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VISUALIZING THE SACRED: ISLAM ON FILM
Since September 11, 2001, images of Islam in the mainstream American media have been virtually monolithic in their focus on terrorism and radicalism. At the same time, the on-going Danish cartoon controversy has sparked heated debate about the intersections of free speech and religious tradition, representation and tolerance.
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UNBURIED TREASURES: CLASSIC FILMS PRESERVED BY UCLA FILM & TELEVISION ARCHIVE
The feature films and shorts in this series were preserved by Robert Gitt and the staff of the UCLA Film & Television Archive over the last quarter century. They are all - if not world-famous classics - well-crafted, entertaining, and sometimes challenging pictures by reputable filmmakers.
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AN EVENING WITH WALTER MIRISCH
Legendary producer Walter Mirisch is a giant of postwar Hollywood. A witness to the collapse of the studio system, Mirisch pioneered the independent production model that took its place. His business acumen, however, was equally matched by his creative vision as Mirisch was instrumental in bringing to the screen such innovative classics as Some Like It Hot, In the Heat of the Night, The Magnificent Seven and West Side Story.
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ARCHIVE PREVIEWS
Over the course of the year, the Archive will present advanced screenings of new releases. Filmmakers and other in-person guests will be present whenever possible.
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THE PICTURE STARTS IN HEAVEN: JAMES STEWART'S CENTENNIAL
James Stewart began his acting career in 1932 with a summer stock company in Falmouth, Massachusetts before venturing west with his friend, Henry Fonda, in 1935. He signed a seven-year deal with MGM and on his first feature, Murder Man (1935), the film's star Spencer Tracy, noticing Stewart's jitters, gave him the good advice: "Just forget the camera's there."
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IMAGINING CHRIST: THREE WISE FILMS
Whether allegorical, speculative or fodder for parody, filmmakers have looked to the Christ story both for inspiration and for a leading protagonist. The three films in this small series do not cast a literal Christ (as opposed to The Greatest Story Ever Told, etc.), but rather feature Christ-figures who encounter contemporary parallels.
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The UCLA Film & Television Archive's Exhibition & Public Programs have
a new home in the state-of-the-art Billy Wilder
Theater. Made possible
by a generous gift from Audrey L. Wilder, the theater is named in honor
of Mrs. Wilder's late husband, the legendary screenwriter and director
of such classics of the American cinema as Double
Indemnity (1944), The
Lost Weekend (1945), Sunset Boulevard (1950), Ace
in the Hole (1951),
Sabrina (1954), The Seven Year Itch (1955), Some
Like It Hot (1959) and
The Apartment (1960).
The Billy Wilder Theater joins an exclusive group of theaters in the
U.S. capable of screening all major film and video formats-from variable
speed silent films and nitrate prints to the latest digital cinema. The
theater is located on the courtyard level of the Hammer Museum in the
Westwood area of Los Angeles.
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