November 15th 2013. Pick Of The Day.
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New and continuing series today include MoMA's ongoing Auteurist History of Film, the New York Historical Society's Justice on Film, Museum of the Moving Image's Computer Age; Early Computer Movies 1952-87, Anthology Film Archives' Closely Watched Trains, and the Rubin Museum's Cabaret Cinema. The rundown goes like this;
MoMA
LORD OF THE FLIES (1963) Dir; Peter Brook
New York Historical Society
ADVISE AND CONSENT (1962) Dir; Otto Preminger
Intro'd by U. S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito and Philip C. Bobbitt, Professor of Jurisprudence, Columbia University
Museum of the Moving Image
DEMON SEED (1977) Dir; Donald Cammell
Anthology Film Archives
SHANGHAI EXPRESS (1932) Dir; Joseph Von Sternberg
Rubin Museum
LORD OF THE FLIES (1963) Dir; Peter Brook
Intro'd by actress/comedienne Rachael Dratch
Today's Pick? As I've already chosen LORD OF THE FLIES, Peter Brook's treatise on mankind's utter savagery as exposed by otherwise civil schoolboys whence stranded on a deserted isle, I will instead choose Otto Preminger's perhaps even more scabrous take on that pit of human despair, where the lizard brain reigns supreme over eloquence and manner; the United States Congress. Henry Fonda stars in ADVISE AND CONSENT, portraying a newly nominated candidate for Secretary of State, who, once some political red meat is thrown to those in opposition to his appointment, gets a front row seat to see how the sausage is made. As it were. And you thought that Brook's pigs had it bad. Screening this eve as part of the New York Historical Society's Justice On Film series, those lucky to attend will be treated to a pre-screening discussion by Supreme Court Justice Sam Alito and Columbia University's Professor of Jurispreudence Philip C. Bobbitt. Just in case the onscreen drama wasn't enough for ya.
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-Joe Walsh
