Director, screenwriter and actor Giulio Base (Crack, Il banchiere anarchico, A Starry Sky Above the Roman Ghetto) will chair the Jury of Film Students which will award the VENICE CLASSICS prizes for the respective competitions for BEST RESTORED FILM and for the BEST DOCUMENTARY ABOUT CINEMA. The following is the complete line-up of the restorations in the section Venice Classics, selected for the 79th Venice Film Festival:
VENICE CLASSICS
STELLA DALLAS – PRE-OPENING EVENT
by HENRY KING (USA, 1925, 110’, B/W)
restored by: The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) / The Film Foundation
TERESA LA LADRA (TERESA THE THIEF)
by CARLO DI PALMA (Italy, 1973, 125’, colour)
restored by: Cineteca Nazionale
MES PETITES AMOUREUSES (MY LITTLE LOVES)
by JEAN EUSTACHE (France, 1974, 123’, colour)
restored by: Les Films du Losange
THE DRAUGHTSMAN’S CONTRACT
by PETER GREENAWAY (UK, 1982, 104’, colour)
restored by: BFI NATIONAL ARCHIVE
KAMIGAMI NO FUKAKI YOKUBO (PROFOUND DESIRES OF THE GODS)
by SHÔHEI IMAMURA (Japan, 1968, 173’, colour)
restored by: Nikkatsu
UCHO (THE EAR)
by KAREL KACHYNA (Czechoslovakia, 1969, 97’, B/W)
restored by: Národní Filmový Archiv / National Film Archive
BRATAN (THE LITTLE BROTHER)
by BAKHTYAR KHUDOJNAZAROV (USSR, 1991, 97’, B/W)
restored by: Veit Helmer-Filmproduktion
CAVALCADE
by FRANK LLOYD (USA, 1933, 112’, B/W)
restored by: The Film Foundation / Walt Disney Picture
THERESE AND ISABELLE
by RADLEY METZGER (France, USA, Germany, Netherlands, 1968, 119’, B/W)
restored by: NWR-Denmark / Cinema Preservation Alliance-U.S.
KAZE NO NAKA NO MENDORI (A HEN IN THE WIND)
by YASUJIRÔ OZU (Japan, 1948, 84’, B/W)
restored by: Shochiku
TEOREMA (THEOREM)
by PIER PAOLO PASOLINI (Italy, 1968, 98’, B/W)
restored by: Cineteca di Bologna
SHATRANJ KE KHILARI (THE CHESS PLAYERS)
by SATYAJIT RAY (India, 1977, 129’, colour)
restored by: The National Film Archive of India
LE CAPORAL ÉPINGLÉ (THE ELUSIVE CORPORAL)
by JEAN RENOIR (France, 1962, 107’, B/W)
restored by: StudioCanal
LA MARCIA SU ROMA (MARCH ON ROME)
by DINO RISI (Italy, 1962, 94’, B/W)
restored by: Cineteca Nazionale
LA VOGLIA MATTA (CRAZY DESIRE)
by LUCIANO SALCE (Italy, 1962, 110’, B/W)
restored by: Cineteca Nazionale
KOROSHI NO RAKUIN (BRANDED TO KILL)
by SEIJUN SUZUKI (Japan, 1967, 91’, B/W)
restored by: Nikkatsu
CANYON PASSAGE
by JACQUES TOURNEUR (USA, 1946, 92’, colour)
restored by: Universal Pictures / The Film Foundation
THE BLACK CAT
by EDGAR G. ULMER (USA, 1934, 65’, B/W)
restored by: Universal Pictures
DULI SHIDAI [A CONFUCIAN CONFUSION]
by EDWARD YANG (Taiwan, 1994, 128’, colour)
restored by: Taiwan Film and Audiovisual Institute
The Venice Classics section will also feature the presentation of a selection of documentaries about cinema and its filmmakers.
VENICE CLASSICS – DOCUMENTARIES ABOUT CINEMA
In Competition
RAGTAG
by GIUSEPPE BOCCASSINI
Germany, France, Italy / 84’
DESPERATE SOULS, DARK CITY AND THE LEGEND OF MIDNIGHT COWBOY
by NANCY BUIRSKI
USA / 101’
FRAGMENTS OF PARADISE
by K.D. DAVISON
USA / 97’
FRANCO ZEFFIRELLI, CONFORMISTA RIBELLE
by ANSELMA DELL’OLIO
Italy / 90’
JERRY SCHATZBERG, PORTRAIT PAYSAGE (JERRY SCHATZBERG, LANDSCAPE PORTRAIT)
by PIERRE FILMON
France / 61’
GODARD SEUL LE CINÉMA (GODARD CINEMA)
by CYRIL LEUTHY
France / 90’
THE GHOST OF RICHARD HARRIS
by ADRIAN SIBLEY
Irlanda, UK / 109’
BONNIE
by SIMON WALLON
USA / 90
SERGIO LEONE – L’ITALIANO CHE INVENTÒ L’AMERICA
by FRANCESCO ZIPPEL
Italy / 120’