Thursday, September 18 / 7:30 / Campbell Hall
Volcanically funny and seriously scary. —Rolling Stone
Volcanically funny and seriously scary Populist gadfly Michael Moore (Roger & Me) applies his familiar documentary techniques and his humorous man-of-the-people persona to American gun culture in this thought-provoking Oscar-winner. (2002, 119 minutes)
Wednesday, September 24 / 7:30 / Campbell Hall
The most extraordinary film about a revolution since classic Soviet cinema. —Village Voice
Italian director Gillo Pontecorvo’s searing classic captures the 1954 guerrilla war for Algerian independence from France in a documentary-style of heart-rending immediacy, enriched by a powerful score by Ennio Morricone. (1965, 123 minutes)
Monday, September 29 / 7:30 / Campbell Hall
A portrait of America in all its diversity, absurdity and triumph. —Boston Phoenix
A charming group of eight youngsters from widely disparate backgrounds heads to the 1999 National Spelling Bee Championship in this gripping and thrilling Oscar-nominated documentary. (Jeff Blitz, 2002, 97 minutes)
Derrida
Tuesday, October 7 / 7:30 / Campbell Hall
A smart, effective portrait of one of our era’s most complex philosophers. —LA Weekly
A playful, thought-provoking, intimate and intellectual look at French theorist and philosopher Jacques Derrida, one of the most influential thinkers of the last 50 years. Directors Kirby Dick & Amy Ziering Kofman will hold a Q&A after the screening. (2002, 85 minutes)
Telluride MOUNTAINFILM on Tour
Monday, October 13 / 7:30 / Campbell Hall
Both dazzling to the eye and richly layered with ideas. —Documentary-maker Ken Burns
A three-hour program of wonder-inducing films from the premier mountain and adventure film festival in the U.S. The diverse subjects of these films—from an Edenic waterhole in Kenya to a death defying base-jumper—will enthrall and entertain.General public $12 / UCSB students & youth 18 and under $10
Wednesday, October 29 / 7:30 pm / Campbell Hall
Poignant and heartbreaking. —The New York Times
A popular Kurdish musician and his sons hunt for his missing wife, keeping up their spirits with song amidst the refugee camps of the Persian Gulf War. This socially conscious tragi-comic road movie is from the director of A Time for Drunken Horses. (Bahman Ghobadi, 2002, 97 minutes)Co-presented by the UCSB MultiCultural Center
Thursday, November 6 / 7:30 pm / Campbell Hall
The Japanese super-athletes of Marathon Monks figuratively circle the globe on foot, running up to 52 miles daily as part of their spiritual search. This film is a fascinating look at this incredible group. Herdsmen takes a classic ethnographic approach toward the daily trials and tribulations of a nomadic Kazakh family in westernmost China. (Christopher J. Hayden, 1993, 57 minutes / Chen Jianjun, 2001, 88 minutes)
Thursday, November 13 / 7:30 pm / Campbell Hall
Utterly fresh and beguiling. —Chicago Reader
A true crowd-pleaser, Whale Rider tells the gripping tale of a 12-year-old Maori girl, movingly played by Keisha Castle-Hughes, who struggles against her grandfather’s limited world view to become the leader of her people. (Niki Caro, 2002, 105 minutes)
Wednesday, November 19 / 7:30 pm / Campbell Hall
Steeped in mystery and ravishing baroque beauty. —TV Guide Online
Artist Matthew Barney’s epic Cremaster cycle concludes with this fantasia—a heady mix of gorgeous cinematography, Grand Guignol, the NY Guggenheim Museum, the Chrysler Building, Freemasonry, Celtic myth and a starring role for sculptor Richard Serra. Cremaster 3 is unforgettable. (2002, 177 minutes)General public $10 / UCSB students $8
For more information about each film,
please see our Fall Cinema 2003 News Release.
All films at 7:30 pm in UCSB Campbell Hall.
All films in original languages with English subtitles if necessary.
General public $6, UCSB students $5 unless noted otherwise.
Tickets for all films are available in advance at the Arts & Lectures Ticket Office and at the door beginning at 6:30 pm.
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