My movie is born first in my head, dies on paper; is resuscitated by the living persons and real objects I use, which are killed on film but, placed in a certain order and projected on to a screen, come to life again like flowers in water. -Robert Bresson The American Cinematheque Presents LANCELOT DU LAC […]

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The simplest tasks are by no means the easiest. -Curé d’Ambricourt The American Cinematheque, Cultural Services of the French Embassy, the Institut français, and the French Film and TV Office of the French Consulate in Los Angeles Presents DIARY OF A COUNTRY PRIEST Rating: NR | Runtime: 115 Minutes | Year: 1951 | Clip: Priest Friday, May 18th, […]

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Once upon a time, or maybe twice, there was an unearthly paradise called Pepperland. 80,000 leagues beneath the sea it lay, or lie. I’m not too sure. -Narrator The American Cinematheque Presents YELLOW SUBMARINE Rating: G | Runtime: 90 Minutes | Year: 1968 | Trailer: Yellow Friday & Sunday, May 11th & 13th, 2012 Friday | […]

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For me, filmmaking is combining images and sounds of real things in an order that makes them effective. What I disapprove of is photographing with that extraordinary instrument — the camera — things that are not real. Sets and actors are not real. -Robert Bresson The American Cinematheque, Cultural Services of the French Embassy, the […]

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What do you mean by reading a book? Suppose you learn something. Loyal Moronikans shouldn’t read. Take your troops out and have them burn every book in Moronika. -Moe The American Cinematheque Presents YOU NAZTY SPY!, DUCK SOUP & BANANAS Ratings: NR, NR, & PG-13  | Runtimes: 18, 68 & 82 Minutes | Years: 1940, 1933 […]

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We’ve just discovered the most wonderful, the most marvelous poisinous gas. It will kill everybody. -Field Marshal Herring The American Cinematheque Presents THE GREAT DICTATOR & THE PRODUCERS Ratings: PG (Both Films) | Runtimes: 125 & 88 Minutes | Years: 1940 & 1968 | Trailers: Great / Producers Saturday, May 5th, 2012 | 7:30 PM Mel Brooks will […]

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‘Fuck you.’ Never understood that insult, because fucking someone is actually really pleasant. If we’re trying to be mean, we should say ‘unfuck you!’ -Lenny The American Cinematheque Presents LENNY Rating: R | Runtime: 111 Minutes | Year: 1974 | Trailer: Lenny Thursday, April 26th, 2012 | 7:30 PM Highlighting Cinematographer Bruce Surtees, HIGH PLAINS DRIFTER […]

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Shh! Listen. A slowly passing train is so romantic. -Mona The American Cinematheque Presents COME BACK TO THE FIVE AND DIME, JIMMY DEAN, JIMMY DEAN Rating: PG | Runtime: 109 Minutes | Year: 1982 | Trailer: Jimmy Wednesday, April 25th, 2012 | 7:30 PM Part of Wednesdays with Robert Altman Restoration funding by the Film Foundation and the […]

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