Cameron

Saw this great lineup and wanted to share with fellow Nashvillians. After seeing all the great shows in New York, I hope to get the same kind of love locally. hope to see you at the show.



THE BELCOURT THEATRE PRESENTS 50 YEARS OF JANUS FILMS

a touring 30-film retrospective of definitive classics from the world’s great directors

Jan. 3rd – Feb. 28th, 2007

"The Janus Films icon—the black and white image, the lettering, the two faces on the seemingly ancient coin—meant that you were going to see something special, something new, something completely different from anything you'd ever seen before." — Martin Scorsese

Throughout January and February, 2007, the Belcourt Theatre salutes the valiant efforts of Janus Films, the pioneering distributor company celebrating its golden anniversary. Formed in the late fifties, its founders began with the mandate of opening American viewers’ eyes to the then-current works of Fellini, Kurosawa, Bergman, and their contemporaries, thereby playing a key role in what would become a golden age of arthouse cinema. Janus Films and now its home video arm, the high-end Criterion Collection, are a national treasure for cinephiles across America.

All films are presented in sparkling new 35mm prints, and many will be introduced by a knowledgeable Nashville cinephile on the occasion of their first screening. Here’s your chance for an increasingly rare experience: to gain an education in world cinema while basking in the greats as they were made to be seen.

Just in time for the holidays, ticket packages on sale on-line at Tickets.Belcourt.Org or at the Belcourt Box Office.

TICKET PRICING:
Individual films are regular ticket pricing.
5-pack: $30 ($25 for Belcourt Members)
10-pack: $50 ($45 for Belcourt Members)
Full pass: $112

The line-up is as follows below. Click on each film title for more information about that film, playdates, and showtimes when announced.



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THE RULES OF THE GAME Wed-Tue, Jan 3rd-9th Jean Renoir, France, 1939; 106 m

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CLEO FROM 5 TO 7 Thurs-Sun, Jan. 4th-7th Agnes Varda, France, 1962; 90m
Preceded by ZERO FOR CONDUCT Jean Vigo, France, 1933; 41m

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SANSHO THE BAILIFF Fri-Mon, Jan. 5th-8th Kenji Mizoguchi, Japan, 1954; 120m

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KWAIDAN Sat-Tues, Jan. 7th-9th Masaki Kobayashi, Japan, 1965, 161m

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THE EARRINGS OF MADAME DE... Mon-Thurs, Jan. 8th-11th Max Ophüls, France/Italy, 1953, 105m

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KNIFE IN THE WATER Wed-Sat, Jan. 10th-14th Roman Polanski, Poland, 1962, 94m

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DEATH OF A CYCLIST Wed-Sat, Jan. 10th-14th Juan Antonio Bardem, Spain, 1955; 88m

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THE LADY VANISHES Fri-Sun, Jan. 12th-14th Alfred Hitchcock, UK, 1938; 97m

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WALKABOUT Sat-Mon, Jan. 13th-15th Nicholas Roeg, Australia, 1971; 100m

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BLACK ORPHEUS Sun-Wed, Jan. 14th-16th Marcel Camus, Brazil, 1959, 107m

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MONIKA Sat-Sun, Jan. 20th-21st Ingmar Bergman, Sweden, 1956, 96m

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WR: MYSTERIES OF THE ORGANISM Sat-Sun, Jan. 20th-21st Dusan Makavejev, Yugoslavia, 1971; 85m

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VIRIDIANA Sat-Tue, Jan. 20th-23rd Luis Buñuel, Mexico/Spain, 1961, 90m

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SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE Mon-Wed, Jan. 22nd-24th Victor Erice, Spain, 1973, 99min

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THE SEVEN SAMURAI Fri-Sun, Jan. 26th-28th Akira Kurosawa, Japan, 1954, 206m

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LA STRADA Fri-Sun, Jan. 26th-28th Federico Fellini, Italy, 1954; 115m

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FIRES ON THE PLAIN Sun-Tue, Jan. 28th-30th Kon Ichikawa, Japan, 1959; 110m

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HIGH AND LOW Wed, Jan. 31st & Fri-Sat, Feb. 2nd-4th Akira Kurosawa, Japan, 1963, 143m

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THE CRANES ARE FLYING Sun-Tue, Feb. 4th-6th Mihail Kalatazov, Soviet Union, 1957; 94m

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THE SEVENTH SEAL Fri-Mon, Feb. 9th-12th Ingmar Bergman, Sweden, 1957; 96m

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DAY OF WRATH Mon-Thu, Feb. 12th-15th Carl Theodor Dreyer, Denmark, 1943; 97m

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THE 400 BLOWS Fri-Sun, Feb. 16th-18th François Truffaut, France, 1959; 99m
Preceded by ANTOINE ET COLETTE (1959; 30m)

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THE HIDDEN FORTRESS Fri, Feb 16th & Mon-Wed, Feb. 19th-21st Akira Kurosawa, Japan, 1958, 116m

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BEAUTY AND THE BEAST Sun-Wed, Feb. 18th-21st Jean Cocteau, France, 1946; 96m

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WILD STRAWBERRIES Mon-Wed, Feb. 19th-21st Ingmar Bergman, Sweden, 1957; 91m

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JULES AND JIM Mon-Wed, Feb. 26th-28th François Truffaut, France, 1962; 105m

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CHILDREN OF PARADISE Mon-Wed, Feb. 26th-28th Marcel Carne, France, 1945; 190m

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Programming Notes: Though exact screening times will not be announced until mid-December, each film is slated to get at least 4 screenings across 2-4 days.

This series would not be possible were it not for the help of Sarah Finklea at Janus Films and a generous grant from the Wills Foundation.

Synopses: Film Society of Lincoln Center, NY

LiquidSky

Hey Cameron,

Thanks for the heads-up!

Giles

I thought I had on Criterion's website the series will make a National rollout to select cities/theatres.

Cameron

I assume that most of the major cities will get these films as well.

Digital Groove

God I can only hope some of these come to either Philadelphia or Pittsburgh.

If I lived right in a major city I would definitely see all of them on the big screen.