SOMEWHERE
ESCAPE FROM L.A.
Somewhere in 35mm Thu, Aug 29 | 7:30pm | TMT
Escape from L.A. in 4K Sat, Aug 31 | 7:30pm | TMT
Oscar-winning writer-director Sofia Coppola ( Lost in Translation ) takes an offbeat look at the life of a movie star in this low-key, observational comedy- drama. Stephen Dorff gives an impressively naturalistic performance as actor Johnny Marco, who finds that a visit from his beloved daughter (Elle Fanning) highlights the emptiness of his existence. One of the final films completed by master cinematographer Harris Savides, Somewhere makes use of a variety of distinctive locations, from West Hollywood’s Chateau Marmont to Milan’s Hotel Principe de Savoia. DIRECTED/WRITTEN BY: Sofia Coppola. WITH: Stephen Dorff, Elle Fanning, Chris Pontius, Laura Chiatti. 2010. 98 min. USA. Color. English, Italian. Rated R. 35mm.
John Carpenter’s sequel to his cult hit Escape from New York (1981) is set in a future where Los Angeles has become a heavily guarded island containing the scum of society and those unwilling to live by the ultra-conservative president’s morality laws. Kurt Russell collaborated on the screenplay and returns as Snake Plissken, who is offered a pardon for his past crimes if he infiltrates the island and escapes with a weapon of mass destruction stolen by a rebel. Social commentary and camp abound in Carpenter’s post-apocalyptic vision of iconic Los Angeles locations including Sunset Boulevard and Beverly Hills. DIRECTED BY: John Carpenter. WRITTEN BY: John Carpenter, Debra Hill, Kurt Russell. WITH: Kurt Russell, Stacy Keach, Steve Buscemi, Valeria Golino. 1996. 101 min. USA. Color. English. Rated R. 4K DCP.
BREATHLESS
Breathless in 35mm Fri, Aug 30 | 7:30pm | TMT
Richard Gere is Jesse Lujack, a reckless street hustler, in Jim McBride’s Breathless , a remake of the 1960 French film of the same name by Jean-Luc Godard. Jesse’s aggressive infatuation with Monica (Valérie Kaprisky), a French architecture student at UCLA, persuades her to join him in dangerous shenanigans sweeping through the city of Los Angeles as they stumble upon risky, yet exhilarating adventures, amplified by the dynamic soundtrack featuring artists such as Jerry Lee Lewis and the Los Angeles punk band X. DIRECTED BY: Jim McBride. WRITTEN BY: L. M. Kit Carson, Jim McBride. WITH: Richard Gere, Valérie Kaprisky, Art Metrano, John P. Ryan. 1983. 100 min. USA. Color. English. Rated R. 35mm. Print courtesy of the Academy Film Archive.
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