Méliès was an especially prolific innovator in the use of special effects, popularizing such techniques as substitution splices, multiple exposures, time-lapse photography.
Georges Méliès was a French illusionist and film director famous for leading many technical and narrative developments in the earliest days of cinema. TUESDAY, MA7:30 PM | ROCKY/MATHEY THEATREĬiné-Club presents, Selected Silent Films - Georges Méliès (1900s) & René Clair (1920s) (Presented in French with English Subtitles)Īfter attempting suicide, Claude is recruited for a time travel experiment, but, when the machine goes haywire, he may be trapped hurtling through his memories. T UESDAY, MA7:30 PM | ROCKY/MATHEY THEATREĬiné-Club presents, Alain Resnais' Je t'aime, je t'aime (1968) The film features some gorgeous cinematography by Ghislain Cloquet and a soundtrack by Maurice Jarre.
(Prese nted in French with English Subtitles)Ī 20 minutes long documentary that explores the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris, its priceless treasures and how humanity remembers itself. While the movie beautifully shows off the labyrinthine expanse of the Bibliothèque nationale de France – its vast collection of books, manuscripts and documents along with herculean efforts to compile and organize all of its information – the film becomes a rumination on the lengths that humanity will go to keep from forgetting. Scientists research time travel, hoping to send test subjects to different time periods "to call past and future to the rescue of the presentĬiné-Club presents, Alain Resnais' Toute la mémoire du monde (1956) An unnamed man is a prisoner in the aftermath of World War III in post-apocalyptic Paris, where survivors live underground in the Palais de Chaillot galleries.
(Presented in French with English Subtitles)Ĭhris Marker's La jetée is a landmark of science-fiction filmmaking, a 28-minute masterpiece told almost entirely in still frames. TUESDAY, FEBRU7:30 PM | ROCKY/MATHEY THEATREĬiné-Club presents, Chris Marker's La Jetée (1962) (Presented in French with English Subtitles, and followed by a discussion.) (NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC) Spring 2020 schedule: Brigitte was inducted into the XRCO Hall of Fame as a Film Pioneer in 2014.* These screenings are for STUDENTS ONLY, free of charge, and followed by a discussion. (She has small parts in such mainstream movies as Diva (1981) and Henry & June (1990).) In addition, Lahaie published an autobiography in 1987, recorded and released a pop single, and even did a successful one-woman stage show about her life and career before going on to become the hostess of her own daily talk radio show that largely centers on issues concerning sexuality and relationships. Moreover, in the early 1980's Brigitte decided to stop doing porn and made a concentrated effort to appear in more traditional mainstream films under the alias Brigitte Simonin. Lahaie went on to tackle a lead role in Fascination (1979) for Rollin. After establishing herself as a star attraction in adult fare, Brigitte played a small role in the horror picture The Grapes of Death (1978) for cult cinema director Jean Rollin. Brigitte began performing in explicit hardcore movies in 1976 just a year following the legalization of hardcore pornography in France. Lahaie moved with her sister to Paris, France in 1975 and worked in a shoe store prior to getting her first film job through a newspaper advert. Brigitte also has two brothers and a sister. Her father was a banker and her mother was an accountant. Brigitte Lahaie was born on Octoin Tourcoing, Nord, France.