Pedro Costa: Schedule of Events
Mr. Pedro Costa
2007-08 Regents' Lecturer
Schedule of Events
Department of Spanish and Portuguese
Student Sessions with Mr. Pedro Costa
Monday, March 3, 6:30pm
Spanish & Portuguese Library
5125 Dwinelle Hall, UCB
Friday March 7, 2:00pm
Spanish & Portuguese Library
142 Dwinelle Hall, UCB
Film Presentations and Public Lecture
Pacific Film Archive Theater
Location: 2575 Bancroft Way, Berkeley
Saturday, March 1, 2008
6:30 p.m.Colossal Youth
Widely acclaimed as one of the best films of 2006, this experimental docu-fiction captures life in a Cape Verdean neighborhood of Lisbon. “A work of cinematic art.”—N.Y. Times.
Sunday, March 2, 2008
3:00 p.m.The Blood
Two young boys flee through nocturnal Portugal in this shimmering tribute to ’50s noir.
Sunday, March 2, 2008
5:30 p.m.Bones
Costa’s austere portrait of Lisbon’s junkies, schemers, and dreamers. “Out-Bressons Bresson.”—Cinematheque Ontario. With short Ne change rien.
Thursday, March 6, 2008
6:00 p.m.Where Does Your Hidden Smile Lie?
This documentary on legendary filmmaking duo Straub/Huillet is “quite simply a masterpiece.”—Senses of Cinema.
Thursday, March 6, 2008
8:45 p.m.Sicilia!
Straub/Huillet’s adaptation of the notorious political novel Conversations in Sicily. “See Sicilia! And live again!”—Libération. With Costa short 6 Bagatelas.
Saturday, March 8, 2008
7:00 p.m.In Vanda’s Room
Vermeer-like, becalmed portrait of twilight Lisbon. “A standard by which to judge humanist cinema.”—Cinematheque Ontario.
Sunday, March 9, 2008
3:00 p.m. University of California, Regents’ Lecture by Pedro Costa (Admission Free!)
Costa discusses his remarkable films that mix documentary and fictional elements, focusing on his Fontaínhas trilogy.
Sunday, March 9, 2008
5:00 p.m.Down to Earth
Costa’s politicized reimagining of Tourneur’s I Walked with a Zombie. With short Tarrafal.
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