Film programme in the Film Museum in Amsterdam
In the year of the 100th anniversary of Jules Verne’s death, the Film Museum in Amsterdam shows how filmmakers have been inspired by Verne’s works. Besides famous Hollywood productions like 20.000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954) and Master of the World (1961), the museum will show some lesser known Verne films, such as A deadly invention (Vynález zkázy, 1958) by the Czech animation filmmaker Karel Zeman, and the silent film Les enfants du capitaine Grant (1914) by Victorin Jasset. Two famous short Verne films by film pioneer Georges Méliès (1861-1938) will be shown as shorts.
On Saturday, 23 April, the Film Museum presents a special Jules Verne programme with unusual and unknown short movies that show the same fascination for technical progress as Verne displayed in his works. Modern technology and courage dominate films like Tachotypie (Max de Haas, 1935) and National Air Races at Cleveland Ohio (Emerson Yorke, 1944). This programme also includes Le rayon vert (1986), the fifth installment of the Comédies et proverbes cycle by nouvelle vague star Eric Rohmer, loosely based on the novel with the same title.
Programme:
A deadly invention
21 April, 25 April, 29 April and 3 May, at 7.30 pm.
Karel Zeman, Czechoslovakia, 1958.
With Lubor Tokos, Jana Zatloukalová, Miroslav Holub and others.
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Short: Le voyage à travers l’impossible (Georges Méliès, 1904)
Master of the World
22 April, 27 April and 1 May, at 7.30 pm.
William Witney, USA, 1961.
With William Witney, Charles Bronson, Henry Hull and others.
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Short: Le voyage dans la lune (Georges Méliès, 1902)
Le rayon vert
23 April, at 6.00 pm.
Eric Rohmer, France, 1986.
With Marie Rivière, Isabelle Rivière, Sylvie Richez and others.
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Jules Verne compilation
23 April, at 8.00 pm.
Röntgenstralen (1923), Tachotypie (Max de Haas, 1935), L’aérostable des frères Moreau (1913), Nasj vek (Artavad Pelesjan, 1983), De vliegende demonstraties op Rozenoord (1911) and National Air Races at Cleveland Ohio (Emerson Yorke, 1944).
Rocket to the Moon
23 April, at 10.00 pm.
Don Sharp, UK, 1967.
With Burl Ives, Troy Donahue, Gert Fröbe and others.
(More information on this film)
20.000 Leagues Under the Sea
24 April, 28 April, at 7.30 pm.
4 May, at 8.45 pm.
Richard Fleischer, USA, 1954.
With Kirk Douglas, James Mason, Paul Lukas and others.
(More information on this film)
Les enfants du capitaine Grant
26 April and 2 May, at 7.30 pm.
Victorin-Hippolyte Jasset and Henry Roussel, France, 1913, 66 min.
Silent movie, accompanied by live piano music.
(More information on this film)
Short: Jungle Jitters (Ub Iwerks, 1934)
Prakticalities
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From one week before the show, until 10.15 pm. Telephone: +31 20 5891400.
Reservations through BelBios: call 0900-9363 (0,45 cents per minute), and choose code 07323. Or go to www.belbios.nl.
Reserved tickets must be picked up 30 minutes before the show, at the latest.
