Imaginary architectures

Film cycle alongside the exhibition The city that never was.

 

The world of the cinema has often provided the ideal setting for the recreation of imaginary cities and architectures invented by their creators. The list of such films is a long one, leaving a multitude of fantastic urban landscapes in spectators' memories.

The six films in this cycle were selected with a view to demonstrating the extraordinary diversity of architectural spaces that film-directors of very different epochs have dreamt up. They are spaces in which the protagonists live their lives, where the most intimate of emotions and desires are unleashed.

On this occasion, we invite the public to take part in a Film Review Competition. Participants have to choose one of the six films and write a review according to the competition conditions which will be made available very soon. The jury will be made up of members of the Catalan Association of Film Crítics and Writers and the publication Dirigido por.... The winning review will be published in the magazine Dirigido por.... The winner will also receive a year's free subscription to the magazine, a free Friend of the CCCB card for a year and free admission throughout 2004 to all the sessions in the Xcentric cinema and video programme.

 

PROGRAMME

Wednesday 14 January 2004
L'Inhumaine, Marcel L'Herbier, 1924. Silent, Catalan subtitles
Live soundtrack, Cinema-Concert session

(Film restored by the Archives Françaises du Film as part of a plan to safeguard old films.)

Friday 16 January 2004
Lost Horizon, Frank Capra, 1937, Catalan subtitles

Saturday 17 January 2004 at 7 p.m.
L'Inhumaine, Marcel L'Herbier, 1924. Silent, Catalan subtitles
Live soundtrack, Cinema-Concert session

(Film restored by the Archives Françaises du Film as part of a plan to safeguard old films.)

Wednesday 21 January 2004
La vie est un roman, Alain Resnais, 1983, Catalan subtitles

Friday 23 January 2004
Satyricon, Federico Fellini, 1969, Catalan subtitles

Wednesday 28 January 2004
To the End of the World, Wim Wenders, 1991, Spanish subtitles

Friday 30 January 2004
Orlando, Sally Potter, 1992, Spanish subtitles