Miami Beach Cinemateque - March 2008 schedule

This week at MBC!...
WED: WMC Evening with Jesse Saunders
FRI: Greenaway's 8 1/2 Women
SAT: OSCAR® SHORTS (animation)
SUN: "Docuspain": Bars in the Memory
T H E M I A M I B E A C H C I N E M A T H E Q U E
The on-going film festival where you don't just watch films, you experience them!
512 Española Way at Plaza de España (305) 67-FILMS (673-4567) www.MBCINEMA.com




Winter Music Conference Special Event

Presented with Power of Love Productions

26 WED 8:30pm: An Evening with Jesse Saunders

The First House Music Producer, and author/director of:

House Music: The Real Story (Jesse Saunders/2007)



Featuring Jessie Saunders, Frankie Knuckles, Ron Hardy, Larry Levan, Pete

Tong, Donna Summer, Louie Armstrong, BB King, KoKo Taylor, Chuck Berry,

Chicago, Earth Wind and Fire, The Go Go’s, Blondie, Devo, B-52’s, Madonna,

The Talkning Heads, and many more!

As first seen at PLANET HOLLYWOOD Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, this visually

dynamic documentary has captured the imagination of thousands of dance music

enthusiasts. It is an adaptation of the book House Music: The Real Story, written

by the amn who created the world’s first House record (ON & ON, 1984), Jesse

Saunders. It delves into and beyond the rave culture and where it’s left those who

were rudely put out by the passing of the Rave Act by Congress. It’s a trippy,

stimulating, visual experience (similar to attending a RAVE), mixed with DJ style

that will have you dancing in your seat.

The film will be followed by Q&A WITH JESSE SAUNDERS at MBC,

and autographed copies of his new book will be available for purchase.






28 FRI 8:30pm:

“Cinema and Beyond: Peter GREENAWAY”

8 ½ Women (2000)

With John Standing, Mathew Delamere

'If every man is supposed to think of sex once every nine minutes,

what on earth does he think of in the other eight?'

In Greenaway’s homage to

Federico Fellini, John Standing plays Philip Emmenthal, a banker who has just gained

control of some pachinko parlours in Tokyo. His odd son Storey is looking after them

in Japan, while Philip resides in his mansion in Geneva. When Philip's wife dies, he

tells Storey to return to Geneva to console him. While there, Storey takes Philip to see

Fellini's 8 1/2, and it gives them both an inspiration to use their mansion as a bordello.

They go back to Japan and bring an assortment of women back to the mansion.

Just like Guido would have.

Official Selection: Cannes Film Festival

"Peter Greenaway's masterful meditation on grief, sexual indulgence and power

might just be his masterpiece... If 8 1/2 Women isn't the best film of Greenaway's

career, it ranks with anything this obsessive and utterly distinctive filmmaker

has ever done." --Andrew O’Hehir, Salon.com



And the short Greenaway film:

Dear Phone (1977)





29 SAT 8:30pm: OSCAR® SHORTS 2007!

The 2007 Academy Award nominated and winning

ANIMATED short films:

Miami Premieres!




Madame Tutli-Putli

I Met The Walrus (Canada, Oscar Nominee: Josh Raskin)
5 minutes, English, 2D Animation, Documentary
In 1969, fourteen-year-old Jerry Levitan snuck into John Lennon's hotel room with

his tape recorder and persuaded him to do an interview.
Madame Tutli-Putli

(Canada, Oscar Nominees: Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski)
17 minutes, Silent, Claymation/CGI, Drama
A timid woman boards a mysterious night train and has a series of frightening experiences.
Meme les Pigeons vont au Paradis

(Even Pigeons Go To Heaven)

(France, Oscar Nominees: Samuel Tourneux and Simon Vanesse)
9 minutes, French w/ English subtitles, CGI
A priest tries to sell an old man a machine that he promises will transport him to heaven.
My Love (Moya Lyubov) (Russia, Oscar Nominee: Alexander Petrov)
27 minutes, Russian with English subtitles, Drama
In nineteenth-century Russia, a teenage boy in search of love is drawn to two very

different women.
Peter & The Wolf

WINNER!

(UK & Poland, Oscar Nominees: Suzie Templeton and Hugh Welchman)
27 minutes, Silent, Drama
A young boy and his animal friends face a hungry wolf in Prokofiev's classic

musical piece.



(COMING: South Beach ANIMATION Film Fest

April 03-06!)



30 SUN 8pm: “DOCUSPAIN”

Award winning, provocative documentaries in Spanish,

produced with Spanish support...once a month at MBC!

Presented by MAHOU, and PRAGDA Barcelona/New York,

with support from the Embassy of Spain, the Spain Foreign Cultural Corporation,

the International Documentary Association, and Tapas y Tintos restaurant.

Bars In The Memory (Rejas en la memoria)

(Manuel Palacios/Spain/2004)




This groundbreaking documentary uncovers the forgotten history surrounding

Franco’s concentration camps and prisons created to deal with the Republican

resistance fighters from the Spanish Civil War in 1936.



Every DOCUSPAIN film will be followed by an afterparty at Tapas y Tintos,

featuring LIVE Flamenco, complimentary tapas and MAHOU beer for filmgoers!





TICKETS:

FILMS: $10 or $6 MBC Members & Students

Doors open 1/2 hour before screenings



T H E M I A M I B E A C H C I N E M A T H E Q U E

512 Española Way at Plaza de España (305) 67-FILMS (673-4567) www.MBCINEMA.com





Greenaway's 8 1/2 Women




Ordinary

movies?

NEVER!



COMING in April to MBC!...

South Beach Animation Festival (03-06)

Miami Beach Dance Festival Night at the Movies (08)

Sicilain Film Festival of Miami (09-14)

Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Festival (26-May 02)



South Beach International

Animation Festival





03 THU 8:30pm:

International and Art House Animation

(including , but not limited to, the following short films. . .)

Jingaroo (Beckett Entertainment/Australia/10:00)

What cartoons do the kids "Down Under" watch?

One Skin (Gudrun Cram-Drach/USA/10:16)

One women’s journey.

A-ha! Butterfly Rescuers (Paul Paik/Korea/4:21)

Insects living in a ending machine are force to find a new home.

Let Her See The World (India/5:00)

A protest against "Female Foeticide".

Anti Smoking (India/1:05)

Third World countries are addressing the issue of cigarette smoking.

YoYo (Boaz Zachary/Australia/3:10)

How one adventurous boy surfs the big ones in Australia.






04 FRI 8:30pm: Animation for Adults

(including , but not limited to, the following films. . .)

Father & Son (Shawn Robertson/USA/1:30)

The time honored ritual of a father teaching his son how to throw a

ball. How sweet. Or is it?

Chicken Sushi (Rich Jackson/USA/1:07)

Coming to a diner near you?

Yum Yum Treats (Matthew Feuer/USA/:30)

Man’s best friend does his best to negotiate getting the treat of his dreams.

It Could Be Worse (Zack Horn/USA/5:32)

This film is dedicated to anyone who has lost a night’s sleep with a snoozer.

Alley Cats (Derrik Dean/USA/7:22)

Ladies, a sale and a bowling alley. What could go wrong?

Nude Nule (Soule Movie/Korea/X Rated/3:00)

On a country back road one man does his best to bridge the generation gap.

Once you see this film, you will never think of Korea the same way again.






05 SAT 2-4pm:

Saturday Afternoon with the Toons

Concept Development Workshop

Attend a hands-on demonstration to learn how computer animation is created.

Have you ever had an idea for a great cartoon? Come to this workshop and learn

how to get the idea out of your head and down on paper. Once on paper your concept

is just a pencil stroke away from becoming a short film. The two-hour workshop will

allow participants to explore the relation between story and character development.
Through enjoyable and creative exercises (principles of writing, story design and

cinematography) they will develop their own story learning how to translate an idea
into an initial storyboard’s first draft.
With Diana Arrambide of the Computer Animation Department

of Miami International University of Art & Design.

$15 or $12 MBC Members






05 SAT 8pm:

Awards Night with Awards Party

categories include ‘grand master”, international, student

(including , but not limited to, the following films. . .)




Duck Amuck (Chuck Jones/USA/10:00)

One of the greatest cartoons in the Warner Bros. library from its

Golden Age of Animation is, hands down, this 1953 classic.

A Mouse’s Tale (Sam Armitage/UK/3:10)

A tale of an English mouse, his mother and a curious cat.

Monster For Sale (Simon Testro/UK/3:10)

One boy’s answer to the neighborhood bullies is to hire a Monster.

Let Her See The World (India/5:00)

A political protest against "Female Foeticide"

Hope Springs Eternal (Ron Noble/USA/7:05)

Such a loser he can’t even commit suicide without screwing up.

Sweet Robbery (Guy Bourraine Jr/USA/12:04)

A sweet old lady is home all alone when a cat burglar enters her home.

After the films meet the animators for Q&A.

Join us afterwards for the Awards Party at CAMEO

(free admission and open bar 10pm-Midnight!)






06 SUN 8pm:

Best of Ottawa Animation Film Festival

The largest of its kind in North America




The Best of Ottawa program showcases many of the outstanding films

presented in the world famous Ottawa Internnational Animation Film

Festival’s official competition. The 2007 program includes exceptional

films from Tom Brown & Daniel Gray, Aaron Augenblick, Tibor Bancozki,

and Matthew Walker. The selected films competed in six main competitions:

Feature Film, New Media, Independent Short Films, Commissioned Films,

Student Films and Animation Made for Children