Thanks for the info! I'll be there!



Mark O'Bannon :-)



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From: juliedelpy@yahoogroups.com [mailto:juliedelpy@yahoogroups.com] On
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Subject: [juliedelpy] 8/1 - 8/2: Julie Delpy Tribute @ the Aero Theatre



Hello to LA-based fans! I'm passing along details about next
month's tribute to Julie in Santa Monica -- including a screening of
2 DAYS IN PARIS...

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The American Cinematheque Presents
An In-Person Tribute to Writer/Director/Actress Julie Delpy

Featuring a Sneak Preview of her Feature Directorial Debut
2 DAYS IN PARIS

August 1st - 2nd

Presented in association with The French Film & TV Office of the
French Consulate, Los Angeles

Wednesday, August 1, 2007 - Aero Theatre
7:30 PM WHITE (TRZY KOLORI: BIALY)
(1994, Miramax, 91 min.)
The second film from director Krzysztof Kieslowski's THREE COLORS
trilogy is the simplest and most entertaining entry in the cycle,
yet underneath the comedy lies some of the director's most cynical
attitudes. A luminous Julie Delpy plays Dominique, a wife who leaves
her impotent husband, sparking a series of skirmishes between the
two, in which Kieslowski expresses his theme of "equality" via its
darkest implications-in terms of revenge and getting even. The film
is both a deliciously biting sex satire and a witty portrait of
Poland in the early 1990's; in contextualizing his characters within
the failure of communism, Kieslowski argues that true equality is an
unattainable pipe dream.

Thursday, August 2, 2007 - Aero Theatre
The Thursday, August 2nd program is a 7:30 PM Double Feature. First
up is a Sneak Preview of 2 DAYS IN PARIS, (2007, Samuel Goldwyn
Films & Red Envelope Entertainment, 96 min.) A Parisian getaway
becomes anything but romantic for a highly-strung New York couple in
Julie Delpy's smart, sexy comedy about how opposites attract -- and
then slowly drive each other crazy. Marion (Delpy) is a French
photographer and Jack (Adam Goldberg) is an American interior
designer. After a less than idyllic vacation in Italy, they stop off
in Paris for two days, where Jack has to deal with a new language, a
crazily unfamiliar culture, meeting her sexually frank and
permissive family, and a bevy of flirtatious ex-boyfriends. In the
City of Lights, Jack and Marion begin to see each other in a
different, less appealing light as the cultural divide between them
grows. When Jack's suspicions finally drive him to translate
Marion's provocative text messages from an old boyfriend, he gets a
lot more information than he bargained for. Will these two days in
Paris be Jack and Marion's last days as a couple, or will they be
the beginning of a new, richer life together? Written, directed, and
edited by Delpy, it is an insightful, bitingly funny dissection of
contemporary relationships that rings true in any language.

Next on the same bill...

POLYESTER, (1981, New Line, 86 min.)
John Waters's transition from the underground to the (somewhat)
mainstream began with this off-kilter riff on Douglas Sirk, Waters'
first film in 35mm and one of his best satires on family values.
Waters regular Divine plays Francine Fishpaw, a housewife driven to
alcoholism by her philandering husband, promiscuous daughter and
foot-fetishist son. Her shot at redemption comes in the form of an
unlikely romance with Todd Tomorrow, the slick owner of an art-house
drive-in (that plays Marguerite Duras triple features!) played by ex-
teen idol Tab Hunter. Like the rest of the film, Hunter's
performance is simultaneously hilarious, original, and a bit
unsettling - under the bright suburban colors and in between the
tasteless sight (and smell) gags lies a surprisingly effective and
layered portrait of middle-class malaise.

**Discussion in between films with director/actress Julie Delpy.

Aero Theatre
1328 Montana Avenue
Santa Monica, CA
www.AmericanCinematheque.com





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