November 25th 2014. Pick of the Day.
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Today's lone series is the nearly-kaput Fassbinder: Romantic Anarchist (Part Two). Hey, it's the last week of the month, you expect your bread to be fresh too? The repertory rapscallionism be thus;
Film Forum
LE JOUR SE LEVE (1939) Dir; Marcel Carné
Film Society of Lincoln Center
Fassbinder: Romantic Anarchist (Part Two)
THE THIRD GENERATION (1979) Dir; Rainer Werner Fassbinder
THE NICKLASHAUSEN JOURNEY (1970) Dir; Rainer Werner Fassbinder
GERMANY IN AUTUMN (1978) Dir; Rainer Werner Fassbinder, various
BAM Cinématek
THE SACRIFICE (1986) Dir; Andrei Tarkovsky
Today's Pick? I run hot and cold on Tarkovsky, blissfully immersed in his sci-fi masterwork SOLARIS whenever I view it, irritated by THE MIRROR for its obtuse, pretentious machinations. Undaunted, I remain an eager traveller of the territory he staked out, and tonight I plan to finally cross off a prime destination on his cinematic map, one that's been unspooling in a brand new print, enhancing genius DP Sven Nykvist's auburn and dampened-bronze hues. How poignant a prayer from any Russian circa the Reagan-Gorbachev Cold War era, to concoct a fantasy regarding one man's desire to preserve humanity and its future at the cost of his own soul. I look forward to this greatly.
Andrei Tarkovsky's THE SACRIFICE screens tonight at BAM Cinématek for the final night of its two-week unspool. I see you there, and we enjoy Russian brand of slapstick humor, comrade.
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P. S. We're fully entwined in winter's embrace, and believe it or not some of our fellow NY'ers have still yet to be made whole in the wake of the 2012 storm. Should you be feeling charitable please visit the folks at OccupySandy.net, follow their hammer-in-hand efforts to restore people's lives, and donate/volunteer if you have the inclination and availability. Be a collective mensch, Stockahz!
