(David Thompson, UK 1995, 45 min., Digital Projection)

This documentary explores the life and work of the great Italian composer through interviews with, among others, Sergio Leone, John Boorman, Brian DePalma, and Morricone himself.

and then at 8 p.m…

Before the Revolution

(PRIMA DELLA RIVOLUZIONE, Bernardo Bertolucci, Italy 1964, 115 min., Italian with subtitles, 35mm)

Bertolucci’s acclaimed second feature tells the story of the passionate and politically active youth Fabrizio (Francesco Barilli) who begins an affair with his seductive and unbalanced older aunt Gina (Adriana Asti). The idealism and curiosity of the main character are a reflection of the film’s equally young director, who was only 22 when he made this. Ennio Morricone, who would later write the music for several other Bertolucci films, composed his score before he gained recognition for Sergio Leone’s spaghetti Westerns. A recently preserved 35mm print with newly translated subtitles will be shown. Two films for one admission price.