[Reader-list] Annual Long Night of Screenings at Goethe-Institut, New Delhi : 30th October 2009 , 5:00pm onwards

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Metropoles

Film
Friday, 30.10.09

5 p.m. onwards
Lawns/ Siddhartha Hall, Goethe Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan


On 30 October Goethe-Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan continues its 
tradition of the annual Long Night of Cinema. This time the films will 
be about metropolitan life, about love and survival in various European 
cities such as Berlin, Paris, Istanbul and Helsinki. Be prepared for 
some entertaining, poetic, dramatic and surprising aspects of cities 
that you may (never) have seen on screen before.


Paris, je t'aime (2006), diverse, 5:00 pm, Duration: 120 mins
In "Paris, je t'aime," celebrated directors from around the world have 
come together to portray Paris in a way never before imagined. Made by 
a team of contributors as cosmopolitan as the city itself, this 
portrait of the city is as diverse as its creators' backgrounds and 
nationalities. With each director telling the story of an unusual 
encounter in one of the city's neighbourhoods, the vignettes go beyond 
the "postcard" view of Paris to portray aspects of the city rarely seen 
on the big screen.


Der Himmel über Berlin / Wings of desire (1987), Wim Wenders, 7:15 pm, 
Duration: 127 mins
Told from an angel's point of view, Wings of Desire is shot in black 
and white, blossoming into colour only when the angels perceive the 
realities of humankind. Damiel, the angel, finally decides that he must 
experience humanity in full, and breaks through into the real world to 
pursue a life with Marion.


Night on Earth (1991), Jim Jarmusch, 9:35 pm, Duration: 123 mins
The film is a collection of five vignettes that focus on the temporary 
bonds formed between taxi drivers and passengers in five different 
cities: Los Angeles, New York, Paris, Rome, and Helsinki. The film 
begins with a Los Angeles-based snapshot and moves from city to city as 
the clock tick away during the late hours of the night.


Crossing the Bridge, The Sound of Istandbul (2005), Fatih Akin, 11:45 
pm, Duration: 90 mins
Fatih Akin is in love with the city and is about to explore its sound. 
The film describes a western point of view, a view from a distance, of 
a foreign, tense, erotic, dangerous, tempting city. It is a search, an 
odyssey, undertaken by the protagonist to explore the musical sources, 
influences and perspectives of the city. Istanbul is burning.