Stella @ Sixth & I Synagogue (+ Afterparty with a "Wet Hot American Summer Screening")Film Screening: July Rain/Courier @ National Gallery of Art
by Svetlana 
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| July 11, 2008 | ||
| 2:30 pm |
free
part of the “Mos Film Series”
details here:
http://www.nga.gov/programs/film/envisioning_russia.shtm
July Rain
also Courier
July 11 at 2:30PM
East Building Concourse, Large Auditorium
A compelling picture of Moscow in the 1960s, July Rain’s period feel is enhanced by the soundtrack featuring the music of Russian bard Yuri Vizbor (Vizbor also plays a key role). “A kind of Soviet Masculin feminin. . . like the French New Wave, the Soviet cinema delivered a bold mix of documentary and fiction, making it an invaluable record of its moment.”—Richard Pena. (Marlen Khutsiyev, 1966, 35 mm, Russian with subtitles, 106 minutes)
Adapted from a novel by Karen Shakhnazarov (the current head of Mosfilm), Courier was one of the first films to examine daily life during the perestroika period. As a teenager, young Ivan fails his entrance exams for the higher education institute, lands a job as an office courier, meets Katya, and envisions a completely different future. “Perhaps the most surprising thing about this fine film is how little it has dated.”—James van Maanen. (Karen Shakhnazarov, 1986, 35 mm, Russian with subtitles, 88 minutes)
