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Fall 2019 Episode 10: Dealing with Death (and Dying)

By | Event, Podcast

It was Halloween week at IC, and on this week’s podcast, Marie-Laure Oscarson and Chip Oscarson discuss with Marc Yamada and Doug Weatherford the films from 30 October-2 November 2019 and then preview the films for 6 November-9 November.

00:57 The Farewell (Lulu Wang, Mandarin/English, 2019)
06:10 A Tale of Two Sisters (Kee-woon Kim, Korean, 2003) with Marc Yamada (IC co-director)
10:47 Meeting Gorbachev (Werner Herzog & André Singer, German/Russian, Polish, English, 2018)
14:12 Macario (Roberto Gavaldón, Spanish, 1960) with Doug Weatherford (Spanish and Portuguese)

Previews:
27:58 Introducing the films about the Berlin Wall
29:49 Balloon (Michael Herbig, German, 2018)
31:05 Wings of Desire (Wim Wenders, German, 1987)
34:31 Good Bye Lenin! (Wolfgang Becker, German, 2003)
37:41 Midnight Traveler (Hassan Fazili, Dari, 2019)

Special Post-Screening Discussion with filmmaker Emelie Mahdavian

By | Lectures

Special guest Emelie Mahdavian is coming to International Cinema Wednesday 6 November to discuss her work on the remarkable film, Midnight Traveler in a post-screening discussion following the 5pm screening of the film. (Discussion to start immediately after the film about 6:30pm.)

This event is co-sponsored by the Peery Film Festival/Ballard Center. Tickets are free, but should be reserved here.

Emelie is a filmmaker whose work often looks at women’s experience. She produced, wrote, and edited Midnight Traveler, which won a Special Jury Prize at Sundance 2019 and is nominated for a Gotham Award for Best Documentary. Emelie studied filmmaking at London Film School, and has a Ph.D. from the University of California, Davis. She is currently Producer in Residence in the Film and Media Arts at the University of Utah.

Fall 2019 Episode 9: Finding Yourself in a Globalized World

By | Event, Podcast

“From the Booth” Fall 2019, episode 9 in which IC co-directors Marc Yamada and Chip Oscarson discuss the films from 23-26 October including:

02:21 29:53 Ash is Purest White (Zhangke Jia, Mandarin, 2018)
09:35 The Lunchbox (Ritesh Batra, Hindi/English, 2013)
15:23 Manta Ray (Phuttiphong Aroonpheng, Thai, 2018)
20:14 Gaza (Garry Keane and Andrew McConnell, Arabic, 2019)

Previews:
25:01 A Tale of Two Sisters (Kee-woon Kim, Korean, 2003)
26:45 Macario (Roberto Gavaldón, Spanish, 1960)
29:14 The Farewell (Lulu Wang, Mandarin/English, 2019)
31:40 Meeting Gorbachev (Werner Herzog & André Singer, German/Russian, Polish, English, 2018)

Special Guest: Astrid Tuminez (UVU President) at IC

By | Lectures

International Cinema welcome UVU president Dr. Astrid Tuminez to lead a post-screening discussion of the Werner Herzog documentary Meeting Gorbachev this Wednesday (October 30) at 6.30pm immediately following the 5pm screening of the film. Dr. Tuminez graduated summa cum laude from BYU in 1986 with a bachelor’s degree in international relations and Russian literature. She earned a master’s degree from Harvard University in Soviet Studies (1988) and a Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in political science (1996). Her post-screening discussion will be informed by years of work in the former Soviet Union including her interactions with former Soviet leaders.

Fall 2019 Episode 8: The Eyes of Another

By | Event, Podcast

This week Marc Yamada and Chip Oscarson (IC co-directors) discuss Kurosawa’s noir film High and Low as well as films that each in their own way invite the spectator to consider other perspectives. This episode includes and special discussion of Embrace of the Serpent with Prof. Rex Nielson (Spanish & Portuguese). Here are the time codes for the episode:

01:10 High and Low (Akira Kurosawa, Japanese, 1963)
07:56 The Other Story (Avi Nesher, Hebrew/Arabic, 2018)
11:22 Human Flow (Weiwei Ai, Eng./numerous lang., 2017)
14:41 Embrace of the Serpent (Ciro Guerra, Spanish/German/Various S. American langs., 2015)

Previews:
29:53 Ash is Purest White (Zhangke Jia, Mandarin, 2018)
32:17 The Lunchbox (Ritesh Batra, Hindi/English, 2013)
35:07 Manta Ray (Phuttiphong Aroonpheng, Thai, 2018)
36:54 Gaza (Garry Keane and Andrew McConnell, Arabic, 2019)

Fall 2019 Episode 7: Memories of War

By | Event, Podcast

On this week’s episode, IC co-directors Chip Oscarson and Marc Yamada discuss the films of Oct. 9-12 that all explored the challenges of dealing with the lasting memories of war. They then preview the films for Oct. 16-19.

Analysis:
1:46 Wings (Larisa Shepitko, Russian, 1966)
04:48 The Load (Ognjen Glavonic, Serbian, 2018)
09:03 The Unknown Soldier (Aku Louhimies, Finnish, 2017)
13:41 They shall not grow old (Peter Jackson, English, 2018)

Previews:
18:44 Embrace of the Serpent (Ciro Guerra, Spanish/German/Various S. American langs., 2015)
22:57 High and Low (Akira Kurosawa, Japanese, 1963)
25:22 The Other Story (Avi Nesher, Hebrew/Arabic, 2018)
27:42 Human Flow (Weiwei Ai, Eng./numerous lang., 2017)