Spotlight on Jan Troell

January 9 - January 17

LACMA is pleased to open this unique tribute to Swedish director Jan Troell with a preview of Everlasting Moments, his newest film. Trained as a cinematographer, Troell turned to directing in 1966—Ingmar Bergman called his first feature film, Here is Your Life, “one of the uncompromising masterpieces of Swedish film history”—and for the past forty years, Troell has continued to write, direct, photograph, and edit a string of films rooted in the culture, landscape and storytelling tradition of Sweden. The international success of the Oscar-nominated The Emigrants and its sequel The New Land led to a brief stint in Hollywood, but it has been thirty years since Americans have seen a film by this master filmmaker. With the release of Everlasting Moments, the Swedish submission for Best Foreign Language Oscar and a Golden Globes nominee for Best Foreign Language Film, the 77-year-old Troell demonstrates once again that he is still an artist at the height of his powers.

Note: Here is Your Life, The Emigrants, and The New Land will be screened in new 35mm prints courtesy of the Swedish Film Institute. We wish to thank Niklas Wiberg and Mardi de Veuve of the Consulate General of Sweden, Los Angeles for their assistance with this tribute. Everlasting Moments is courtesy IFC Films, with special thanks to Ryan Werner.

British Television Advertising Awards

January 23

Now in its thirtieth year, this compilation presents approximately one hundred British television, Internet, and cinema commercials cited for excellence  by the advertising industry’s top executives. The 2008 selection includes spots by such directors as Harmony Korine and Martin Scorsese.

Torn Curtain: The Two Germanys on Film

January 30 - February 21

This selection of sixteen films made between the end of World War II and the fall of the Berlin Wall constitutes a series of “snapshots” depicting life and filmmaking in both West and East Germany over a forty year period. Many of the films were shot on German locations, thus presenting an invaluable record of the period, and each of the four weekends is organized around a particular theme. The opening weekend presents four Trummerfilme or “rubble films”—one West German, one East German, and two American—shot immediately after the war amid the ruins of German cities. The second weekend examines both the day-to-day life of Germans living under established socialist rule in the drab Eastern sector, and the reconstruction of West Germany physically and economically. The weekend of February 13–14 showcases films by four filmmakers whose early films launched “the New German Cinema,” a cycle of hard-hitting, stylistically innovative, and internationally acclaimed films that exposed the social problems facing West Germany in the 1970s: discrimination against foreigners, an emerging police state, the trauma of an unreconciled Nazi past, and the rise of urban terrorism. The Wall as metaphor and reality is the theme of the closing weekend, consisting of two compelling spy films shot in West Berlin at the height of the cold war and two intimate portraits of German women whose lives reflect the stress of living in a culturally and politically divided nation.

Program Notes
Friday and Saturday screenings begin at 7:30 pm unless otherwise noted. There is a ten-minute intermission between features on a double bill. All programs are subject to change. Films are in 35mm unless otherwise indicated. Foreign-language films are subtitled in English. Many films are unrated and may not be appropriate for younger viewers. If a film is listed as "sold out," a standby line will form one hour before the screening. Any cancellations or seats that become available will go to people waiting in this line. Please note that there is no guarantee that everyone in the standby line will be accommodated.

The Leo S. Bing Theater is equipped with a DTS digital sound system courtesy of Universal Pictures, an SDDS digital sound system courtesy of Sony Cinema Products, and Dolby digital sound.

$5 second film only of a double-feature; no advance purchase.

$2 Tuesday matinees.
$1 Tuesday matinees, seniors (62+).

Where to Buy
Buy tickets at the museum box office (tel. 323 857-6010) or online. Many programs sell out so try to purchase in advance.

Included
Your film ticket covers both films in a double bill, except where noted, and includes entrance to the museum galleries as well.

Film Department
Tel. 323 857-6177
Ian Birnie, Director
Bernardo Rondeau, Program Coordinator
Lee Marcuse, Volunteer
Pauline Posner, Volunteer

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