Events in Cinema Massimo
Monday 20 February, Screen Three, 8.30 p.m.
For CORTI D’AUTORE (ART HOUSE SHORT FILMS), the National Cinema Museum presents a selection of short films by Max Ophüls and Aleksandr Sokurov, introduced by film historian Gianni Volpi.
For CORTI D’AUTORE (ART HOUSE SHORT FILMS), the National Cinema Museum will be hosting a screening of a selection of short films produced by two of the greatest film directors in the history of world film, German-born Max Ophüls and Russian-born Aleksandr Sokurov at Cinema Massimo, on Monday, 20 February 2012 at 8.30 p.m. in Screen Three. The screenings will be introduced by Gianni Volpi, film critic and historian. Admission: €3.
For more details: www.cnc-italia.it; Tel: 011 5361468.
Tuesday 21 February, Screen Three, 8.45 p.m.
The National Cinema Museum presents Howard Hawks’s Man’s Favorite Sport? for MAGNIFICHE VISIONI (MAGNIFICENT VISIONS): The Permanent Festival of Restored Film.
The National Cinema Museum presents Howard Hawks’s film Man’s Favorite Sport? on Tuesday, 21 February 2012 at 8.45 p.m. in Cinema Massimo’s Screen Three, screening a copy restored by Swoshbuckler Film. There will be a repeat screening on Wednesday, 22 February 2012 at 4 p.m. Admission: 6.00/4.00/3.00 euros.
Cinema Massimo - from 22 to 29 February, Screen Three
The National Cinema Museum presents the first part of the retrospective entitled Samurai, eros e pallottole (Samurai, Eros and bullets): the first hundred years of Nikkatsu curated by Dario Tomasi, who will be in attendance, at Cinema Massimo.
The National Cinema Museum celebrates the first centenary of the founding of Nikkatsu – one of the oldest and most prestigious Japanese film production houses – with a far-reaching retrospective entitled Samurai, eros e pallottole (Samurai, Eros and bullets): the first hundred years of Nikkatsu, curated by Dario Tomasi. The second part of the festival will take place from 17 to 24 March 2012.
The tribute is a Nikkatsu project produced by the National Cinema Museum with support from the Japanese Cultural Institute in Rome and assistance from the Cinémathèque française.
The first part of the festival will open on Wednesday, 22 February 2012 at 8.30 p.m. in Cinema Massimo’s Screen Three, with a screening of Pigs and Battleships, Shöhei Imamura’s most anti-American film, a bitter condemnation of the Westernisation of Japan. The film will be introduced by Dario Tomasi. Admission: 6.00/4.00/3.00 euros.