FILM/SNEAK PEEK : DIRECTOR'S CUT OF `THE BIG SLEEP' UNCOVERED AT NUART.Summer is coming. That means a whole bunch of really silly popcorn movies. Rampaging dinosaurs. Musclebound mus·cle·bound or mus·cle-bound adj. Having inelastic, overdeveloped muscles that function poorly together for concerted action. action heroes. Space aliens (again). But before you send your brain on a vacation, take in a really good classic that's even better than it was 50 years ago. Starting tonight and running for five days, you can catch a rare UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX archive restoration of the director's cut director's cut n. The version of a film in which the editing process is overseen, executed, or approved by the director, usually including footage not included in the standard release. of Howard Hawks' steamy detective movie ``The Big Sleep.'' The 1945 cut of the film (a different version was released to theaters in 1946) features 18 minutes of footage missing from the 1946 version and clears up some of the entangled en·tan·gle tr.v. en·tan·gled, en·tan·gling, en·tan·gles 1. To twist together or entwine into a confusing mass; snarl. 2. To complicate; confuse. 3. To involve in or as if in a tangle. plot turns that have baffled fans for decades. Based on a Raymond Chandler Noun 1. Raymond Chandler - United States writer of detective thrillers featuring the character of Philip Marlowe (1888-1959) Chandler, Raymond Thornton Chandler novel, the film stars Humphrey Bogart as L.A. gumshoe Philip Marlowe. Lauren Bacall, who was 20 at the time, co-stars. The film plays at 5:45 and 8:45 p.m. today through Tuesday at the Nuart, 11272 Santa Monica Blvd., West Los Angeles
Boy meets boy Speaking of the 1940s ... A good screwball screw·ball n. 1. Baseball A pitched ball that curves in the direction opposite to that of a normal curve ball. 2. Slang An eccentric, impulsively whimsical, or irrational person. adj. comedy back then pitted the wits of a fast-talking Katharine Hepburn against an even faster-talking Cary Grant in a setting ripe for romance. But this is the '90s, and in this decade, humor and love comes in many arrangements. This is, after all, days after the historic ``Ellen'' coming-out episode. So it makes perfect sense that the screwball comedy ``I Think I Do'' will open Outfest '97. The film is a tale that's more Cary Grant and Jimmy Stewart than Grant and Hepburn. It will be screened July 11 at the gala first night of the 15th annual Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Film Festival. ``I Think I Do'' stars Alexis Arquette, Lauren Velez and Guillermo Diaz in a story about two college roommates who meet up five years after graduation at the Halloween wedding of two friends. There, they are introduced to a hunky hun·ky 1 n. pl. hun·kies Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a person, especially a laborer, from east-central Europe. soap star who sets the verbal - and sexual - sparks flying. The film was written and directed by Brian Sloan, a graduate of New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of University's film program. The screening will be held at the 2,000-seat Los Angeles Theatre, a 1931 downtown movie palace registered as a national landmark. It was designed by architect Charles Lee in the lavish style of Louis XIV and features a full orchestra pit. Other screenings and events will take place at the Directors Guild, 7920 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood. For more information, call (213) 951-1247. East in the West Six films from six Asian countries will highlight the 1997 Asian Film Tour tonight and Saturday at the University of Southern California The U.S. News & World Report ranked USC 27th among all universities in the United States in its 2008 ranking of "America's Best Colleges", also designating it as one of the "most selective universities" for admitting 8,634 of the almost 34,000 who applied for freshman admission . The two-night event is sponsored by the Asia Pacific Media Center at the Annenberg Center for Communications and USC's school of Cinema-Television, critical studies. The films to be screened are: ``Mahjong,'' from Taiwan. Directed by Edward Yang. Film compares fast-paced life in Taipei to the game mah-jongg. 2 p.m. Friday, Norris Theater. ``Three Friends,'' from Korea. Directed by Yim Soon Rye. Coming-of-age tale. 4:30 p.m. Friday, Norris Theater. ``In Expectation,'' from China. Directed by Zhang Ming. Love story set in small town destined des·tine tr.v. des·tined, des·tin·ing, des·tines 1. To determine beforehand; preordain: a foolish scheme destined to fail; a film destined to become a classic. 2. to be submerged by the Yangtze Gorges dam project. 7 p.m. Friday, Norris Theater. ``Sunset at Chaopraya,'' from Thailand. Directed by Euthana Mukdasanit. Love story set in Japanese occupied Thailand during World War II. 10 a.m. Saturday, George Lucas Building, Room 207. ``Tokyo Skin,'' from Japan. Directed by Yukinari Hanawa. Gen Xers rant, Japanese style. 2 p.m. Saturday, George Lucas Building, Room 207. ``Dark Night of the Soul,'' from Sri Lanka. Directed by Prasanna Vithanage. Adaptation of of Tolstoy novel ``Resurrection.'' 5 p.m. Saturday, George Lucas Building, Room 207. All films have English subtitles; all are free. For more information, call (213) 743-1939. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: Howard Hawks' 1945 film ``The Big Sleep,'' starring Lauren Bacall and Humphrey Bogart, plays today through Tuesday at the Nuart. It contains 18 minutes of footage missing from the 1946 version. |
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