April 24, 2008

Clerks (1994)

Just Because They Serve You... Doesn't Mean They Like You.


Thursday, May 8th 2008 @ 7:00 pm
Theory Seminar room, SB3 3.170a




Its just another day for Dante Hicks, until his boss calls him into work at the Quickstop on his day off. With a hockey game at 2, and his girlfriend still hacking him about going to back to school. Dante begins to get into a bigger frenzy when he learns his ex-girlfriend, Caitlin, is getting married. With his always late accomplice Randall strolling in to work at the video store, Dante is left with no choice but to bend the rules a little with work, customers, and most of all his love life. Can he get away with it all?




Directed by Kevin Smith
Written by Kevin Smith
Genre:
Comedy

Country: USA
Language: English
Subtitles: English


Cast
Brian O'Halloran ... Dante Hicks
Jeff Anderson ... Randal Graves
Marilyn Ghigliotti ... Veronica Loughran
Lisa Spoonhauer ... Caitlin Bree
Jason Mewes ... Jay
Kevin Smith ... Silent Bob
Scott Mosier ... Willam Black / Angry Hockey Playing Customer / Angry Mourner
Walter Flanagan ... Woolen Cap Smoker / Egg Man / Offended Customer / Cat Admiring Bitter Customer
Scott Schiaffo ... Chewlie's Rep
Al Berkowitz ... Old Man
David Klein ... Hunting Cap Smoking Boy / Low I.Q. Video Customer / Hubcap Searching Customer / Angry Mourner / Angry Crowd at Door
Ed Hapstak ... Sanford / Angry Mourner
Pattijean Csik ... Coroner
Ernest O'Donnell ... Rick Derris (Trainer)
Kimberly Loughran ... Heather Jones (Alyssa's sister)

Movie Trailer



More informations: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109445/

April 16, 2008

8½ (1963)

The story of a man, his imagination and the women who are so wickedly a part of it.


Thursday, April 24th 2008 @ 7:00 pm
Theory Seminar room, SB3 3.170a




Guido is a film director, trying to relax after his last big hit. He can't get a moments peace, however, with the people who have worked with him in the past constantly looking fohr more work. He wrestles with his conscience, but is unable to come up with a new idea. While thinking, he starts to recall major happenings in his life, and all the women he has loved and left. An autobiographical film of Fellini, about the trials and tribulations of film making.




Directed by Federico Fellini
Written by Federico Fellini & Ennio Flaiano
Genre:
Drama

Country: Italy / France
Language: Italian / English / French / German
Subtitles: English


Cast
Marcello Mastroianni ... Guido Anselmi
Claudia Cardinale ... Claudia
Anouk Aimée ... Luisa Anselmi (as Anouk Aimee)
Sandra Milo ... Carla
Rossella Falk ... Rossella
Barbara Steele ... Gloria Morin
Madeleine LeBeau ... Madeleine, l'attrice francese (as Madeleine Lebeau)
Caterina Boratto ... La signora misteriosa
Eddra Gale ... La Saraghina (as Edra Gale)
Guido Alberti ... Pace, il produttore
Mario Conocchia ... Conocchia, il direttore di produzione
Bruno Agostini ... Il segretario di produzione
Cesarino Miceli Picardi ... Cesarino, l'ispettore di produzione
Jean Rougeul ... Carini, il critico cinematografico
Mario Pisu ... Mario Mezzabotta


Movie Trailer



More informations: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056801/

April 8, 2008

Narayama Bushiko (The Ballad of Narayama) (1983)

In a time not long past, the first law was . . . The Old Must Die


Thursday, April 17th 2008 @ 7:00 pm
Theory Seminar room, SB3 3.170a






In a small village in a valley everyone who reaches the age of 70 must leave the village and go to a certain mountain top to die. If anyone should refuse he/she would disgrace their family. Old Orin is 69. This winter it is her turn to go to the mountain. But first she must make sure that her eldest son Tatsuhei finds a wife.





Directed by Shohei Imamura
Written by Shichirô Fukazawa & Shohei Imamura
Genre:
Comedy / Drama

Country: Japan
Language: Japanese
Subtitles: English


Cast

Ken Ogata ... Tatsuhei

Sumiko Sakamoto ... Orin, Tatsuhei's mother

Aki Takejo ... Tamayan, Tatsuhei's wife

Tonpei Hidari ... Tatsuhei's brother

Seiji Kurasaki ... Kesakichi, older son

Kaoru Shimamori ... Tomekichi, younger son

Ryutaro Tatsumi ... Matayan, the old neighbor

Junko Takada ... Matsu

Nijiko Kiyokawa ... Okane

Mitsuko Baisho ... Oei

Shoichi Ozawa ... Katsuzo

Sanshô Shinsui ... Tadayan

Norihei Miki ... Old salt dealer

Akio Yokoyama ... Amaya

Sachie Shimura ... Amaya's wife



Movie Trailer



More informations: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084390/