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International Film Series

CLC International Film Series
presented by International Education Department
--All of the films are free and are subtitled when necessary.
--All of the films have adult content and are not suitable for children
Contact Chris Cooling at 543-2623 for further information.
Email: ccooling@clcillinois.edu
The Boss of it All
(2006, Denmark)
Sep 11, 2009 at 7:00 PM

Room A162
Free Admission

If you ran an office, wouldn’t you like to blame unpopular decisions on someone else? The true owner of an IT company here does just that, inventing a fictitious “boss of it all” for just such occasions — but when a larger corporation wants to merge, the board demands to meet him, forcing a failed stage actor to put his improvisational skills to the ultimate test. Notorious provocateur and Dogma ’95 co-founder Lars von Trier (Breaking the Waves, Dogville) makes his most mainstream film to date with this comedy about corporate ethics, or the recent lack thereof. Variety calls The Boss of it All his “most sheerly enjoyable for years,” while longtime fans of von Trier’s stunts will be pleased to see the director’s on-screen introduction of a mysterious new process called “Automavision”…




Timecrimes
(Los Cronocrimenes, 2007, Spain)
Oct 23, 2009 at 7:00 PM

Room A162
Free admission

Why is there an unconscious naked woman in the forest? Is she a victim of the scissor-wielding maniac with bandages covering his head? Is either of them connected to the mysterious scientific laboratory nearby? And how will all of this affect Hector’s attempts to enjoy a quiet weekend in the country? The answers to these questions can all be found in Nacho Vigalondo’s delightful first feature, a science-fiction thriller that combines the mind-bending wit of Charlie Kaufman with the surrealist satire of his countryman Luis Bunuel. Hollywood is already planning a remake! See the original now and start predicting how they’ll ruin it… The screening will be preceded by Vigalondo’s comedic short film, Choque (2005)




Web of Passion
Nov 6, 2009 at 7:00 PM

Room A162
Free admission

Celebrate 50 Years of the French “New Wave”! In 1959, many writers at “Cahiers du Cinema” released their first films, combining homages to directors like John Ford and Howard Hawks with a playful spirit indelibly their own. While films such as Breathless and The 400 Blows made Jean-Luc Godard and Francois Truffaut famous, Claude Chabrol was acclaimed as a maker of stylish, Hitchcock-influenced thrillers. His Web of Passion features gorgeous color cinematography and New Wave icon Jean-Paul Belmondo as a drifter involved in murder and obsession at a seemingly idyllic, family-run vineyard in the countryside.

This film is being shown in conjunction with CLC’s celebration of French Week. For more information concerning French Week, please call Maria Manterola at 847.543.2291 or email her at mmanterola@clcillinois.edu.




Blind Mountain
Dec 4, 2009 at 7:00 PM

Room A162
Free Admission

According to The Hollywood Reporter, at last year's Cannes festival “massive applause broke out at the end of the first press screening of Li Yang’s extraordinary film Blind Mountain… as much for its final act as for the quality of the picture.” Li continues here his combination of gripping suspense and raw documentary authenticity developed in his acclaimed debut, Blind Shaft, (2003). The result is a devastating, ultimately cathartic saga of a college-age woman sold into slavery in contemporary rural China. Based on true events, Blind Mountain was praised by Manohla Dargis in The New York Times as “a reminder that art sometimes keeps the truth alive far better than the news.”




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