About This Show
Curated by Richard Pena, Programming Director Film Society of Lincoln Center, The John Drew Theater at Guild Hall presents EuroCinema: Stars of the 60s Film Series
Series Schedule:
Tuesday, July 6 – The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
A film for all the lovers of the world starring the exquisite Catherine Deneuve (circa 1964). Directed by Jaques Demy. Speaker: Michael Koresky
Tuesday, July 13 – Belle De Jour
A beautiful young woman married to a doctor who can’t be physically intimate with him but instead works in a brothel in the afternoon while remaining chaste in her marriage. Starring Catherine Deneuve. Directed by Luis Bunuel. (1967) Speaker: Godfrey Chesire
Tuesday, July 20 – Eva
A Welsh novelist in Venice is humiliated by a money-loving Frenchwoman who erotically ensnares him. Starring Jeanne Moreau. Directed by Joseph Losey. (1962) Speaker: Richard Pena. Special Wine and Cheese Reception follows in the Garden after this screening.
Tuesday, July 27 – Bay of Angels
Jeanne Moreau and Claude Mann star as a pair of gambling lovers. Directed by Jaques Demy. (1963) Speaker: Kent Jones
Tuesday, August 3 – Le Cercle Rouge
Corey is a cool aristocratic thief released from prison on the same day that Vogel, a murderer escapes from custody of the patient, cat loving police director, Mattei. A mob murder and a jewel heist ensues. Over all hangs the judgement of the police director that every man is guilty. Directed by Jean-Pierre Melville. Speaker: Nathan Lee
Tuesday, August 10 – Diary of a Chambermaid
A chambermaid played by Jeanne Moreau discovers that her new employers, The Monteils, are a group of strange people. Directed by Luis Bunuel. (1964)
Tuesday, August 17 – The Damned
The dramatic collapse of a wealthy industrialist family during the reign of the Third Reich. Starring Dirk Bogarde. Directed by Luchino Visconti. (1969) Speaker: Godfrey Chesire
Tuesday, August 24 – Purple Moon
Passion at ten. Envy at eleven. Murder at noon. Based on the book The Talented Mr. Ripley. Starring Alain Delon. Directed by Rene Clement. (1960) Speaker: Stuart Klawans
Tuesday, August 31 – Death in Venice
An avant guarde composer goes to a Venetian resort after much artistic and personal stress to find peace, but instead develops a troubling attraction for a younger boy. Starring Dirk Bogarde. Directed by Luchino Visconti. (1971) Speaker: Michael Koresky