In June, escape to the Cinémathèque of Nice with a film that may have inspired or touched a painter, a sculptor, a photographer… Also discover the world of documentaries through the varied selection that awaits you. The Cinémathèque also offers its monthly events with: Passport to Latin America, classics, and catch-up sessions…
On the side of documentaries…
“Reality has a considerable advantage over fiction, it is unique.” (Raymond Depardon)
Representation of reality, engaged view, vision from elsewhere, or stolen moments, documentaries are not a mere recording of reality but a full-fledged cinematographic work. The Cinémathèque offers a varied selection:
the exceptional journey of Hollywood producer Robert Evans retraced in The Kid Stays in the Picture by Nanette Burstein and Brett Morgen;
the portrait of one of the most influential philosophers of the 20th century, Jacques Derrida in Derrida by Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering Kofman;
a look at adolescence with Seventeen by Didier Nion;
the adventure of a group of children discovering the art of photography in the red-light district of Calcutta with Camera Kids by Ross Kauffman and Zana Briski, Oscar for Best Documentary Feature;
the fascinating and painful history of Vietnam through unpublished archival images in L’Empire du milieu du Sud by Eric Deroo and Jacques Perrin;
a denunciation of the current Italian political system, Draquila – L’Italia che trema by Sabina Guzzanti;
the gripping odyssey of two rock bands filmed from the inside over seven years with Dig! by Ondi Timoner;
a musical documentary full of humor and vitality following a choir of American seniors specializing in punk, pop, and rock covers, I Feel Good by Stephen Walker;
the adventure of a Congolese rumba blues band, from the streets of Kinshasa to the Eurockéennes stage in Belfort, Benda Bilili! by Renaud Barret and Florent de la Tullaye, etc.
Ø The choice of… an artist, a film
As part of the event “Contemporary Art and the Côte d’Azur, a Territory for Experimentation, 1951-2011,” the Cinémathèque of Nice asked the artists invited on this occasion to choose a film that inspired, influenced, or particularly touched them.
Painters, sculptors, photographers, or video artists, some of them chose to present the film they selected before the screening.
On the program:
Artavazd Pelechian, the Armenian film poet Artavazd Pelechian, three medium-length films exploiting the semantic richness of editing and its emotional properties;
another vision of a poet with The Testament of Orpheus by Jean Cocteau;
The Naked Island by Kaneto Shindo;
Contempt by Jean-Luc Godard, famous homage to cinema;
Two-Lane Blacktop by Monte Hellman, a diabolical road movie in 1970s America;
The Holy Mountain by Alejandro Jodorowsky;
The Conversation by Francis Ford Coppola;
Death Race 2000 by Paul Bartel, a singular genre film featuring one of Sylvester Stallone’s first roles;
Tampopo by Juzo Itami, a fable full of humor about a carnal representation of food;
Downtown 81 by Edo Bertoglio, a precious testimony of an urban artistic movement;
The Saddest Music in the World by Guy Maddin, a dreamlike and zany melodrama amidst the Prohibition era;
Episode III – Enjoy Poverty by Renzo Martens, an unseen documentary.
Genealogies of Actors – from June 8 to 11
From June 9 to 11, speakers from French and European universities, CNRS researchers, and critics will offer the public presentations on the theme of “genealogies of the actor in cinema.”
The conferences will be free of charge
A selection of films will illustrate these presentations: the two versions of The Mark of Zorro, the one by Fred Niblo with Douglas Fairbanks, and the one by Rouben Mamoulian; The Actor by Sacha Guitry; Nina by Vincente Minelli; Fedora by Billy Wilder; and On Golden Pond by Mark Rydell.
And always:
Catch-up sessions: A Bittersweet Life by Kim Jee-Woon; A Tale of Cinema by Hong Sangsoo; Summer Hours by Olivier Assayas; Water Lilies by Céline Sciamma; The Clink of Ice by Bertrand Blier; Making Plans for Lena by Christophe Honoré; and The Invention of Lying by Ricky Gervais and Matthew Robinson.
CLASSICS to see and see again: Under the Roofs of Paris by René Clair; The Killers by Robert Siodmak; Odd Man Out by Carol Reed; Pursued by Raoul Walsh; The Flowers of St. Francis by Roberto Rossellini; To Kill a Mockingbird by Robert Mulligan; Point Blank by John Boorman; The Swimmer by Frank Perry.
Screenings for the deaf and hard of hearing: Look at Me by Agnès Jaoui on June 14 and 16.
Ciné B: The Haunting by Robert Wise on June 17 at 9:30 PM.
SILENT FILM OF THE MONTH: Tokyo Chorus by Yasujiro Ozu on June 22 and 24.
Passport to Latin America with La Yuma by Florence Jaugey on June 15 at 8 PM.
Lost from Sight… session dedicated to those forgotten in the history of cinema with: The Naughty Little Boys by Jean-Baptiste Rossi on June 2 and 4.
Cinémathèque de Nice Acropolis
3 Esplanade Kennedy
06300 Nice
