Dedicated to screening rare & significant films in their original format.
Dedicated to screening rare & significant films in their original format.
The Melbourne Cinémathèque is a not-for-profit, volunteer-run film society.
The Melbourne Cinémathèque is a membership-based film society based in Melbourne, Australia.
We hold screenings at ACMI, Fed Square every Wednesday night for most of the year.
Admission is by membership, which can be obtained on a short-term or yearly basis.
We are a volunteer-run, not-for-profit organisation.
7:00pm LES ENFANTS DU PARADIS
Marcel Carné (1945) 190 mins – PG
Carné’s celebratory, haunting and overwhelming masterpiece is as much a tribute to the various forms of storytelling as it is to the French traditions of romance, theatre, music and cinema. The poetic narrative tracks the exploits of a Parisian acting troupe in the 19th century whose lives are intertwined by their infatuation with the eternal feminine – namely a courtesan indelibly played by Arletty. Despite numerous suspensions to production during the Nazi Occupation, and the clandestine employment of Jewish artists including composer Joseph Kosma and production designer Alexandre Trauner, the film is also notable for its extraordinarily detailed, heavily populated and teeming creation of its period setting. The brilliant ensemble cast includes Jean-Louis Barrault, Pierre Brasseur, Pierre Renoir and María Casares.
CTEQ ANNOTATION
Les Enfants du Paradis
by Girish Shambu
The Melbourne Cinémathèque started out as the Melbourne University Film Society (MUFS) in 1948 and changed its name to Cinémathèque in 1984.
The Melbourne Cinémathèque aims to present films in the medium they were created and as closely as possible to screen films the way they would have originally screened (i.e. big screen, celluloid prints, not video or DVD).
Programmes include a diverse selection of classic and contemporary films showcasing director retrospectives, special guest appearances and thematic series including archival material and new or restored prints.
We have on occasion hosted numerous seminars featuring renowned film scholars such as David Bordwell, Adrian Martin and Ian Christie. We are also dedicated to providing new annotations on the films we screen via the CTEQ annotations, hosted as a part of the quarterly online film journal Senses of Cinema.
The Melbourne Cinémathèque is self-administered and membership-driven relying on support from individuals, foundations, corporations and government funding to maintain its high standard of excellence. If you would like to be involved, or to offer donations or sponsorship, please contact us.
Presented by The Melbourne Cinémathèque and ACMI
Curated by Michael Koller, Adrian Danks, Eloise Ross, Cerise Howard and Andréas Giannopoulos for the Melbourne Cinémathèque
Music Synchronisation: Michael Koller
State Government support by VicScreen.
Supported by the City of Melbourne Annual Arts Grants Program.
The Melbourne Cinémathèque receives funding from Creative Australia through the Australian Cultural Fund.
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The Melbourne Cinémathèque receives support from Creative Australia through the Australian Cultural Fund.