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le Cinémathêque Française/Américaine/Internationale
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The movies in the Cinémathêque are from a variety of nations that may in some way relate to the other movies in each group.
There is a certain 'accumulative educational logic' in my intentional order of listing the titles.
While not entirely necessary, I am hoping that viewing these movies in the order listed may enhance your enjoyment of them.

The links on this page only go to movies that are generally available on YouTube.
Please contact me to view titles in the Cinémathêque Privé private collection.

Active links are to videos publicaly available on YouTube.
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Series 1:
By request, this first "lesson" lists some excellent movies that are not violent.
These are easy to watch and will get you started on your Cinémathêque adventure.

Clickable titles will link you to videos available on YouTube.


Second Hand Lions
(2003, Tim McCanlies, USA) Michael Caine, Robert Duvall

La Cage aux Folles
(1978, Édouard Molinaro, France) Ugo Tognazzi, Michel Serrault

Jean de Florette and Manon des Sources
(1986, Claude Berri, France) Yves Montand, Gérard Depardieu

Who Is Killing The Great Chefs of Europe?
(1978,
Ted Kotcheff, UK) George Segal, Jacqueline Bisset

Casablanca
(1942, Michael Curtiz, USA) Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman

Woman In the Window
(1944, Fritz Lang, USA) Edward G. Robinson, Joan Bennett


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Series 2:
14 movies: Beginning the exploration of the french "nouvelle vague" and
some intro to pictures by and about women.

Les Quatre Cents Coups
(1959, François Truffaut, France) Jean-Pierre Léaud
François Truffaut's first film.

Bande à part
(1964, Jean-Luc Godard, France) Anna Karina, Sami Frey, Claude Brasseur
Responsible for my college freshman crush on Anna Karina.

Cléo de 5 à 7
(1962, Agnès Varda, France) Corinne Marchand, Antoine Bourseiller, Dominique Davray

Charade
(1963, Stanley Donen, USA) Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn, Walter Matthau
Stanley was a personal friend in Hollywood. When I was in Paris in 2010,
I was approached to play Cary Grant's role in a remake to be produced in France.

Irma la Douce
(1963, Billy Wilder, USA) Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine

84 Charing Cross Road
(1987, David Hugh Jones, UK) Anne Bancroft, Anthony Hopkins, Judi Dench

Thoroughly Modern Millie
(1967, George Roy Hill, USA) Jule Andrews, Mary Tyler Moore

Wicker Park
(2004, Paul McGuigan, USA) Josh Hartnett, Diane Kruger, Rose Byrne

The Imposters
(1998, Stanley Tucci, USA) Stanley Tucci, Oliver Platt, Isabella Rosellini, Alfred Molina, Lili Taylor
(Isabella is the daughter of Ingrid Bergman and italian director, Roberto Rosellini.)


.....Extra: 'Buñuel_Dali_Allen'
Since Woody Allen pokes fun at Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dali in "Midnight in Paris",
their experimental surreal film, "Un Chien andalou", is included.

Midnight in Paris
(2011, Woody Allen, France) Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams, Marion Cotillard, Léa Seydoux
Adrien Brody as Salvador Dali
Adrien de Van as Luis Buñuel

A party for Jean Cocteau is Gil's first destination.
Cocteau made his first film in 1925, but his most famous picture is

La Belle et la bête
(1946, Jean Cocteau, France) Jean Marais, Josette Day

Un Chien andalou
(1929, Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dali, France)

In Midnight in Paris, Gil Pender (Owen Wilson) suggests that Luis Buñuel make
a movie about a dinner party where no one is able to leave:

The Exterminating Angel
(1962, Luis Buñuel, France)


...and, while we're into time travel, I suggest...

Somewhere in Time (1980, Jeannot Szwarc, USA) Christopher Reeve, Jane Seymour, Christopher Plummer

and
Run Lola, Run
with english subtitles
(1998, Tom Tykwer, Germany) Franka Potente


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Series 3:
Exploring more noteable movies.

L'Année dernière à Marienbad
Last Year at Marienbad
(1961, Alain Resnais, France)
Delphine Seyrig, Giorgio Albertazzi, Sacha Pitoëff

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
(1946, Walt Disney, USA) Kirk Douglas


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