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1968: Intl. Perspective
Program Overview
'68 On Film
Antonio das Mortes
Blow for Blow
La Chinoise
Dionysus in 69
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Grin Without a Cat
...Year of the Pig
The Bridegroom...
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Maydays
Medium Cool
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Regular Lovers
Remonstrance
A Time to Stir
The War at Home
Whistling Cobblestone
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Zabriskie Point
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1968: An International Perspective
April 29 – May 14, 2008

General Admission: $11 public; $8 senior (62+); $7 Film Society member & student (with ID) and child (6-12, accompanied by an adult). Please note: there is a $1.25 service charge per ticket ordered online and cash only transactions at the box office.

1968 Series Pass: $40 public/$30 Film Society member. Admits one person to five titles in the series except for the screening of Dionysus in '69 on Saturday, May 10. Available only at the Walter Reade Theater box office (cash only).

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‘68 On Film
US, 1968; 123m

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Wed May 7: 2 & 6:30

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Antonio das Mortes / O Dragăo da Maldade contra o Santo Guerreiro
Glauber Rocha, Brazil/France/West Germany, 1969; 100m

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Thu May 8: 2
Sun May 11: 6

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Blow for Blow / Coup pour coup
Marin Karmitz, France/West Germany, 1971; 90m

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Fri May 2: 1
Sun May 4: 9
Mon May 5: 2

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La Chinoise
Jean-Luc Godard, France, 1967; 96m

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Sat May 3: 6

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Dionysus in 69
Brian De Palma & Richard Schechner, US, 1970; 90m
Post-screening discussion of the film and the production with director Richard Schechner.

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Sat May 10: 6
Admission:
$12 member/student
$15 public
Please note: 1968 Series Pass not valid for this screening.


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Films from Newsreel
Part One
US, 1968; 80m

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Wed Apr 30: 6:45


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Films from Newsreel
Part Two
US, 1968-71; 95m

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Thu May 1: 6:15


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Grin Without a Cat / Le Fond de l’air est rouge
Chris Marker, France, 1978/1993; 180m

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Tue May 13: 8:15
Wed May 14: 2



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In the Year of the Pig
Emile de Antonio, US, 1969; 103m

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Sun May 4: 4:45

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It Is Not the Homosexual Who Is Perverse, But the Society in Which He Lives
Rosa von Praunheim, West Germany, 1971; 67m

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The Bridegroom, the Comedienne and the Pimp / Der Bräutiggam, die Komödiantin und der Zuhälter
Jean-Marie Straub, West Germany, 1968; 23m

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Thu May 8: 4
Sat May 10: 8:30


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Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000 / Jonas qui aura 25 ans en l’an 2000
Alain Tanner, France/Switzerland, 1976; 116m

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Mon May 12: 8:45
Tue May 13: 2


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Killed the Family and Went to the Movies / Matou a Família e Foi ao Cinema
Júlio Bressane, Brazil, 1969; 64m

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Sun May 11: 4:15
Mon May 12: 4:15


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King: A Filmed Record…Montgomery to Memphis
Sidney Lumet & Joseph L. Mankiewicz, US, 1970; 185m

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Sun May 4: 1
Fri May 9: 1


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Les Lip––L’imagination au pouvoir
Christian Rouaud, France, 2007; 119m

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Mon May 5: 4
Tue May 13: 6


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The Man Who Left His Will on Film, aka The Battle of Tokyo or He Died After the War / Tokyo senso sengo hiwa
Nagisa Oshima, Japan, 1970; 94m

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Wed Apr 30: 4:45 & 8:40


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Maydays / Grands soirs et petits matins
William Klein, France, 1968-78; 97m

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Sun May 11: 8

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Medium Cool
Haskell Wexler, US, 1969; 110m

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Fri May 9: 4:45
Mon May 12: 6:15*
*Intro/Q&A with actress Verna Bloom



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Milestones
Robert Kramer & John Douglas, US, 1975; 215m

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Wed Apr 30: 1
Thu May 1: 8:15

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Reflections from the Avant-Garde
1968-71; 84m

T,O,U,C,H,I,N,G
Paul Sharits, US, 1968
Rat Life and Diet in North America
Joyce Weiland, Canada, 1968
Quick Billy
Bruce Baillie, US, 1971

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Fri May 9: 8:45
Tue May 13: 4:15


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Regular Lovers / Les Amants réguliers
Philippe Garrel, France, 2005; 178m

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Tue Apr 29: 2
Sat May 3: 8

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Remonstrance / Motforestilling
Erik Lřchen, Norway, 1972; 97m

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Mon May 5: 9:10
Wed May 7: 4:30


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A Time to Stir
Paul Cronin, US/UK, 2008; approx. 75m

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Thu May 8: 8:30

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The War at Home
Glenn Silber & Barry Alexander Brown, US, 1979; 100m

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Tue May 6: 4 & 9 *
*Directors Glenn Silber & Barry Alexander Brown will introduce the 9pm screening.

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The Whistling Cobblestone /A Sípoló macskakö
Gyula Gazdag, Hungary, 1971; 96m

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Tue May 6: 2
Wed May 7: 9

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WR: Mysteries of the Organism
Dusan Makavejev, Yugoslavia/West Germany, 1971; 85m

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Fri May 9: 7
Mon May 12: 2:20


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Zabriskie Point
Michelangelo Antonioni, US, 1970; 110m

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Fri May 2: 3:15
Sun May 4: 6:50

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