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Chris - I dunno, maybe the French Institute relies...

2008-03-24T20:32:00.000-04:00

Chris - I dunno, maybe the French Institute relies on their membership, and doesn't care much about building a bigger audience. There's usually no one in charge at the screenings to give feedback to, but a friend of mine complained about the screen (which has been screwed for maybe two years now), and whoever he spoke to didn't think it was a big deal. They do good programming on a regular

Wow, Dan, thanks for the heads-up! As someone who ...

2008-03-24T10:25:00.000-04:00

Wow, Dan, thanks for the heads-up! As someone who sadly had to miss the Walter Reade's Eustache series a few years back (and who's only ever seen THE MOTHER & THE WHORE), this comes as welcome news.

But what's up with the French Institute?! In addition to that terrible screen, they sure do a lousy job of promoting their events.

Yeah, it's really good. Interesting how all Eusta...

2008-03-23T11:04:00.000-04:00

Yeah, it's really good. Interesting how all Eustache's fiction films feel so different in terms of style. Le Père Noël has a bit of early Godard or Truffaut to it; La Maman is more like Rohmer/Warhol; and Amoureuses makes one think of Bresson. And they're all autobiographical, I believe. What's common to all Eustache's work isn't so much a particular set of style

And if you've never seen Santa Claus Has Blue Eyes...

2008-03-22T18:31:00.000-04:00

And if you've never seen Santa Claus Has Blue Eyes, try not to miss it - it's as great a movie about adolescence/20somethings in transition as I can think of, and a key piece of the Jean-Pierre Leaud puzzle.