¡Thank you!.
My congratulations to my favorite actress!. I'm very happy with these
month's tribute to Julie.
A kiss for her.
My regards,
Alfredo Palacios Barra


libbycookie escribió:

> 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...
>
> * * * *
>
> 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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