DAY ELEVEN November 13, 2005
AFI and Skirball Cultural Center Get Inspired By Great Filmmakers
by Rochelle L. Levy
For David Cronenberg it is Fellini. Ed Zwick and Marshall Herskovitz cited John Huston, while Rob Reiner chose Elia Kazan.
Each month, AFI asks filmmakers, "Who inspires you?" through the on-going series, Cinema's Legacy: How Great Filmmakers Inspire Great Filmmakers. This innovative program brings contemporary filmmakers to the Skirball Cultural Center to screen work they credit with encouraging and shaping their own art. Conversations following these screenings engage audiences with an in-depth and often personal look at what inspires the creative process of making a film.
This acclaimed series has welcomed numerous notable filmmakers including Wes Craven, David Cronenberg, Andy Garcia, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Mira Nair, Rob Reiner, Jim Sheridan, Tom Tykwer and Wim Wenders. Guests have screened a wide variety of influential films including BADLANDS, REPULSION, LA DOLCE VITA, MIDNIGHT COWBOY, THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER, CHINATOWN and GROUNDHOG DAY.
Rounding out the 2005 season, the series is excited to host two prominent film artists: Alec Baldwin will screen Gus Van Sant's ELEPHANT on November 18 and Paul Haggis will screen Jean-Luc Godard's BREATHLESS on December 8.
For information on upcoming screenings, member discounts and more, please visit AFI.com.
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