Alfred Hitchcock’s spirit visited UCLA’s James Bridges Theater last Sunday night. At least it felt that way with legendary art director Henry Bumstead in attendance to speak about his work on “Vertigo,” one of four films in which he collaborated with the so-called Master of Suspense. The screening and subsequent question and answer session with […]
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UCLA Film to showcase “˜New Chinese Cinema’
There’s a lot more to Chinese cinema than kung fu and crouching tigers. The UCLA Film and Television Archive presents a two-week series, beginning Saturday at 7:30 p.m., of “New Chinese Cinema,” offering a selection of films from mainland China’s so-called Sixth Generation of filmmakers at the James Bridge Theater. And there’s not a single […]
Panel discusses the fusion of film, museums
Films are usually seen in dark theaters, but new artists want to take that experience into the museum. “Can you make the museum into a comfortable viewing space?” said Santa Monica Museum of Art curator Elsa Longhauser. “Some think it’s very inhospitable to expect people who come to museums to watch films.” UCLA film professor […]
Films to honor art direction
For anyone who’s ever wondered about a film’s art director’s job, “The Art of Hollywood” film series at UCLA’s James Bridges Theater pays tribute to one of the most underrated professions of cinema. Kicking things off tomorrow is a screening of “The Godfather: Part II,” in the James Bridges Theater at 7:30 p.m., for which […]