1 Friday
German Expressionist Prints:
Barbara Mackey Kaerwer's
Legacy opens to the public. Save
the date: lecture and reception are
October 5.
3 Sunday
production design, a gallery of
indelible female characters—
coalesce to perfection. A Spanish
box office sensation and Oscar
nominee for Best Foreign Film,
Women on the Verge of a Nervous
Breakdown introduced the rest of
the world to Almodóvar’s singularly
expressive style.
12:30 p.m. Sunday Afternoon Live
Thursday
at the Chazen: Lawrence University
faculty members Wen-Lei Gu, violin, 12:30 p.m. A docent leads a
and Catherine Kautsky, piano.
40-minute tour in the permanent
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2 p.m. A docent leads a 40-minute
tour, docent’s choice.
2 p.m. Sunday Cinematheque:
Almodóvar, Women on the
Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
(Mujeres al borde de un ataque de
nervios), Spain, 1988, 35 mm, 89
min., Spanish with English subtitles.
Directed by Pedro Almodóvar, cast:
Carmen Maura, Antonio Banderas,
Rossy de Palma. A triumph of
pop art, this exuberant screwball
comedy catapulted Pedro Almodóvar
to the forefront of world cinema.
Frequent collaborator Carmen
Maura gives the performance of her
career as a jilted actress holed up
in her posh apartment, awaiting a
phone call from her costar lover. She
is visited by a roundelay of hilarious,
similarly scorned characters, whose
companionship mostly serves to
drive each another even crazier. All
of Almodóvar’s specialities—fizzy
patter, delirious plotting, dazzling
collection.
10 Sunday
2 p.m. A docent leads a 40-minute
tour, docent’s choice.
2 p.m. Sunday Cinematheque:
Almodóvar, Matador, Spain, 1986,
35 mm, 110 min., Spanish with
English subtitles. Directed by Pedro
Almodóvar, cast: Assumpta Serna,
Antonio Banderas, Carmen Maura.
In one of his first starring roles, a
young Antonio Banderas plays a
student matador who suffers from
vertigo and faints at the sight of
blood. One such spell leads him
to confess to a series of murders
he did not commit—but the real
killers lurk close by. While still in
keeping with the taboo-busting
dark comedy of Almodóvar’s enfant
terrible origins, Matador begins the
shift towards the greater narrative
and stylistic complexity of his later
masterworks.
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12:30 p.m. A docent leads a
40-minute tour in the permanent 12:30 p.m. A docent leads a
40-minute tour in the permanent
collection; theme is “Diversity 12:30 p.m. A docent leads a
40-minute tour in the permanent
collection.
17 Sunday
2 p.m. A docent leads a 40-minute
tour, docent's choice.
2 p.m. Sunday Cinematheque:
Almodóvar I’m So Excited, Spain,
2013, 35 mm, 90 min., Spanish
with English subtitles. Directed
by Pedro Almodóvar, cast: Cecilia
Roth, Antonio de la Torre, Hugo
Silva. Having secured his reputation
as a master dramatist, Almodóvar
returned to his campy roots with
this effervescent farce. On a
transatlantic flight with a uniquely
cabaret vibe, a crew of flamboyant
flight attendants cater to a cabin
full of newlyweds, criminals, and
one virgin psychic harboring a
major premonition. Buoyant with
synchronized dance routines,
mescaline-laced cocktails, and
frequent detours into the mile-high
club, this giddy comic delight was
curiously overlooked upon its initial
release. Don’t pass it up.
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24 Sunday
Last day to view Karen LaMonte:
Floating World.
2 p.m. A docent leads a 40-minute
tour, docent's choice.
2 p.m. Sunday Cinematheque:
Almodóvar. Law of Desire (La ley
del deseo), Spain, 1987, 35 mm, 102
min., Spanish with English subtitles.
Directed by Pedro Almodóvar,
cast: Eusebio Poncela, Antonio
Banderas, Carmen Maura. A gay
love triangle forms the basis for
one of Almodóvar’s most erotically
charged films. This steamy tale of
lust and obsession begins when a
director, temporarily abandoned by
his lover, hooks up with a closeted
stalker (Antonio Banderas, young
and hunky). When it becomes clear
that none of the three can fully
possess the others, one of them
will have to be eliminated. Law of
Desire was the first film produced by
El Deseo, the company founded by
the Almodóvar brothers, achieving
a newfound creative control that is
evident in every carefully designed
frame. One of the most personal of
Almodóvar’s early works, which the
director has referred to as “the key
film of my life and career.”
collection.