No good reason really. Except for the fact that they are playing at Lincoln Center and that they are a peace of really good, old-school cinematography (read: film as art)—unlike anything that came out of Hollywood in the span of last 10 years (read: as long as I can remember).
It doesn’t matter if you have never heard about directors like Liviu Ciulei, Lucian Pintilie, Dan Pita, Mircea Daneliuc or Alexandru Tatos. Each film screened at the Walter Reade Theater is accompanied by a short intro from a specialist(s). The main organizer, Richard Pena, made sure to provide people ranging from film scholars to actual filmmakers who would not-so-briefly introduce the genesis and key concepts, and sometimes even answer questions after the screening.
The festival-- entitled Shining Through a Long, Dark Night and patronized by the Film Society in collaboration with the Romanian Cultural Institute in New York-- ends tonight with the screening of The Death of Mr. Lazarescu. Luckily, a brand new series of old movies hits Walter Reade Theater only two days later—1968- AN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE (April 29 – May 14) will bring back the most revolutionary year of the 20th century with newsreels, documentaries, shorts and features from all over the world (including U.S.).
http://www.filmlinc.com/wrt/onsale/romanian08/program.html
Sunday at Six /Duminica la ora 6
Lucian Pintilie, Romania, 1965; 102m
Sequences / Secvente
Alexandru Tatos, Romania, 1982; 98m
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