UpDate - Vol. 15, No. 3, Page 4
September 14, 1995
International film festival on Sunday evenings in Smith Hall

     The University's 1995 International Film Series continues at 7:30
p.m., Sunday, Sept. 17, in Room 140 of Smith Hall, with Crumb, an
uproarious and deeply disturbing documentary about cartoonist R.
Crumb. The Philadelphia Inquirer called this 1995 U.S. film "precise,
honest and powerful."
     All of the screenings will be at the same time and place, and
they are free and open to the public. The rest of the Sunday series
includes:
     Picture Bride, to be shown on Sept. 24, is the story of a man in
1918 who toils in the sugarcane fields of Hawaii in order to afford to
send away for a Japanese bride. The film, made in the U.S. and Japan
in 1995, won the audience award at the Sundance Film Festival.
     Smoke, to be shown Oct. 1, was made in the U.S. in 1995. Wayne
Wang's observant comedy about the misfits who gather at a Brooklyn
cigar store stars William Hurt and Harvey Keitel. Film critic Roger
Ebert called it "just about perfect."
     Pather Panchali, scheduled Oct. 8, was made in India in 1955. In
this reconstruction of Satyajit Ray's first film, a boy named Apu
grows up in an impoverished Bengali village. Film critic Pauline Kael
called the film "beautiful, sometimes funny and full of love."
     Love and Human Remains, to be screened on Oct. 15, was made in
Canada in 1995. This film provides a comic, compassionate and kinky
look at a group of friends, one of whom may be a serial killer. The
New York Times called it "chilling and provocative."
     Belle de Jour, made in France in 1967, will be shown on Oct. 29.
Luis Bunuel's dark comedy, unseen for 15 years, concerns a bored
newlywed who turns to prostitution. Critic J. Hoberman called it
"cooly outrageous...a perfect film."
     The Postman, made in Italy in 1995, is scheduled on Nov. 5. This
is a bittersweet film about the exiled poet Pablo Neruda and his
postman. The Philadelphia Inquirer called it "an enchanting and moving
film about the power of friendship and the reach of words."
     Patlabor, an exciting Japanese animated videotape made in 1989,
will conclude the series on Nov. 12.
     The film series is sponsored by the UD Faculty Senate Committee
on Cultural Activities and Public Events, the University Honors
Program and the Department of English's Film Program.
     For more information, call 737-3955.