More International Cinema

Instructor:  Dr. Kurt F. Stone

Course Description:  Increasingly, some of the best movies that modern cinema has to offer are neither filmed – nor shown – in America.  Without film festivals and “art-house” cinemas, many fine jewels of filmic art would fly well below the radar, being virtually unknown to the great mass of moviegoers.  This course makes a small attempt at rectifying this situation by presenting – what are in Dr. Stone’s estimation – excellent films from around the world.

Six Lectures/Screenings

1.   “At Five in the Afternoon” [Iran/France, 2004]” Directed by Samira Makhmalbaf.
        The first film made in Post-Taliban Afghanistan.

2.   “The Beautiful Washing Machine [Malaysia, 2004]   Directed by James Lee.
        A critically acclaimed absurdist comedy.

3.   “12:08 East of Bucharest”  [Romania, 2002]:  Directed by Corneliu Porumbolu. 
         Winner of the 2006 Camera d’Or award.

4.   “Waiting for Messiah”  [Argentina, 2002]:  Directed by Daniel Burman.  A gently
         funny film about the Jewish community in Buenos Aires.

5.   “What Time is it There”  [Taiwan/France, 2001]:  Directed by Tsai Ming-Ling.  A rare film
        that actually expands and deepens in the memory long after the screening is over.

6.   “The Boss of it All”  [Denmark, 2006]:  Directed by Lars von Trier.  A rare Danish
        comedy about a firm that hires an actor to pose as its CEO.

Biographical Information:  Now in his seventh year with LLS, Kurt Stone  - bestselling author, lecturer, actor and rabbi – is a Hollywood native whose love of film is, in his words, “both a family legacy and inheritance.”