(KONKURS, Czechoslovakia 1963, 77 min., Czech/subtitles)
then at 8:30 p.m. Black Peter
(CV ERN¯ PETER, Czechoslovakia 1964, 85 min., Czech/subtitles)
Part documentary and part fiction, Audition is a humorous exploration of different kinds of show business competitions that reveals the motivations of the talented—and not-so-talented—participants. An empathetic look at alienated Czech youth, Black Peter depicts the miserable title character at his grocery store job. Employing non-professional actors and a loose, handheld camera, Forman exhibits the innovative qualities that predict his future successes. Two films for one admission price.
(Blake Edwards, US 1964, 113 min.)
The first installment in the successful comedy series introduces Peter Sellers as clumsy French Inspector Jacques Clouseau. Sellers is violently funny playing the detective who is too senseless to realize that his wife (Capucine) is carrying on with the man he is chasing: a jewelry thief known as “The Phantom” (David Niven). Edwards’ legendary farce has it all: hilarious slapstick gags, picturesque European settings, and a swanky, memorable score by Henry Mancini.
(Arthur Ripley, US 1958, 92 min.)
In the drive-in classic and mother of all moonshine-runner movies, Robert Mitchum wrote the story, sings the title song, and stars as the best transporter of illegal liquor in the South. When a US Treasury agent tries to stop him, and a big city mobster tries to rub him out and take over the business, Mitchum decides to do one last run. Thunder Road will be preceded by a slam-bang selection of trailers from movies where the vehicles are the real stars: Corvette Summer, The Hearse, Christine, Mother, Jugs & Speed, Fast Company, and many, many more.
(Gus Van Sant, US 2007, 85 min.)
This elegant and haunting work of art is the most recent feature from the director of Drugstore Cowboy, Good Will Hunting, and Elephant is an enigmatic mystery and an observant look at an outsider culture. In Portland, Oregon, teenaged Alex (Gabe Nevins) becomes involved in the anarchic world of skateboarders in Portland’s “Paranoid Park,” but a horrific incident at a nearby railway yard puts Gabe at the center of a criminal investigation. Told in a non-linear, fragmented style that recalls Nicolas Roeg, and beautifully photographed by acclaimed cinematographer Christopher Doyle, Van Sant’s latest is “a modestly scaled triumph without a false or wasted moment”—Manohla Dargis, The New York Times.
(Gus Van Sant, US 2007, 85 min.)
This elegant and haunting work of art is the most recent feature from the director of Drugstore Cowboy, Good Will Hunting, and Elephant is an enigmatic mystery and an observant look at an outsider culture. In Portland, Oregon, teenaged Alex (Gabe Nevins) becomes involved in the anarchic world of skateboarders in Portland’s “Paranoid Park,” but a horrific incident at a nearby railway yard puts Gabe at the center of a criminal investigation. Told in a non-linear, fragmented style that recalls Nicolas Roeg, and beautifully photographed by acclaimed cinematographer Christopher Doyle, Van Sant’s latest is “a modestly scaled triumph without a false or wasted moment”—Manohla Dargis, The New York Times.
