Two con men try to settle their rivalry by betting on who can swindle a young American heiress out of $50,000 first. This week we see Michael Caine, mid-career at the age of 58, playing Lawrence Jamieson.
Lawrence Jamieson: Do you ever have a single thought that originates from above the waist?
Freddy Benson: No!
This week we will look at a young Michael Caine in “Alfie” – A 1966 English comedy about a beloved womanizer who gradually begins to understand the consequences of his lifestyle. Also starring Shelly Winters and Millicent Martin.
From its inception, CINEMATIKI’s mission has been to celebrate the art
of cinema. Each one of us attends these weekly gatherings with distinct
expectations. CINEMATIKI MAUI provides a forum—20 to 50 viewers
every week, in which each one of the viewers catches different meanings,
images, and impressions from the same film. Afterwards, during our
commentaries and discussion time, each viewer has the possibility of sharing those impressions with the rest of the audience. This experience of shared perception is transformative. It helps us widen even more our
understanding of art, ourselves and others.
SO…HERE WE ARE …seven years and three hundred and one films later…we have just viewed Paolo Sorrentino’s “YOUTH” and are still processing the images in the empty halls of our minds, figuring out the story and understanding it’s meanings with relation to our own “youthing” and wondering, wondering, wondering…
What do you think ??
J.J.
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“The story, the actors, the locations, the music…are breathtaking and every single shot is a piece of art itself. I laughed and I cried and I would watch it over and over again. Don’t miss out on this beautiful adventure of Paolo Sorrentino.” – the review of Maren, the german intern
In this elegant and chilling story about world politics, the great Toni Servillo defies expectations playing two roles, imbuing each character with brilliant nuance and astonishing attention to detail. In the first, he personifies political failure in the role of the disgraced ideologue and party leader, Enrico Oliveri. In the second, he embodies the shrewd genius of a madman as Oliveri’s unhinged twin brother who seizes control of the nation amidst the void of his brother’s disappearance.
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A cinematheque is a typically small motion-picture theater that specializes in historically important, experimental, avant-garde, or art-house films. Often part of a university or private archive, a cinematheque may have only one screen, but larger ones have multiple screens. [1][2]
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“This is a staggering, panoramic, epic masterpiece. If I could only have one film on a desert island, this would be it. It is mysterious, poetic, musical, thrilling, ultimately enigmatic, and deeply spiritual. …For me, the Michelangelo who towers above [many extraordinary directors], one of the great, great artists of the twentieth century, is that unique poet of the art of pure cinema, Tarkovsky.” –André Gregory, for The Criterion Collection.
This 1960’s Soviet film is loosely based on the life of Andrei Rublev, an iconic 15th Century Russian painter, who faced challenges that many artists during this repressive regime encountered. Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky, the film features Anatoly Solonitsyn and Irma Raush.
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Queridos Cinematikeros …
Remember November 18, 2008 ??? It was a Tuesday and we were launching a film project whose idea we had kept massaging and lubricating for years…Some of you were there and Tom and I exposed you to the possibility of viewing a film and afterwards discussing the good, the great, the ugly and the bad and voicing our opinions for the rest of the audience …
who would have told us that the cinematiki would have endured for seVen (7) itching years and almost 300 films ?…
Would you say that that is ” A very long engagement ” ???…
Where you there for our first film ??
Do you remember which film it was ???
RSVP
See you at the Cinematiki and please save me the corner seat !!
J.J.
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