Giuseppe Tornatore, director of the beloved CINEMA PARADISO, turns his camera on his longtime collaborator Ennio Morricone(1928 - 2020) in a moving and comprehensive profile of the indefatigable composer. Tornatore’s documentary portrait explores the breadth of the maestro’s career, from his early Italian pop songs to the fistful of unforgettable film scores that he wrote, including THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS (Pontecorvo, 1966), ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST (Leone, 1968), and TIE ME UP! TIE ME DOWN! (Almodóvar, 1989) and hundreds of others. This examination thoughtfully captures insightful commentary from Morricone’s closest collaborators and contemporaries, featuring testimonies from artists and directors such as Bernardo Bertolucci, Marco Bellocchio, Giuliano Montaldo, Dario Argento, Clint Eastwood, Joan Baez, Quentin Tarantino, and more. ENNIO affords the master one last chance to recount his career and deconstruct the artistic process that led him to win two Academy Awards and author over 500 unforgettable soundtracks.
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Travis, a jaded detective, arrives in the remote outback town of Limbo to investigate the cold case murder of local Indigenous girl Charlotte Hayes 20 years ago. As truths about the murder begin to unfold, the detective gains a new insight into the unsolved case from the victim’s fractured family, the surviving witnesses and the reclusive brother of the chief suspect. A poignant, intimate journey into the complexities of loss and the impact of the justice system on Aboriginal families in Australia.
PG-13for western violence and brief sensuality
A mysterious stranger with a harmonica joins forces with a notorious desperado to protect a beautiful widow from a ruthless assassin working for the railroad. Arguably the greatest of Ennio Morricone’s collaborations with a director, Sergio Leone’s Spaghetti Westerns remain iconic largely because of their Morricone scores. Once Upon a Time in the West captures both artists in the desert heat of their prime. So excellent and iconic is their work together that it is difficult to pick just one film. Why this one? Once Upon a Time in the West is still one of the best selling film scores today. Enough said. *stares* *plays harmonica*.
PGfor thematic material, smoking and some language.
Based on the book If It’s Not Impossible…: The Life of Sir Nicholas Winton by Barbara Winton, ONE LIFE tells the incredible, emotional true story of Nicholas ‘Nicky’ Winton (Flynn), a young London broker who visits Prague in December 1938. In a race against time, Winton convinces Trevor Chadwick (Sharp) and Doreen Warriner (Garai) of the British Committee for Refugees in Czechoslovakia to rescue hundreds of predominantly Jewish children before Nazi occupation closes the borders. Fifty years later, Nicky (Hopkins) is haunted by the fate of the children he wasn’t able to bring to safety in England. It’s not until the BBC show “That’s Life!” re-introduces him to some of those he helped rescue that he finally begins to come to terms with the guilt and grief he carried – all the while skyrocketing from anonymity to a national hero.
Rfor some language and sexual content.
Alejandro is an aspiring toy designer from El Salvador, struggling to bring his unusual ideas to life in New York City. As time on his work visa runs out, a job assisting an erratic art-world outcast becomes his only hope to stay in the country and realize his dream.
A film commissioned by the Algerian government that shows the Algerian revolution from both sides. The French foreign legion has left Vietnam in defeat and has something to prove. The Algerians are seeking independence. The two clash. The torture used by the French is contrasted with the Algerian's use of bombs in soda shops. A look at war as a nasty thing that harms and sullies everyone who participates in it. Ennio Morricone is considered to be one of the greatest collaborators in film history, with the uncanny abilities to understand the vision of each director he works with, and read the emotional core of a scene with masterful insight. Even early in Morricone’s film career, The Battle of Algiers is unforgettable and undeniable. Morricone was known for experimentation and pushing the boundaries of conventional composition, using unconventional foley sounds as representations of diegetic sound. Writer-director Gillo Pontecorvo was a revolutionary filmmaker making a drama that looked more like black and white newsreel footage of the actual Algerian War of Independence. Pontecorvo had already recorded sounds and even composed some of a musical score before Morricone was hired for the film. The two artists were made for each other, and together they achieve a soundscape that distinguishes the two sides of conflict using representative sounds from their respective cultures, giving the National Liberation Front and the French counter insurgency their own distinct battle cries.
“The smell of money”—that’s what Big Pork calls the stench of pig waste in the air in eastern North Carolina, where much of the world’s bacon and barbecue is made. But to Elsie Herring and others who live near the state’s giant pig factories, the revolting odor is a call to battle against generations of injustice. A story about the power of love for one’s family and community to triumph over even the largest forces of injustice, The Smell of Money calls upon viewers to see the people behind what's on our plates––and to join the fight for a better future for us all. Monday, APRIl 15th at at 7 PM: A 45 minute panel of environmental justice experts and an FCNCL representative will follow the 84 minute screening and discuss how you can take action to improve the negative impact of hog waste management on nearby communities---many of whom are people of color. Rania Masri is Co-Director of the North Carolina Environmental Justice Network. Sherri White-Williamson is the Director of Environmental Justice Strategy at the North Carolina Conservation Network and is the Executive Director of the Environmental Justice Community Action Network in Sampson County. This is a free event. Monday, APRIL 22nd at 7 PM: Panelist information to come. This is a free event.
NC-17for scene of strong adult sensuality with nudity.
An unbalanced but alluring former mental patient takes a porn star prisoner in the hopes of convincing her to marry him. After revolutionizing the sounds of pop music at RCA, Ennio Morricone began writing scores for films under the pseudonym Dan Silvio. He was worried his composer colleagues would think less of him for working in film. He began his iconic and decades spanning career scoring Italian comedies and thrillers. He had an ear for pop innovation and was able to make catchy, upbeat backings to move a comedy along as well as atonal, chaotic thrillers. TIE ME UP! TIE ME DOWN! is a comedy-thriller very much like the first films he worked on but it came nearly four decades later in 1989. The Almodóvar film is an excellent example of decades of experience returning to their playful and mysterious roots in creating something to make Ennio Morricone, not Dan Silvio, proud.