WORLD CINEMA VII FILM SERIES

When: March 19 – April 25

Where: Busan Cinematheque

The selection of films being screened this month at the Busan Cinematheque covers a lot of ground, spanning from the silent era to the contemporary American indie scene. In special focus are the works of Carl Theodor Dreyer, a silent film director who went on to make masterpieces even after the advent of sound.

Films in English or with English subtitles:

Master of the House (Carl Theodor Dreyer, 1925)*

An Andalousian Dog (Luis Bunuel, 1929) / L’Age d’Or (Luis Bunuel, 1930)*

Laura (Otto Preminger, 1944)

Black God, White Devil (Glauber Rocha, 1964)

Persona (Ingmar Bergman, 1966)

The Shooting (Monte Hellman, 1967)

Teorema (Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1968)

Numero Zero (Jean Eustache, 1971)

W.R. Mysteries of the Organism (Dusan Makavejev, 1971)

The Long Goodbye (Robert Altman, 1973)

Barton Fink (The Cohen Bros, 1991)

Gerry (Gus Van Sant, 2002)

Films Without English Subtitles:

The Passion of Joan of Arc (Carl Theodor Dreyer, 1928)*

Vampyr (Carl Theodor Dreyer, 1932)

Confessions of a Cheat (Sacha Guitry, 1936)

Day of Wrath (Carl Theodor Dreyer, 1943)

Anahatan (Josef von Sternberg, 1953)

Brother and Sister (Mikio Naruse, 1953)

Ordet (Carl Theodor Dreyer, 1955)

The Cranes Are Flying (Mikhail Kalatozov, 1957)

The Hole (Jacques Becker, 1960)

Gertrud (Carl Theodor Dreyer, 1964)

Death by Hanging (Nagisa Oshima, 1968)

*denotes silent films