence other people’s dreams. Leonardo DiCaprio plays one such “extractor,” whose latest assignment is imperiled by a tragic figure from his own past. The film received high praise for its dazzling visuals, winning Oscars for its Cinematography (Wally Pfister) and Visual Effects (Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley, Peter Bebb), but the film’s soundscape was equally important to its impact in subtly evoking the film’s overlapping dream worlds, with additional Oscars won for Sound Editing
DIRECTOR: Christopher Nolan.
WRITTEN BY: Christopher Nolan.
CAST: Leonardo DiCaprio, Ken Watanabe, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Michael Caine. 2010. 149 min. USA. Color. Scope. English. Rated PG-13. 70mm.
(Richard King) and Sound Mixing (Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo, Ed Novick).
Fruitvale Station
Tue, Nov 1 | 7:30pm | DGT Selected by the Producers Branch.
Ryan Coogler made his feature filmmaking debut with his moving drama speculating on the final day in the life of Oscar Grant, who was killed by police in an Oakland subway station in 2009. With the help of producers Nina Yang Bongiovi and Forest Whitaker, Coogler’s film deftly avoids melodrama and overt sentiment, with Michael B. Jordan’s subtly touching perfor- mance as Grant beginning a collaboration with Coogler that would lead to Creed (2015) and Black Panther (2018), and Octavia Spencer pro- viding able support as Grant’s loving mother.
DIRECTOR: Ryan Coogler.
WRITTEN BY: Ryan Coogler.
CAST: Michael B. Jordan, Melonie Diaz, Kevin Durand, Octavia Spencer.
2013. 85 min. USA. Color. English. Rated R. 35mm.
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