FILM/SNEAK PEEK : A DOCUMENTARY OSCAR PREVIEW.Byline: - Bob McCarthy If you're like most of us, your seat for Sunday night's Academy Awards won't be at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion is one of the halls in the Los Angeles Music Center (which is one of the three largest performing arts centers in the United States). The Music Center's other halls include the Mark Taper Forum, Ahmanson Theatre, and Walt Disney Concert Hall. . Then it's time It's Time was a successful political campaign run by the Australian Labor Party (ALP) under Gough Whitlam at the 1972 election in Australia. Campaigning on the perceived need for change after 23 years of conservative (Liberal Party of Australia) government, Labor put forward a to start thinking about upcoming film events that you can get into and experience from somewhere other than your living room couch. The Oscar nominees for best short and feature-length documentary are being honored Saturday at the 17th annual DocuDay at the Directors Guild of America in West Hollywood West Hollywood A community of southern California northeast of Beverly Hills. It is mainly residential. Population: 36,600. . The all-day program of documentary screenings and discussions with the filmmakers begins at 10 a.m. and is co-sponsored by the DGA DGA Directors Guild of America (movie directors union) DGA Délégation Générale pour l'Armement (France) DGA Directeur-Grootaandeelhouder (Dutch: Managing Director and Major Shareholder) and the International Documentary Association, which promotes the art of nonfiction filmmaking. The documentaries are ``The Farm: Angola, U.S.A.'' ``Dancemaker,'' ``The Personals: Improvisations on Romance in the Golden Years Noun 1. golden years - the time of life after retirement from active work time of life - a period of time during which a person is normally in a particular life state ,'' ``A Place in the Sun,'' ``Sunrise Over Tiananmen Square Tiananmen Square, large public square in Beijing, China, on the southern edge of the Inner or Tatar City. The square, named for its Gate of Heavenly Peace (Tiananmen), contains the monument to the heroes of the revolution, the Great Hall of the People, the museum of ,'' ``Regret to Inform,'' ``The Last Days'' and ``Lenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the Truth.'' The DGA is at 7920 Sunset Blvd. Tickets are available at the door and from Ticketmaster; $7 general admission, $5 for IDA Ida (ē`dä), city (1990 pop. 91,859), Nagano prefecture, central Honshu, Japan, on the Tenryu River. It is an agricultural market and railway junction. members, full-time students and seniors. Spike's moment The Spike Lee retrospective is wrapping up at the American Cinematheque's Egyptian in Hollywood. Lee's emergence in the 1980s not only propelled indie filmmakers but led the way for other African-American directors to create films with their own distinct voices, for example John Singleton (``Boyz N the Hood''), Carl Franklin (``Devil in a Blue Dress'') and Reginald Hudlin (``House Party''). At 7 tonight, there will be a screening of ``Mo Better Blues'' (1990), a jazz movie the way Lee wanted to make it. ``Clockers'' follows at 9:30 and examines the cycle of urban violence and terror through the eyes of a 16-year-old boy whose loyalty to the local drug lord extends to killing. Saturday's program starts at 6 p.m. with a triple-header of ``Get on the Bus,'' ``He Got Game'' and ``Freak.'' The latter is a collaboration between Lee and John Leguizamo, who adapts his one-man show about being a Latino in America for the big screen. Tickets cost $7 for general public, $5 for Cinematheque cin·e·ma·theque n. A small movie theater showing classic or avant-garde films. [French cinémathèque, blend of cinéma, cinema; see cinema, and bibliothèque, members. Call (323) 466-3456, Ext. 2 for more information. Morrissey at LACMA LACMA Los Angeles County Museum of Art LACMA Los Angeles County Medical Association LACMA Latin American and Caribbean Movers Association The films of Paul Morrissey, who is known for his association with Andy Warhol, are the subject of a retrospective ongoing at the Los Angeles County Museum Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, Calif. The original museum opened in 1913. Among its important patrons was William Randolph Hearst, whose enormous collection brought the museum major status among the country's art houses. of Art's Bing Theatre. Morrissey's ``Flesh'' and ``Heat'' - two of his best-known productions - screen at 7:30 and 10 tonight. His 3-D accomplishment ``Flesh for Frankenstein'' will screen at 7:30 and 10 p.m. Saturday. Viewer discretion is advised for his ``Frankenstein'' because of nudity and graphic violence. Saving is good Those who would rather reminisce rem·i·nisce intr.v. rem·i·nisced, rem·i·nisc·ing, rem·i·nisc·es To recollect and tell of past experiences or events. [Back-formation from reminiscence. can put together a list of films that should be preserved and send it off to the National Film Preservation Board. The panel is considering which titles to add to the 250 already in the National Film Registry. The board considers films 10 years or older that have culture, historical or aesthetic significance. The 250 films selected for the national archives since it was established in 1989 run the gamut from sentimental favorites ``Casablanca'' and ``Gone With the Wind'' to monster movies ``Frankenstein'' and ``The Bride of Frankenstein'' to the futuristic ``Blade Runner'' and the ``Flash Gordon'' serial. For a list of the registry's protected titles, go to lcweb.loc.gov/film/ on the Web, or call Steve Leggett at the Library of Congress, (202) 707-5912. Lists should be limited to 50 films of any genre. Deadline for nominations is April 16. Mail suggestions to: National Film Registry, Attention: Steve Leggett, Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Washington, D.C. 20540. CAPTION(S): photo PHOTO ``Blade Runner'' is one of the 250 titles in the National Film Registry. |
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