Alice In Wonderland in 3-D

Issue 3 | Mar-Apr 2010
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Don’t be late for a very important date!
Alice In Wonderland in 3-D
Plus
The Wonder of Burton
and Frederick Wiseman’s
dazzling La Danse
book online now at hmvcurzon.com
hmvcurzon presents our Parent & Baby screenings
every Friday morning at 10.30am
Come and see the latest releases with your little one in the comfort of our luxurious
screens. Our low lights are left on and the volume reduced so you can enjoy the film in
a relaxing environment. Our films are screened exclusively for parents with babies under
one year old.* The cinema also provides baby changing amenities, as well as bottle and
food warming facilities which are available upon request.
Films include:
The Last Station - Fri 5 Mar
Alice in Wonderland in 3D - Fri 12 Mar
Green Zone - Fri 19 Mar
Father of My Children - Fri 26 Mar
Kick-Ass - Fri 2 Apr
I Am Love - Fri 9 Apr
Lourdes - Fri 16 Apr
Centurion - Fri 23 Apr (Tbc)
Iron Man 2 - Fri 30 Apr
To get up-to-date information about our
Parent & Baby screenings please join our
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* Parents with babies under 1 year only can beadmitted as
babies over 1 year are subject to cinema licensing laws and
cannot be accommodated.
The Tale Of Despereaux
Tickets:
Parents £5.00, Babies* go free!
Since opening in October 2009,
the hmvcurzon has blossomed into a venue
for people to come together to see an
eclectic mix of films, operas and bespoke
talks. Now, spring ushers in a bountiful
selection of movies as well as a host of
exciting events at Wimbledon.
Dive into the rabbit hole with the
release of Tim Burton’s ‘Alice In Wonderland’ in 3D from 5 March, or travel a little
further from home and enter the Swedish
crime world in the adaptation of the bestselling ‘The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo’
from 12 March.
Hopping, skipping, and jumping its
way onto the screen is the ultimate everyman superhero film, ‘Kick-Ass’ from 2 April.
Expect sales of capes and spandex body
suits to soar. Talking of superheroes, the
suave Tony Stark explodes onto our screens
in ‘Iron Man 2’ on 30 April.
April also sees the release of two
Artificial Eye gems, exclusive to hmvcurzon
Wimbledon: the award winning ‘Lourdes’
and the bittersweet ‘Life During Wartime’,
the hugely anticipated follow-up to ‘Happiness’. Both films screened to great acclaim
at last year’s London Film Festival.
We are also pleased to announce
the launch of our Parent and Baby screenings, complete with bottle and food warmer
facilities. Our CineKids Film Club continues
with a veritable treasure trove of current releases and perennial, much-loved classics.
There has never been a better
time to visit hmvcurzon, take in a film and
then relax in our comfortable wi-fi enabled
café-bar serving Monmouth Coffee and
Berry Brothers wine.
Happy Easter to you all. We look
forward to seeing you in the cinema soon!
Contents: New Releases 5-12, Members Info & Special Previews 13, Feature: The
Wonder of Burton 14-15, CineKids 16, DocDays & Q&As 18, Screen Salon 19, Opera 20,
Frederick Wiseman 21, Venue & Ticket info 23
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Alice in Wonderland in 3D
Labyrinth
Nobody puts
baby in a
corner!
Editorial
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New Cinema Releases
A website that adds to your cinema experience.
Alice in Wonderland 3D [Cert Tbc]
USA 2010 • Tbc mins
Burton and Depp journey down the rabbit hole
Tim Burton’s (‘Sleepy Hollow’) 3D fantasy stars
newcomer Mia Wasikowska as 19-year-old Alice,
who returns to the whimsical world she first
encountered as a young girl. On her journey
of self-discovery, which sees her challenge the
Red Queen’s reign of terror, Alice is reunited
with old friends, from the Cheshire Cat to
Johnny Depp’s (‘Pirates of the Caribbean’)
Mad Hatter.
From 5 Mar (Tbc)
Micmacs [12A]
France 2009 • 104 mins • French with subtitles
A visually inventive tour de force
With ‘Micmacs’, Jean-Pierre Jeunet (‘Amelie’)
sets his sights on the international arms
industry. French superstar Danny Boon plays
Bazil, the victim of a drive-by shooting who, on
leaving hospital, teams up with an ex-con and
his eccentric friends to exact revenge on a
group of arms dealers. What unfolds confirms
Jeunet’s place as one of French cinema’s
true visionaries.
At hmvcurzon.com you can find all the latest film times, trailers and images from upcoming films,
interviews with directors, plus news about forthcoming events. Using the latest technology, you
can print your tickets at home, allowing more time in our café bar before going into the screen.
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films for less money. We have two different levels: Cineaste membership gives you discounted
admission at all times, whilst as an Auteur you can get free entry to any public screening at any
time! See page 13 for more details or visit hmvcurzon.com.
Hire
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everything you need for the perfect event. See page 9 for more details or visit hmvcurzon.com.
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From 5 Mar
Tokyo Story [U]
Japan 1953 • 136 mins • Japanese with subtitles
One of the classics of world cinema
Japanese director Yasujiro Ozu’s masterpiece
is a deceptively simple tale of an older generation shunned by their children, only for the
siblings to realise the debt they owe their
parents. The perfect distillation of the concerns
that dominated much of Ozu’s work, and
digitally restored to its former glory, ‘Tokyo
Story’ is a poignant rumination on the
importance of family.
Special Screening: Sat 6 Mar
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New Cinema Releases
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The Last Station [15]
Late Autumn [PG]
UK, Russia, Germany 2009 • 113 mins
Japan 1960 • 129 mins • Japanese with subtitles
An engrossing period drama
‘The Last Station’ details the turbulent final days
of Leo Tolstoy’s (Christopher Plummer, ‘The
Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus’) life. Although the
writer adores his wife, Countess Sofya (Helen
Mirren, ‘The Queen’), he is conflicted by the demands of the scheming Vladimir Chertkov (Paul
Giamatti, ‘Cold Souls’), who seeks to control his
inheritance. The accomplished cast give weight
to this sumptuously designed drama.
Ozu’s late masterpiece
Tokyo widow Akiko (Setsuko Hara) worries about
her grown-up daughter Ayako (Yoko Tsukasa),
who seems determined to stay single. A series
of suitors attempt to woo both women, who have
no choice but to face up to the reality of their
situation. Yasujiro Ozu’s effortless approach
draws us into these women’s lives, resulting in
an emotionally engaging drama, leavened by
tender and often surprising humour.
From 5 Mar
Special Screening: Sat 20 Mar
Green Zone [15]
Father of My Children [Cert Tbc]
USA, UK, Spain, France 2010 • 115 mins
France, Germany 2009 • 110 mins • French with subtitles
A white-knuckle ride through downtown
Baghdad
Matt Damon and director Paul Greengrass
(‘The Bourne Supremacy’, ‘United 93’) re-team
for this taut thriller set in the chaotic early days
of the Iraqi conflict. Chief Warrant Officer Roy
Miller (Damon) is on a mission to find Saddam’s
WMD supply, but instead uncovers an elaborate
cover-up. Investigating the lies and dead ends,
he discovers that the most elusive weapon in
Iraq is the truth.
A powerful evocation of family life
Grégoire (Louis-Do de Lencquesaing) is a film
producer whose pressures from work and home
prove increasingly hard to deal with. Balancing
a successful professional career with a full
and happy private life is a familiar challenge
for most. Director Mia Hansen-Løve takes this
commonplace dilemma and turns it into a loving
but bittersweet portrait of a family whose world
comes apart under these conflicting strains.
From 26 Mar
From 12 Mar
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo [18]
Exit Through The Gift Shop [Cert Tbc]
Sweden, Denmark, Germany 2009 • 153 mins • Swedish
UK 2010 • 87 mins
with subtitles
A Portrait of an Artist
The story of how an eccentric French shopkeeper turned documentary maker attempted
to locate and befriend Banksy, the internationally renowned graffiti artist, only for him to fail
with spectacular results. It features exclusive
footage of the artist, whose street art has featured on walls from London and post-hurricane
New Orleans to the Palestinian segregation
wall in the West Bank.
A riveting adaptation of Stieg Larsson’s novel
In the first screen instalment of the best-selling
‘Millenium’ trilogy, journalist Mikael Blomkvist
(Michael Nyqvist) is hired to investigate a
powerful family’s past. Assisted by the feisty,
tough computer hacker, Lisbeth Salander
(Noomi Rapace), Blomkvist uncovers a secret
that places his life in danger. An impressive
adaptation that will appeal to fans of the book
and the thriller genre.
From 26 Mar
From 12 Mar
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New Cinema Releases
Letter from An Unknown Woman [U]
USA 1948 • 87 mins
One of cinema’s great melodramas returns
Set in Vienna at the turn of the century, ‘Letter
from An Unknown Woman’ is one of Max
Ophüls’ (‘La Ronde’) crowning achievements.
Joan Fontaine gives a moving performance as
a young woman who falls for a handsome
concert pianist (Louis Jourdan). Written by
Howard Koch, who co-wrote ‘Casablanca’, the
film is a sensitive evocation of unrequited love.
This wonderful new cinema is available
for private hires, for:
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Private and corporate screenings
Parties
Product launches
Student show reels
Cast and crew screenings
We have three state of the art screening
rooms, all available for hire:
Special Screening: Sat 27 Mar
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Psycho [15]
USA 1960 • 109 mins
Hitchcock’s classic digitally restored
After fifty years, Alfred Hitchcock’s thriller still
shocks. When Marion Crane (Janet Leigh)
absconds from Phoenix with her boss’s money,
little does she realise that the deserted motel
she has booked into is the worst place to spend
the night. Based on Robert Bloch’s novel, with
a stunning score by Bernard Hermann and
that shower scene, ‘Psycho’ remains one of
cinema’s greatest heart-stoppers.
From 2 Apr
Double Take [Cert Tbc]
Belgium, Germany, Netherlands 2009 • 80 mins
A timely satire of modern life
‘Double Take’ targets the rise of “fear as a
commodity” in a sly and visually arresting satire
that incorporates archive footage of an array of
figures, from Alfred Hitchcock to Richard Nixon.
Director Johan Grimonprez traces society’s
relentless assault on the home, from moving
images’ inception to the present day, in a film
that is as unnerving as it is entertaining.
From 2 Apr
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Red Room has 103 seats
Blue Room has 90 seats
Green Room has 70 seats
This unique venue has modern digital
and 3D projection facilities courtesy of
BARCO projectors and Munro Acoustics
sound systems, and also satellite
connection for cinecasting.
Wimbledon
You too can take advantage of these top quality
technical facilities, fully licensed bar and screen
rooms with luxury seating.
Curzon cinemas also have five other unique
London venues available fro private hire, offering
a range of inspirational spaces for your event.
From Curzon Soho situated at the heart of
London’s film industry, to Bloomsbury’s most
celebrated art house cinema The Renoir, from
the palatial Grade II listed premiere venue of
Curzon Mayfair, to the Chelsea Cinema on
the stylish Kings Road, and not forgetting the
picturesque Curzon Richmond on the banks
of The Thames – we have a venue to suit you.
Visit hmvcurzon.com
Email your requirements to [email protected]
or call us on 0207 438 9569
New Cinema Releases
Book online now at hmvcurzon.com
Kick-Ass [Cert Tbc]
Lourdes [Cert Tbc]
USA 2010 • Tbc mins
Austria, France, Germany 2009 • 99 mins • French with subtitles
A new kind of hero…
‘Kick Ass’ is Mathew Vaughn’s (‘Layer Cake’)
kinetic adaptation of Mark Millar’s violent comic
tale of wannabe superheroes. Donning a mask
and a painted baseball bat, Aaron Johnson
(‘Nowhere Boy’) aims to fight crime – and win
the heart of Katie Deauxma (Lyndsy Fonseca) –
even though he has no super-powers. Nicolas
Cage lends heavyweight support as an ex-cop
who trains his daughter to be a lethal vigilante.
An exploration of the mysteries of faith
A winner at the Venice Film Festival, Jessica Hausner’s intriguing drama follows one
woman’s journey to the Christian shrine in the
foothills of the Pyrenees in the hope that she
will be cured of her disability. Hausner’s sensitivity as a director is matched by Sylvie Testud’s
remarkable performance, resulting in an often
intriguing and original cinematic experience.
From 16 Apr
From 2 Apr
Previews: Wed 31 Mar and Thur 1 Apr
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes [U]
Centurion [Cert Tbc]
USA 1953 • 88 mins
USA, UK 2010 • Tbc mins
Stunning digital presentation of a timeless gem
One of the great Hollywood musicals, featuring screen legends Marilyn Monroe and Jane
Russell, ‘Gentlemen Prefer Blondes’ is about
two “Little girls from Little Rock” who make their
way to Paris in search of true love, money and
diamonds. Director Howard Hawks (‘His Girl Friday’, ‘The Big Sleep’) entertains with a film that
features Monroe’s unforgettable performance
of “Diamonds Are A Girl’s Best Friend”.
The Romans are coming!
Neil Marshall (‘Doomsday’) lets rip with a fullblooded action film set during the Roman invasion of Britain in A.D. 117. Michael Fassbender
(‘Hunger’, ‘Fish Tank’) excels once again as the
sole survivor of a Pictish raid on a Roman frontier fort, who marches north with General Virilus’
(Domninc West, ‘The Wire’) and his legendary
Ninth Legion, to face a brutal foe.
From 23 Apr (Tbc)
Special Screenings: Sat 3 and Sun 4 Apr
I Am Love [15]
La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet
Italy 2009 • 120 mins • Italian with subtitles
USA 2009 • 159 mins
A sumptuous family drama from Italy
A resplendent drama that looks back to the great
works of Italian maestro Luchino Visconti, ‘I Am
Love’ details one wealthy family’s realisation that
modern life has made their world redundant.
Sumptuously shot and featuring an excellent performance by Tilda Swinton, Luca Guadagnino’s
powerful film is a reminder of how great the best
of Italian cinema can be.
Frederick Wiseman’s new masterpiece
A fascinating insight into the Paris Opera
Ballet by America’s greatest living documentary
filmmaker, Frederick Wiseman (‘Titicut Follies’).
Detailing the day-to-day activity of the organisation, from administration, technical support and
classes to the rehearsal and performance of
seven ballets, Wiseman’s engrossing and beautifully shot film shows the demanding routines
placed on all those involved in this art form.
[Cert Tbc]
From 9 Apr
From 23 Apr
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Film Events
Life During Wartime [Cert Tbc]
USA 2009 • 96 mins
Special Previews
Not all families are happy
Todd Solondz (‘Palindromes’) returns to the
dysfunctional, borderline psychotic characters
of 1998’s ‘Happiness’. Played by different actors
this time, which allows the film to stand on its
own merits, ‘Life During Wartime’ still sees
Solondz broaching taboos and featuring scenes
that shock and amuse in equal measure. It is
uncompromising filmmaking from one of American independent cinema’s most original talents.
Tickets: £10.00/£8.00 Cineastes.
With 35 free tickets available for Cineastes
(additional tickets available for purchase). To
apply for one of the 35 free tickets for these
special previews please email membership@
hmvcurzon.com with your name, membership
number and choice of film (please note: free
tickets are limited to one per member).
From 23 Apr
Director: Luca Guadagnino • Starring: Tilda Swinton, Flavio
Sunday 21 March 2.30pm
I Am Love [Cert Tbc]
I Am Love
Parenti, Edoardo Gabbriellini • Italy 2009 • 120 mins
See page 10 for synopsis.
With thanks to Metrodome.
Iron Man 2 [Cert Tbc]
Sunday 18 April (Time Tbc)
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
USA 2010 • Tbc mins
Tony Stark is back!
Robert Downey Jr. (‘Sherlock Holmes’) returns
to the role that made him a box office superstar.
Now that the world knows who Iron Man is,
Tony Stark finds himself up against a host of
lethal enemies, including Whiplash (Mickey
Rourke, ‘The Wrestler’) and Justin Hammer
(Sam Rockwell, ‘Moon’). With more intelligence
and wit than the average comic adaptation, ‘Iron
Man 2’ is set to be the year’s best blockbuster.
[Cert Tbc]
Director: Werner Herzog • Starring: Nicolas Cage, Val Kilmer,
Eva Mendes, Michael Shannon • USA 2009 • 122 mins
This new film by master filmmaker Werner
Herzog follows Terrence McDonagh, a corrupt
New Orleans Police Lieutenant addicted to
prescribed medication for back pain, who finds
himself involved with a drug dealer suspected
of murdering a family of African immigrants.
With thanks to Lionsgate.
From 30 Apr (Tbc)
Bad
Lieutenant
City of Life and Death [15]
China, Hong Kong, 2009 • 136 mins • In Mandarin with subtitles
The Story behind the Nanjing Massacre
Nanjing (formerly Nanking) was once the thriving
capital of China. That changed in 1937, when
Japanese forces invaded the city. Lu Chuan’s
film presents a powerful account of a shocking
moment in 20th century history. More a tapestry
of events than a single overarching narrative, ‘City
of Life and Death’ has come to be regarded as
the defining account of the Nanjing Massacre.
From 30 Apr
Our gift pack includes a Cineaste membership, bottle of Berry Bros. wine (red or white) and
3 hmvcurzon Snacks presented in a bespoke gift set: £60 (single membership) or £90 (joint).
Visit: hmvcurzon.com/membership or email [email protected]
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The Wolfman
The Wonder of Burton
As Tim Burton releases his adaptation of ‘Alice in
Wonderland’, Ian Haydn Smith explores the visionary
director’s previous worlds…
W
hether Tim Burton’s films are set
in the past, present or future, in
this world or the next, they are always ‘his’ worlds; a strange mixture
of innocence and menace – fairy tales on the
big screen.
Burton excels at blending the absurd,
surreal or fantastic with the everyday. For
instance, Edward Scissorhands is not the only
strange character in Burton’s 1990 film; his vision of suburbia is no less odd and, ultimately, a
great deal more threatening. Adam and Barbara
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Maitland (Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis) may
scare with their ghoulish personas in ‘Beetlejuice’, but the real horror are the out-of-towners,
who threaten the tranquil life – and death – of
the film’s pastoral idyll. Likewise, Batman, Charlie Bucket and Ichabod Crane might all seem
somewhat removed from reality, but that is only
because reality itself is a very peculiar place.
Burton credits his upbringing in
suburbia with his cinematic view of the world:
“There was a subtext of normalcy. I don’t even
know what [suburbia] means, but it’s stuck in
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my brain. It’s weird… Just a quiet, kind of floaty,
kind of semi-oppressive, blank palette that
you’re living in.”
Living close to Hollywood also nurtured an interest in film; “I don’t know what it
was, maybe the movie theatres in my immediate
surrounding neighbourhood in Burbank, but I
never saw what would be considered A-movies.”
A love of B-movies is one of the major influences on Burton’s work. As he puts it, “There’s
a roughness and a surprising nature to most
B-movies that you don’t get in classic films
– something more immediate. I never chose
those movies to leave impressions in my brain,
they just did.”
A spell as an animator at Disney,
whose outlook contrasted starkly to his own
darker view of the world, finally gave Burton
the jolt he needed to forge his own way in Hollywood. Now, with the success of so many films
behind him, he can ensure his vision reaches
the screen almost entirely intact.
Burton’s originality has attracted an
impressive roster of stars. In particular, there
is his relationship with Johnny Depp. Who plays
the Mad Hatter in their seventh collaboration
and portrays him with all the gusto that Burton
has come to expect from his leading man: “He’s
really willing to take risks that don’t have to do
with image or money. And each time is just
different and better. It’s great to find people
that you can communicate with on an almost
subconscious level.”
It seems only natural that Burton
should turn his attention to Carroll’s fabulous
tale. Those who know his work will see some
familiar themes in ‘Alice in Wonderland’. But in
choosing a mix of live action and animation, the
director is once again pushing himself to find
new ways of bringing his fertile, vivid imagination to the screen. Suffice to say, Alice’s journey
down the rabbit hole this time is likely to be a
very wild trip.
Alice In Wonderland in 3D opens 5 Mar (Tbc) at Wimbledon.
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Film Events
CineKids films for children
Doors open 10.00am. Film starts at 10.30am • Tickets: £3 Children, Adults go free*. Screenings
with Extended workshops: £5 Children, Adults go free. With every child ticket an adult can go free*
at our increasingly popular kids’ film club, special screenings for all the family, each with a creative
activity after the film.
Saturday 6 & Sunday 7 March
James And The Giant Peach [U]
Saturday 3 & Sunday 4 April
Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory [U]
USA • 1996 • 79 mins
USA • 1971 • 100mins
Celebrating the release of Tim Burton’s ‘Alice
In Wonderland’, CineKids presents this stylish
animation produced by Burton. With a workshop
dedicated to the stories of Roald Dahl.
Over indulge on fizzy lifting drink and
everlasting gobstoppers with Charlie, Willy
Wonka and the Oompa-Loompas, for this
special Easter weekend at CineKids.
Saturday 13 & Sunday 14 March
Tales Of The Riverbank [U]
Saturday 10 & Sunday 11 April
Kung-Fu Panda [PG]
UK • 2008 • 79mins
USA • 2008 • 92mins
* Please Note: It is the law that no child under 8 may be left alone in a cinema. No adult unaccompanied by a child will be
admitted to these screenings. If there are more adults per child in a group the extra adult will be charged the child ticket price.
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The Tale Of Despereaux
Three furry friends set out on a quest to save the Larger than life Po the Panda is chosen as the
riverbank from the polluting Waffle, Marmalade
Dragon Warrior despite the fact that he doesn’t
and Doughnut (WMD) factory. Voiced by Stephen know martial arts.
Fry, Steve Coogan and Jim Broadbent.
Saturday 17 & Sunday 18 April
Saturday 20 & Sunday 21 March
The Tale Of Despereaux [U]
The Black Stallion [U]
USA • 2008 • 93mins
A brave little mouse with unusually large ears
USA • 1979 • 117mins
A classic adventure about a boy who forges a
saves Princess Pea from kidnappers and proves
special friendship with a wild stallion after both
that he is a small hero with a big heart.
are tragically shipwrecked.
Saturday 24 & Sunday 25 April
Saturday 27 & Sunday 28 March
Lotte Reiniger: The Fairy Tale Films [PG]
Azur And Asmar: The Princes’ Quest [U]
Germany/UK • 1922-61 • 30mins plus extended workshop
A selection of enchanting silhouette animations
France • 2008 • 99mins • English version
French director Michel Ocelot tells the tale of
with charming narration. With a shadow puppet
two very different boys, raised like brothers, who workshop after the screening.
are reunited as rivals on their quest to free the
mythical Djinn fairy.
Film Events
Film Events
DocDays presents…
Screen Salon at
hmvcurzon
Tickets: £10.00/£8.00 Cineastes.
hmvcurzon brings you DocDays, a showcase
of thought-provoking and entertaining
documentaries.
Tickets: £11.00/£9.00 Cineastes.
The hmvcurzon Screen Salons are a series
of illustrated talks, offering a deeper insight
into some of the latest releases. Presented
by Ian Haydn Smith, Editor of the International
Film Guide.
Sunday 28 March 1.15pm
RIP: A Remix Manifesto [Cert Tbc]
Plus Introduction
Director: Brett Gaylor • Canada 2009 • 80 mins
Web activist and filmmaker Brett Gaylor
explores issues of copyright in the information
age, mashing up the media landscape of the
20th century. Featuring ‘Girl Talk’, a samplebased musician and chart-topper, Lawrence
Lessig, Gilberto Gil and Cory Doctorow.
With thanks to Mercury Media.
RIP: A Remix Manifesto
Tuesday 13 April 6.30pm
In The Land Of The Free... [Cert Tbc]
Plus Q&A with director Vadim Jean
Saturday 24 April 3.00pm
Life During Wartime
And American Independent Cinema
Todd Solondz returns to his biggest success,
1998’s ‘Happiness’, for a sequel of sorts. This
introduction will locate Solondz’s career on the
landscape of what has become known as the
American Indie.
Director: Vadim Jean • USA 2009 • 84 mins
The ongoing story of the ‘Angola 3’, who were
unjustly locked in solitary confinement in
Louisiana’s Angola State Penitentiary. The men
were convicted of the murder of a prison guard,
with neither physical evidence nor credible
eyewitnesses to prove their guilt.
With thanks to Miracle Films.
Q&As at hmvcurzon
Sunday 7 March (Time Tbc)
Alice In Wonderland
And The Cinema Of Tim Burton
Accompanying Tim Burton’s new adaptation
of Lewis Carroll’s fantastic tale, this introduction
will show how Burton has spent his career
escaping from suburbia into wonderful lands
of pure fantasy.
Alice In
Wonderland
In The Land of the Free…
Tickets: £10.00/£8.00 Cineastes.
Wednesday 3 March (Time Tbc)
Don’t Worry About Me [Cert Tbc]
Plus Q&A with Director David Morrissey
and lead actors (Tbc)
Director: David Morrissey • Starring: Helen Elizabeth,
Jamie Brough • UK 2009 • 89 mins
hmvcurzon is proud to present David
Morrissey’s debut feature in this special
one-off screening and Q&A. The film follows
Londoner David who finds himself stranded
in Liverpool for a day. When he meets Tina,
both of their worlds are changed forever.
Don’t Worry About Me / David Morrissey
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Film Events
Frederick Wiseman
Opera at hmvcurzon
March-April 2010 • Tickets: Pre-Recorded performances: £12.50/£10.00 Cineastes,
Live performances: £15.00/£12.50 Cineastes.
hmvcurzon plays host to the finest opera and ballet performances from around Europe.
Wednesday 31 March 7.00pm
Gounod’s ROMÉO ET JULIETTE from Salzburg
Festival 2008
Thursday 29 April 7.00pm
Verdi’s SIMON BOCCANEGRA, Live from
Teatro Alla Scala, Milan
Conductor: Yannick Nézet-Seguin • Production: Bartlett Sher,
Conductor: Daniel Barenboim • Production: Federico Tiezzi,
Nino Machaidze, Rolando Villazòn • 155 mins plus interval (Tbc)
Plácido Domingo, Ferruccio Furlanetto, Anja Harteros/Adriana
• French with English subtitles
Damato • 140 mins plus one interval (Tbc) • Italian with English
This highly regarded opera has four beautiful
duets for the title couple, played by leading
tenor Rolando Villazón and the young Georgian
soprano Nino Machaizde.
subtitles
Thursday 8 April 7.00pm
Tchaikovsky’s SWAN LAKE at the Mariinsky
Theatre (formerly The Kirov Ballet)
Conductor: Valery Gergiev • Production: Ulyana Lopatkina,
Upcoming Operas
Wednesday 26 May 7.00pm
Wagner’s DAS RHEINGOLD, Live from Teatro
Alla Scala, Milan
Danila Korsuntsey, Ilya Kuzne • 129 mins plus interval (Tbc)
Conductor: Daniel Barenboim • Production: Guy Cassiers,
This breathtaking production tells the famous
story of Odette, who is turned into a swan by
an evil sorcerer’s curse.
René Pape • 130 mins, one interval
Wednesday 21 April 7.00pm
Mozart’s DIE ENTFÜHRUNG AUS DEM SERAIL
Live from Gran Teatre Del Liceu, Barcelona
Conductor: Ivor Bolton • Production: Christof Loy, Diana
Plácido Domingo, a star tenor for 50 years,
transforms himself into a baritone for his role
in this moving story of love and politics.
Thursday 1 July 7.00pm
Tchaikovsky’s PIKOVAYA DAMA (The Queen
Of Spades) Live from Gran Teatre Del Liceu,
Barcelona
Conductor: Michael Boder • Production: Gilbert Deflo, Emily
Magee, Ben Heppner • 225 mins plus 2 intervals
Damrau, Olga Peretyatko • 234 mins includes two intervals •
German with English subtitles
Combining liberty with eastern exoticism, this
opera follows hero Belmonte as he attempts
to rescue his beloved from the Seraglio of the
Pasha Selim.
Roméo et Juliette
Widely regarded as one of the greatest and
most influential of documentary filmmakers,
Frederick Wiseman’s career stretches back
over forty years. His latest film, ‘La Danse’, a
look at the workings of the Paris Opera Ballet,
highlights the defining aesthetics of his work:
the avoidance of leading characters in favour
of multiple subjects, the absence of narration,
and unobtrusive filming techniques. Jason
Wood spoke with the filmmaker about his film.
Jason Wood: Movement is perhaps the primary motif of
La Danse. Was this your initial impetus to make it?
Frederick Wiseman: It is perhaps repeating a cliché to say
that all movies are based on movement and I am happy to repeat
that cliché. I suppose I would not be interested in movies if I were not
fascinated with all the issues surrounding how to tell a story in movie
terms. The choreography and the skill of the dancers in realising
the ideas of the choreographer are examples of the successful
deployment of movement. The filmmaker has to then find a way of
transmitting the work of the dancers and choreographers in ways
that work on film. This is further complicated by the fact that the
choreography is already an abstraction created from the wish to
express some aspect of human emotion, thought or experience.
JW: What sort of profile did you hope to offer of one of
France’s principal cultural institutions?
FW: I hoped to offer whatever profile I discovered as a
result of spending 12 weeks with the company and 13 months editing.
I did not know what the film would say about the company until the
editing was finished. This is, I believe, true of all my films; I try hard
to avoid imposing preconceived views on the experience.
JW: Has your approach to documentary filmmaking
undergone modifications or refinements?
FW: I like to think I have learned something about filmmaking since I started in 1966, although whether I have or not is not really
for me to evaluate. In each new work I try not to repeat the mistakes
of the previous films to the extent that I am aware of them. Technology
has not really altered my approach because my work has not been influenced by developments in this regard other than the fact that many
of the films were shot in colour because the black and white film stock,
alas, was not sufficiently fast for some low light situations.
La Danse opens 23 Apr at Wimbledon.
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