THEME EXPLORATION

opening day

10 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Cléo from 5 to 7
Cléo from 5 to 7
1962 · Agnès Varda
Beaubourg, Centre d’art et de culture Georges Pompidou
Beaubourg, Centre d’art et de culture Georges Pompidou
1977 · Roberto Rossellini
Dazed and Confused
Dazed and Confused
1993 · Richard Linklater
Death Day
Death Day
1934 · Sergei Eisenstein
Geu-hu
Geu-hu
2017 · Hong Sang-soo
Holiday for Henrietta
Holiday for Henrietta
1952 · Julien Duvivier
A Bear For Punishment
A Bear For Punishment
1951 · Chuck Jones
First May in Moscow
First May in Moscow
1923 · Dziga Vertov
Once Upon a Winter's Date
Once Upon a Winter's Date
2017 · Steven R. Monroe
Red Hill
Red Hill
2010 · Patrick Hughes
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
François Truffaut France

His film 'Day for Night' (1973) is a meta-exploration of cinema itself and the opening/premiere process, celebrating the magic of filmmaking and theatrical exhibition.

 Billy Wilder Austria-United States

His film 'Sunset Boulevard' (1950) examines the dark underbelly of Hollywood's opening night culture and the obsession with premieres and public reception.

 Giuseppe Tornatore Italy

His masterpiece 'Cinema Paradiso' (1988) centers on the opening and magical power of a cinema itself, with the projection booth as a sacred space of possibility.