Week of November 17, 2013

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Sunday, November 17

Sunday, November 17, 2013
3:30pm
Manuel Mozos (Portugal, 2009). (Ruínas). U.S. Premiere! Mozos's fugue film captures the decaying beauty of the Portuguese landscape, as seen in contemplative long takes of ruined buildings and voiceover narration of documents from different eras. Awarded best Portuguese film at IndieLisboa, 2009. (60 mins)
Sunday, November 17, 2013
5 pm
Susana de Sousa Dias (Portugal, 2005). (Natureza morta). Susana de Sousa Dias, João Pedro Rodrigues, and Nuno Lisboa in conversation. In her poetic first film, de Sousa Dias delves into a fascinating array of archival images from the period of the Salazar dictatorship. With Rodrigues's new short The King's Body. (102 mins)

Monday, November 18

Tuesday, November 19

Wednesday, November 20

Wednesday, November 20, 2013
7 pm
Lynne Sachs (U.S., 2013). Lynne Sachs in person. Introduced by Jeanne C. Finley. Sachs's hybrid documentary, combining autobiographical monologues with verité conversations, captures the personal and political stories of seven Chinese immigrants who share cramped apartments and even beds in Manhattan's Chinatown. In conjunction with the Berkeley Film & Media Seminar. (64 mins)

Thursday, November 21

Thursday, November 21, 2013
7 pm
Two-time Academy Award recipient Randy Thom speaks on the art of sound design, and his own working experiences on films like Apocalypse Now, The Empire Strikes Back, The Right Stuff, and The Incredibles. Followed by David Lynch's crazed neo-noir, Wild at Heart. (127 mins, plus presentation)

Friday, November 22

Friday, November 22, 2013
7 pm
Jean-Luc Godard (France, 1962). Godard's fragmentary portrait of a prostitute makes Anna Karina an object of endless visual fascination, and inspired Fassbinder to cast Karina in Chinese Roulette. “A film of extraordinary purity. ” (Manny Farber). (85 mins)
Friday, November 22, 2013
8:45 pm
Agnès Varda (France, 1961). Digital Restoration! Shot entirely on location in the streets of Paris, Cléo chronicles two hours in the life of a pop singer. A classic work of the French New Wave. (90 mins)

Saturday, November 23

Saturday, November 23, 2013
6 pm
Dennis Hopper (U.S., 1988). Introduced by sound designer Randy Thom. East and South Central L.A. supply the streets on fire in Dennis Hopper's gritty police procedural teaming veteran cop Bob Hodges (Robert Duvall) with brash rookie Danny McGavin (Sean Penn). (120 mins)
Saturday, November 23, 2013
8:45 pm
Rainer Werner Fassbinder (Germany, 1981). An upright building commissioner (Armin Mueller-Stahl) falls in love with a corrupt cabaret singer (Barbara Sukowa) in this very loose remake of The Blue Angel. “One of Fassbinder's warmest, with a close, affectionate direction of actors unlike anything he'd ever attempted” (Dave Kehr). (113 mins)