At least 90% of Classics is being replaced by the series
in collaboration with 21L.011.  With no end in sight to
high rental fees and low attendance, and with 16mm being
a declining medium in general, the hope is to make up for
the losses last term through refreshments sales and
perhaps operate on a seasonal cycle of making money then
spending it.

Films are as follows:

If years conflict with IMDB, take the earlier year.  The
later one is probably when it was released in the US.

Of course, none of these are in DTS.


Feb 6
Joint Security Area (Park Chan-wook, Korea, 2000)
One night along the border between North and South Korea
shots ring out, soldiers are killed, and a Swiss delegation
arrives to sift through the bloody rubble.  What they find
is a Korean War that never really ended.  This film racked
up enormous box office and sparked military protests in
Korea, but has never been commercially released in the US.
Don't miss it.


Feb 13
His Girl Friday (Howard Hawkes, US, 1940)
This hysterical screwball comedy stars Cary Grant as a
conniving newspaper editor, Jane Russell as his star
reporter and ex-wife, and Ralph Bellamy as a mama's boy
she's trying to marry as she covers a hot murder story.


Feb 20
Mr. Hulot's Holiday (Jacques Tati, France, 1953)
A delightful humorous film set in a French seaside resort.
A "silent" film whose soundtrack will [the rest is lost;
email cpomieko for the rest]


Feb 27
The Bicycle Thief (Vittorio De Sica, Italy, 1948)
A simple tale of a working man whose jobs depends on his
bicycle and the shattering week he spends with his young
son after it is stolen.  The foundational film of Italian
neo-realism.  In the days before the Oscars had a Foreign
Language Film category, the Academy voted this film a
special Honorary Award for the best foreign language film
released in the United States.


March 6
Breathless (Jean-Luc Godard, France, 1959)
Jean-Paul Belmondo stars as a Parisian hood who, accompanied
by his American girlfriend (Jean Seberg), is chased by police
after stealing a car and killing a copy.  A foundational film
of the French New Wave.


March 13
Dust in the Wind (Hou, Taiwan, 1986)


March 20
Late Spring (Yasujiro Ozu, Japan, 1949)
A quietly compelling family drama about a father and daughter
in Kyoto, from a director who actively disliked the idea of
a plot.


April 3
In the Mood for Love (Wong Kar-wai, Hong Kong, 2000)
A visually rich and emotionally wrenching film about an
unconsummated romance.  Set in 1960s Hong Kong and
accompanied by a fabulous soundtrack featuring Nat "King"
Cole.


April 10
The Ice Storm (Ang Lee, US, 1997)


April 17
Mongolian Tale (Fei Xie, China, 1995)


April 24
Shall We Dance? (Masayuki Suo, Japan, 1996)
A charming and humorous film about a middle-aged businessman
who, secretly yearning to break out of the rigid conformity
of his daily life, discovers the world of ballroom dance.


May 1
Thin Blue Line (Errol Morris, US, 1988)
Morris' landmark documentary sets out to prove that a convicted
hitchhiker did not kill a Dallas policeman in 1976 and that the
lowlife who fingered him did.  The case was reopened after the
film's premier and the defendent exonerated.


May 8
Seven Samurai (Akira Kurosawa, Japan, 1954)
A classic samurai film, featuring Toshiro Mifune, about a 16th-
century Japanese village that hires a band of professional
warriors to fend off bandits.  Remade as the American Western
_The Magnificent Seven_ and served as inspiration for dozens
of films, including _Star Wars IV_.


May 15
God of Gamblers (Jing Wong, Hong Kong, 1989)
An off-beat comedy featuring Chow Yun-fat as a master gambler
who is reduced to a child-like state after receiving a bump on
the head, but who never loses his skill at cards.


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