Sergei Parajanov at 100 Fri, Apr 19 | 7:30pm | TMT
When Dr. Peterson discovers that Dr. Edwardes seems to be as troubled as any of her patients, she investigates his dreams for clues to the mystery that surrounds him, and finds herself asking the question suggested by the film’s original poster, “Will he kiss me or kill me?” Miklos Rozsa won the first of his three Academy Awards for his theremin-infused score, featuring a memorable love theme. The film was also nominated for Best Picture, Hitchcock’s direction, supporting actor Michael Chekhov’s performance, George Barnes’s black-and-white cinematography, and Jack Cosgrove’s special effects. Programmed by K.J. Relth-Miller. Note by Robert Reneau. DIRECTED BY: Alfred Hitchcock. WRITTEN BY: Ben Hecht. ADAPTATION BY: Angus MacPhail. WITH: Ingrid Bergman, Gregory Peck, Michael Chekhov, Leo G. Carroll. 1945. 111 min. USA. B&W. English. 4K DCP.
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Whoever tries to imitate me is lost. ”
Sergei Parajanov (1924–1990)
Considered one of the most influential and important filmmakers of the 20th century, Armenian filmmaker and poet Sergei Parajanov established himself as a paragon of visionary purity, innovation, and self-expression. Parajanov was first trained at the Moscow-based Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography (VGIK), where he developed a unique sensibility that would with time evolve beyond the socialist realist filmmaking style sanctioned by Soviet leadership. One of the many boundary-pushing, politically minded artists who would see their work censured during their lifetime, Parajanov was sentenced to hard labor in a Ukrainian prison for his outspoken disavowal of Soviet policy; there, he continued his visual artmaking practice through drawings and evocative collages. Remembered today as a thoughtful creator of ornate tableaux and a “cinematic magician” ( Artland Magazine ), Parajanov’s beloved film, The Color of Pomegranates , as well as the restoration world premiere of Mikhail Vartanov’s poetic documentary, Parajanov: The Last Spring , will screen on the occasion of the centennial of Parajanov’s birth. Programmed and note by K.J. Relth-Miller. Presented in partnership with the UCLA Film & Television Archive. Parajanov: The Last Spring in 4K DIRECTED BY: Mikhail Vartanov. WRITTEN BY: Martiros Vartaniants, Mikhail Vartanov. WITH: Sergei Parajanov, Mikhail Vartanov, Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy, Leila Alibegashvilli. 1992. 60 min. Armenia/USA. Color. Russian, Armenian, Ukranian, Georgian, English. 4K DCP. Restored by UCLA Film & Television Archive, UCLA Library in collaboration with the Parajanov-Vartanov Institute. The Color of Pomegranates ( Նռան գույնը ) DIRECTED/WRITTEN BY: Sergei Parajanov. WITH: Sofiko Chiaureli, Melkon Alekyan, Vilen Galstyan, Giorgi Gegechkori. 1969. 78 min. Soviet Union. Color. Armenian, Azerbaijani, Georgian. DCP. Restored by The Film Foundation’s World Cinema Project and the Cineteca di Bologna, in association with the National Cinema Centre of Armenia and Gosfilmofond of Russia, and funded by the Material World Charitable Foundation.
LA PALOMA
La Paloma in 4K Thu, Mar 28 | 7:30pm | TMT North American Restoration Premiere
Swiss-born theater, television, opera, and film director Daniel Schmid (1941–2006) directed over two dozen moving image works, most of which have remained virtually unknown in the United States. After an affluent upbringing, Schmid studied at the German Film and Television Academy Berlin (DFFB) in the mid-to-late 1960s, where he befriended many who would formulate the rich period of New German Cinema. Like contemporary Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Schmid developed an obsession with opera music and Hollywood melodrama while nurturing a distinct fascination with anachronism, which places much of his work outside of any recognizable period. Schmid’s decadent second feature as writer-director is a perfect embodiment of visual indulgence, bourgeois satire, compulsive romantic gestures, and tragic beauty. At once Sirkian in visual style and Lynchian in tone, La Paloma is the perfect introduction to Schmid’s alluring, dangerous oeuvre. After its restoration world premiere at the Locarno Film Festival in 2023, the Academy Museum presents the North American restoration debut of this intoxicating, maddening revelation. Programmed and note by K.J. Relth-Miller. DIRECTED/WRITTEN BY: Daniel Schmid. WITH: Ingrid Caven, Peter Kern, Peter Chatel, Bulle Ogier. 1974. 110 min. Switzerland, France. Color. German. 4K DCP. Restored by Cinémathèque Suisse with the support of Memoriav at L’immagine Ritrovata lab.
LEFT TO RIGHT: WORTH A MILLION, TU FAMILIA TE ESPERA, WHEN I GO WEST
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