Melbourne Cinematheque 2008

Special Seasons 2008

Roman Polanski
February 20 - March 05
François Truffaut
April 16 - April 30
Andrzej Wajda
May 7 - May 21
Cathay
May 28 - June 11
Carl Dreyer
June 25 - July 9
Fritz Lang
August 20 - September 3
Cinema '68
September 17 - October 15
Arnaud Desplechin
October 22 - November 5
Pedro Costa
November 12 - November 26
Howard Hawks
December 3 - December 17

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6 Bagatelas
(2001 Pedro Costa)
A
A Hell of a Good Life: Howard Hawks
(1978 Hans C. Blumenburg)
A Woman of Paris
(1923 Charles Chaplin)
Airey's Inlet
(1997 Corinne & Authur Cantrill)
America is Hard to See
(1970 Emilio de Antonio)
Ashes & Diamonds
(1959 Andrzej Wajda)
B
Backstage
(1919 Roscoe Arbuckle)
Bones
(1997 Pedro Costa)
C
Carlton + Godard = Cinema
(2003 Nigel Buesst)
Casa De Lava
(1995 Pedro Costa)
Chinese Firedrill
(1968 Will Hindle)
Ceiling Zero
(1936 Howard Hawks)
Colossal Youth
(2006 Pedro Costa)
Come Out Fighting
(1973 Nigel Buesst)
D
Day For Night
(1973 François Truffaut)
Day of Wrath
(1943 Carl Dreyer)
Demoiselles de Wilko
(1979 Andrzej Wajda)
Die Vier um Die Frau
(1921 Fritz Lang)
Dr. Mabuse, Der Spieler pt 1
(1922 Fritz Lang)
Dr. Mabuse, Der Spieler pt 2
(1922 Fritz Lang)
Dracula
(1958 Terrence Fisher)
E
Eaux D'artifice
(1953 Kenneth Anger)
Escorts Over Tiger Hills
(1969 Wang Xinglei)
Esther Kahn
(2000 Arnaud Desplechin)
F
From The Highway
(1970 Zhang Zengze)
Fury
(1936 Fritz Lang)
G
Gertrud
(1964 Carl Dreyer)
Glimpse of the Garden
(1957 Marie Menken)
H
Hearts & Minds
(1968 Bruce Petty)
Histoire(s) du Cinčma
(1988-1998 Jean-Luc Godard)
I
If...
(1968 Lindsay Anderson)
Interviews with My Lai Veterans
(1970 Joseph Strick)
In Vanda's Room
(2000 Pedro Costa)
J
Jules et Jim
(1961 François Truffaut)
K
Kanal
(1956 Andrzej Wajda)
Kings & Queen
(2004 Arnaud Desplechin)
Knife in the Water
(1962 Roman Polanski)
L
La Sentinelle
(1992 Arnaud Desplechin)
Landscape After Battle
(1970 Andrzej Wajda)
Landscape Suicide
(1986 James Benning)
Les Deux Anglaises et le Continent
(1971 François Truffaut)
Lichtenstein in London
(1968 Bruce Beresford)
M
Macbeth
(1971 Roman Polanski)
Mambo Girl
(1970 Yi Wen)
Mammals
(1963 Roman Polanski)
Man of Marble
(1977 Andrzej Wajda)
Medium Cool
(1969 Haskell Wexler)
Mississippi Mermaid
(1969 François Truffaut)
Moonfleet
(1955 Fritz Lang)
My Sex Life...Or How I Got Into An Argument
(1996 Arnaud Desplechin)
N
Ne Change Rien
(2005 Pedro Costa)
Near Coober Pedy
(1977 C & A Cantrill)
Night of The Eagle (Burn Witch Burn)
(1961 Sidney Hayers)
No Vietnamese Ever Called Me Nigger
(1969 Loeb Wiess)
O
Once Upon a Time
(1922 Carl Dreyer)
Only Angels Have Wings
(1939 Howard Hawks)
Ordet
(1955 Carl Dreyer)
Our Sister Hedy
(1957 Qin Tao)
P
Petulia
(1968 Richard Lester)
Picnic With Wiessmann
(1968 Jan Švankmajer)
Playing "In The Company of Men"
(2003 Arnaud Desplechin)
Q
R
Remember the Night
(1939 Mitchell Leisen)
Rosemary's Baby
(1968 Roman Polanski)
Russian Ark
(2002 Alexander Sokurov)
S
Scarlett Street
(1945 Fritz Lang)
Sister Long Legs
(1960 Tang Huang)
State Legislature
(2007 Frederick Wiseman)
T
Targets
(1968 Peter Bogdanovich)
Tarrafal
(2007 Pedro Costa)
Tess
(1979 Roman Polanski)
Tiger Shark
(1932 Howard Hawks)
The 400 Blows
(1959 François Truffaut)
The Blood
(1989 Pedro Costa)
The Bride Wore Black
(1968 François Truffaut)
The Criminal Code
(1931 Howard Hawks)
The Crowd Roars
(1932 Howard Hawks)
The Dawn Patrol
(1930 Howard Hawks)
The Fat & The Lean
(1961 Roman Polanski)
Dance Of The Vampires
(1967 Roman Polanski)
The First Sword
(1967 Tu Guangqi)
The Flat
(1968 Jan Švankmajer)
The Garden
(1968 Jan Švankmajer)
The Godless Girl
(1929 Cecil B. Demille)
The Hayseed
(1919 Roscoe Arbuckle)
The End of St. Petersburg
(1927 Vsevolod Pudovkin)
The Joke
(1969 Jaromil Jires)
The Land of Nothing
(1996 Péter Forgács)
The Lottery
(1969 Larry Yust)
The Mother & The Whore
(1973 Jean Eustache)
The Passion of Joan of Arc
(1927 Carl Dreyer)
The Palm Beach Story
(1942 Preston Sturges)
The President
(1919 Carl Dreyer)
The Rabbit Hunters
(2007 Pedro Costa)
The Shores of Pho
(1972 Stan Brakhage)
The Tailor From Torzhok
(1925 Yakov Protazonov)
The Wedding
(1973 Andrzej Wajda)
The Witchfinder General
(1968 Michael Reeves)
T.O.U.C.H.I.N.G.
(1968 Paul Sharits)
Two Men & A Wardrobe
(1958 Roman Polanski)
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V
Valentin de las Sierras
(1968 Bruce Baillie)
Vampyr
(1932 Carl Dreyer)
W
Where Does Your Hidden Smile Lie?
(2001 Pedro Costa)
Wild Night in El Reno
(1978 George Kuchar)
Witches' Hammer
(1969 Otakár Vavra)
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Y
You Only Live Once
(1937 Fritz Lang)
Z

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February 13
Opening Night: Classic Horror
February 20
Roman Polanski Season
February 27
Roman Polanski Season
March 5
Roman Polanski Season
March 12
"Women in Trouble"
March 19
"Eternal St. Petersburg"
March 26
Jean-Luc Godard
April 2
Frederick Wiseman
April 9
"Experimental Landscapes"
April 16
François Truffaut Season
April 23
François Truffaut Season
April 30
François Truffaut Season
May 7
Andrzej Wajda Season
May 14
Andrzej Wajda Season
May 21
Andrzej Wajda Season
May 28
Cathay Season
June 4
Cathay Season
June 11
Cathay Season
June 18
Nigel Buesst
June 25
Carl Dreyer Season
July 2
Carl Dreyer Season
July 9
Carl Dreyer Season
July 16
"American Screwball"
BREAK
No screenings.
August 20
Fritz Lang Season
August 27
Fritz Lang Season
September 3
Fritz Lang Season
September 10
Jean Eustache
September 17
Cinema 68' Season
September 24
Cinema 68' Season
October 1
Cinema 68' Season
October 8
Cinema 68' Season
October 15
Cinema 68' Season
October 22
Arnaud Desplechin Season
October 29
Arnaud Desplechin Season
November 5
Arnaud Desplechin Season
November 12
Pedro Costa Season
November 19
Pedro Costa Season
November 26
Pedro Costa Season
December 3
Howard Hawks Season
December 10
Howard Hawks Season
December 17
Howard Hawks Season

June 11 - 7:00pm

The First Sword

Tu Guangqi (1967) 83 mins

Adapted from his own novel, Tu’s 1st directorial effort - in which a beautiful swordswoman (Melinda Chen Manling) must save her poisoned master - is moody, atmospheric & packed with genre elements like booby-traps, deadly rays, clan conflict & intrigue. Cathay was slow to pick up on the wuxia craze (martial swordfighting epics) &, much like a battling clans plotline, had lost ground to Shaw Brothers, their arch-rivals. This film was Cathay’s 1st return parry & helped establish the xia nu (swordswoman) sub-genre.

Print courtesy of Cathay.

* Followed by From The Highway at 8.40pm.

* Screens as part of the Cathay Season.

The First Sword

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