Tuesday, February 13, 1968
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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French Film Festival begins this evening
Surrealism, black comedy, a love triangle that works, and a psychological journey of the soul can be seen in the French Film Festival beginning tonight in Dyche Auditorium.
The Student Union Activities (SUA) Special Films Committee will present six award-winning French films representing the "new wave" in film making.
The "new wave" was the name given to a school of thought among film makers in the late 1950's. This movement involved young film makers with fast-paced ideas. The French directors who demonstrate this artistic rebellion against the standards of the form as well as the subject matter of today's films, are among such well-known directors as Truffaut, Cocteau, Demy, Godard, Bressow, and Carne.
Elliot Gage, chairman of the committee, said French films were chosen because, "French films are the most interesting, most artistic, most meaningful, and the French are consistently developing the art of the film. They are always in the forefront."
"Jules and Jim," the first in the series, is perhaps the most "new wave." It is the story of a love triangle that works; the "perfect" love story. This film, made in 1961, and directed by Francois Truffaut, won the Mar del Plata Festival Award for the best director in 1961.
"Diary of a Country Priest," directed by Robert Bressow, in 1951, is a film adaptation of the novel by the same name by Georges Bernanos. Among the awards it has won is the Grand Prix du Cinema Francais, the Venice Film Festival special award in 1951, and the Italian Film Critics award for the best
ENDS TONIGHT
Shows 7:15 & 9:15
Audrey Hepburn
“WAIT
UNTIL DARK”
STARTS WEDNESDAY!
Tommy Steele
"HAPPIEST
MILLIONAIRE"
foreign film in 1951. It will be presented Thursday.
ENDS TONIGHT!
Shows 2:39 - 7:15 - 9:15
A film made in Paris in 1845 during the German occupation, "Children of Paradise," by director Marcel Carne, is the story of actors and artists at the turn of the century, whose lives are luxurious and flamboyant. This film will be shown Monday.
"The INCIDENT"
STARTS WED.!
"HOW I WON THE WAR"
technicolor
A "black comedy" about a strip tease dancer is the subject of "Lola," a 1961 film directed by Jacques Demy. This film will be presented Feb. 22.
"Contempt," by director Jean-Luc Godard, is a film about a film. It is the story about German director, Fritz Lang, who is making the film "Ulysses." This 1963 film will be shown Feb. 26. Godard will be at KU March 10 to talk about and show another film of his.
Playwright and poet, Jean Cocteau, directed the 1949 surrealistic approach to "Beauty and the Beast." This film won the Prix Louis Delluc in 1949.
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