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OCTOBER 2011

The Met: Live in HD

The Metropolitan Opera, New York: Live in HD for the first time in Israel, and only at the Jerusalem Cinematheque! The 2011-12 Season. Beginning October 15, nine live performances taking place at the Metropolitan will be transmitted live at the Jerusalem Cinematheque. Peter Gelb, the Met's General Manager, says that the aim of this project is to increase the number of the international audiences of the opera and to open the door for new viewers that do not necessarily know the magnificent creations this art has to offer. A new production of Donizetti's Anna Bolena opens the Met season, Saturday October 15. 

     

Time in Cinema

Christian Marclay's mesmerizing work The Clock, is assembled from excerpts from film and television clips in which specific times are shown or mentioned and formatted to correspond exactly to real time where ever it is presented. In August, the Israel Museum installed the middle eastern debut of The Clock. While the hours countdown and Jerusalem buzzes about Marclay's opus, the JFC salutes The Clock, with the following events and special screenings, selected to explore the important dimensions of being on Time...

     

From the 2011 Icon TLV Festival

Transfer - a sophisticated science fiction film that explores ethical and existential questions

The Singularity is Near - about Ray Kurzweil, a well renowned researcher of the future

Monsters - not your typical science fiction film

One Hundred Mornings - examines the ability of the human race to handle an extreme social situation

Previews and Premieres

Lonely Planet - A witty film testing the margins of truth and fiction

Late Bloomers - Hurt and Rossellini produce an exceptional performance

Drive - there are no clean getaways

The Law in These Parts - explores the military legal system in the Occupied Territories

Looking for Moshe Guez - a personal documentary

Wacky Film Club with Laurel and Hardy

Journey into the wild minds of Stanley Laurel and Oliver Hardy, better known as Laurel and Hardy, considered the most successful film comedy duo.