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The Film Forum started in the fall of 2005. It is dedicated to the discussion of films that do not only delight us in the spectacular ways cinema most naturally does but also leave us puzzled, challenged, unsettled, or even irritated. The films we show cry out for discussion and have afforded us on many Monday nights with the added pleasure of intelligent and passionate conversation.
The thematic arrangement of our programs serves merely to highlight the ability of the art of cinema to address ideas, reason, and judgment while revealing their roots in perception, fantasy, and emotion. Our themes, therefore, (such as 'war', 'dream', ‘freedom’ and currently 'crisis') do not mean to limit our discussions, but rather signal that films are also part of the history of ideas that frame our existence as human beings.
This forum connects the members of the Princeton public inside and outside of the university and a core audience has gradually shaped up from the regularly participating students, professors, and other Princetonians. The Film Forum provides a great opportunity to witness the intellectual talent of Princeton in action and, moreover, to engage with it.
Every Monday night of the academic season, the audience of the Film Forum sits together forging and re-forging its own cinematic canon. We carefully reconsider many canonical pieces and also put some lesser known or new films to the test. The films we show tend to be the kind that are, in a certain sense, not seen until they are viewed at a second time or several times, yet also provide a great experience at first viewing.
Theme for Fall 2009: CRISIS
Rocky Theater - 7:30 pm
September 21, 2009
Pedro Almodovar: Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988)September 28, 2009
Akira Kurosawa: Kagemusha (1980)October 5, 2009
Michelangelo Antonioni: The Passenger (1975)October 12, 2009
Andrei Zvyagintsev: The Return (2003)October 19, 2009
Michael Haneke: Cashe (2005)October 26, 2009
Walter Salles: Central Station (1998)November 9, 2009
Louis Bunuel: The Forgotten and the Young and the Damned (1959)November 16, 2009
Michael Haneke: Unknown Code (2000)November 23, 2009
Michelangelo Antonioni: Eclipse (1962)November 30, 2009
Jean Renoir: The Rules of the Game (1939)December 7, 2009
Lars von Trier: The Boss of It All (2006)December 14, 2009
Werner Herzog: Even Dwarfs Started Small (1970)
The events are made possible by the generous gift of Bert G. Kerstetter '66, cosponsored by the University Center for Human Values, and the Office of the Dean of Faculty.
For more information on the forum and past years’ films, please visit the forum website, http://www.princeton.edu/~filmart