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2021.03.13 13:36

영화관 필름포럼(Film Forum) 4/2 재개관

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Film Forum to Re-Open Friday, April 2
With Enhanced Health & Safety Protocols;
In-Theater and Virtual Programming Announced


In-Theater Movies, April 2
 
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  • THE HUMAN VOICE, Pedro Almodóvar’s First English-Language Film, Starring Tilda Swinton, Playing with Almodóvar’s WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN;
  • THE TRUFFLE HUNTERS, Delectable Documentary on Piedmontese Foragers;
  • LA STRADA, New 4K Restoration of Oscar-Winning Fellini Masterpiece Starring Giulietta Massina

Coming Soon in April
Separate releases to follow with full details; see below for press contacts

• BILL TRAYLOR: CHASING GHOSTS, Documentary on the Outsider Artist (April 16)
• HOPE, Norway’s Official Oscar® Submission (April 16)
• GUNDA, Victor Kossakovsky’s Acclaimed Porcine Portrait (April 16)
• PARIS CALLIGRAMMES, Avant-Garde Artist Ulrike Ottinger’s Latest (April 23)
• ABOUT ENDLESSNESS, from Master Absurdist Roy Andersson (April 30)

Film Forum, New York City’s leading non-profit independent movie theater, will re-open its doors to the public on Friday, April 2, following a year-long closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic. These health and safety protocols in effect:
  • All staff and patrons required to wear masks.
  • Hospital-grade MERV-13 air filters in the HVAC system
  • Hand-sanitizing stations throughout public areas
  • Regular cleaning of theater seating between shows
  • Socially distanced ticket lines and seating
  • Ticket sales limited to 25% capacity as required by law
Click here for full health and safety protocols.

In addition to presenting films theatrically, Film Forum will continue its Virtual Cinema program. These previously announced Virtual Cinema titles will play as planned:
  • Elizabeth Lo’s STRAY (opened March 5)
  • Chris McKim’s WOJNAROWICZ (opens March 19)
  • New restorations of Eric Rohmer’s “Tales of the Four Seasons”
    A TALE OF SPRINGTIME (opens March 26)
    A TALE OF WINTER (opens April 2)
    A SUMMER’S TALE (opens April 9)
    AUTUMN TALE (opens April 16)
APRIL 2 IN-THEATER OPENINGS
 
Pedro Almodóvar’s First English Film, THE HUMAN VOICE,
Starring Tilda Swinton
Presented with Almodóvar’s WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN

Opening Friday, April 2
THEATRICAL TICKETING ONLY – not available in Virtual Cinema

 
An elegant wraithlike woman (the inimitable Tilda Swinton), a fidgety dog, a chicly furnished apartment, an ax. In his short film THE HUMAN VOICE – based freely on the stage play by Jean Cocteau – master auteur Pedro Almodóvar takes a minimalist concept (“a text and an actress”) and experiments like never before. Working for the first time in English and in short form, while hybridizing elements of cinema and theater via a stunning “fourth wall” set design, Almodóvar distills the intense despair of eros in crisis: desire unrequited and a modern woman facing the abyss of abandonment. In a taut, tour-de-force performance, Swinton brings this woman to life—nerves frayed, pining and unhinged, yet not devoid of self-respect. The human voice is hers alone, one side of a final phone conversation with her lover who, three days gone, has yet to retrieve his belongings. In the director’s own words, this brief masterpiece is about “the disorientation and distress” of grief. At the same time, it is an exhilarating assertion of life and beauty.

Playing with WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN, Almodóvar’s multiple award-winning, cult-classic black comedy (based on the same Cocteau play and starring Carmen Maura and Antonio Banderas).
 
“Tilda Swinton, celebrated, adored and stalked by the camera in a 30-minute dramaturgical, couture-driven, production-designed emotional crack-up, is pure cinematic enjoyment.”
– John Waters (Top 10 for 2020 List), Artforum

 
THE HUMAN VOICE (2020, 30 minutes) Written & Directed by Pedro Almodóvar. Freely based on Jean Cocteau’s play. USA / Spain. In English. A Sony Pictures Classics release.

WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN (1988, 89 minutes) Written & Directed by Pedro Almodóvar. Spain. In Spanish with English subtitles. Rated R. A Sony Pictures Classics release.
 


THE TRUFFLE HUNTERS

Opening Friday, April 2
THEATRICAL TICKETING ONLY – not available in Virtual Cinema

 
Deep in the forests of Piedmont, Italy, a handful of men, seventy or eighty years young, hunt for the rare and expensive white Alba truffle—which to date has resisted all of modern science’s efforts at cultivation. They’re guided by a secret culture and training passed down through generations, as well as by the noses of their cherished and expertly trained dogs. They live a simpler, slower way of life, in harmony with their loyal animals and their picture-perfect land, seemingly straight out of a fairy tale. They’re untethered to cell phone screens or the Internet, opting instead to make their food and drink by hand and prioritizing in-person connections and community. The demand for white truffles increases year after year, even as the supply decreases. As a result of climate change, deforestation, and the lack of young people taking up the mantle, the truffle hunters’ secrets are more coveted than ever. However, as it soon becomes clear, these ageing men may just hold something much more valuable than even this prized delicacy: the secret to a rich and meaningful life. The film played at the 2020 Sundance, Cannes, Toronto & New York Film Festivals, among many others.
 
“The cast of characters is like something out of an absurdist comedy. The film also is striking for its visual poetry and the painterly quality of its images… (with) compositions both simple and beautiful. A fascinating glimpse inside a world of arcane knowledge and the luxury market that feeds off it. It’s foodie heaven.”
– David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter

“Absolutely sublime...an enchanting and immersive documentary. THE TRUFFLE HUNTERS is an exhilarating, sophisticated, and life-affirming delicacy.”
– Kristy Puchko, Pajiba
 
THE TRUFFLE HUNTERS (2020, 84 minutes) Directed by Michael Dweck & Gregory Kershaw. Italy / USA / Greece. In Italian and Piedmontese with English subtitles. Rated PG-13. A Sony Pictures Classics release
 

Federico Fellini’s LA STRADA (1954)
New 4K Restoration

Opening Friday, April 2
THEATRICAL TICKETING ONLY – not available in Virtual Cinema

 
Bought from her parents to assist the act of Anthony Quinn’s brutish strongman “Zampanò,” Giullieta Masina’s simple-minded peasant girl Gelsomina is taught a haunting tune by a dreamy aerialist (American actor Richard Basehart) and assured that she too has a place in the world. An enormous international success and personal triumph for Masina, La Strada was awarded the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film of its year. LA STRADA has been restored in 4K by the Criterion Collection and The Film Foundation at Cineteca di Bologna’s L’Immagine Ritrovata laboratory, from a 35mm dupe negative preserved by Beta Film GmbH. Restoration funding provided by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.
 
“Transported neorealism to a new place… Masina all but patented the adjective ‘Chaplinesque’ with her repertoire of pantomimed wonder.”
– J. Hoberman

“Masina’s presence is one of the most magical in world cinema.”
– Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times


LA STRADA (1954, 108 minutes) Directed by Federico Fellini. Written by Fellini & Tullio Pinelli with Ennio Flaiano. Italy. In Italian with English subtitles. A Janus Films release.

 

 

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