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Tuesday, June 3
Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar (1120 S. Lamar)
7pm, Free for AFS members, $4 General public
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It’s not always easy to see a good movie. Sure, you know they’re out there, but it’s just so much more fun to check out Don’t Mess with the Zohan, even if nobody wants to admit it. Good movies—movies that make you laugh, cry, or feel something you wouldn’t normally—that’s what the medium is all about. Everyone knows that. But somehow you just never get around to it.
Hey—it doesn’t have to be this way. There’s no need to pore over pretentious reviews or to stare at the back of two dvd covers, trying to decide which black and white subtitled film is “art” and which is just another story about a precocious little kid who teaches everyone a valuable lesson. No, it's easy to know what's a "must see" and what's a "must miss." Because the Austin Film Society has seen them all, and they know exactly which art films you should check out.
Tonight at the Alamo South Lamar, the AFS is screening Private Fears in Public Places, Alain Resnais’ acclaimed film, a collection of vignettes about six lonely strangers in modern-day Paris as they search for love. Originally written as a stageplay, the film takes a humorous but intimate look at each character, exploring the emotions and circumstances they share, sometimes without even knowing it.
Resnais definitely brings his own sense of style to the table. He is an old-school director; he’s been doing his thing since the fifties and is considered a founding member of the New Wave Movement, so there’s no doubt he knows his way around the silver screen, as his many awards prove. Private Fears in Public Places is one of his award-winning flicks, having garnered the Silver Lion at the Venice Film Festival in 2006 under its original name, Coeurs.
So head on down to the Alamo and bone up on your French. It may not be a brainless summer flick, but it will be just as fun, and you'll feel smarter for it. Besides, quality entertainment made by people who know what they’re doing better than anyone—that’s really what it’s all about, isn’t it?
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