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Events at the Aero Theatre in Santa Monica

GODFATHER OF CINEMATOGRAPHY: GORDON WILLIS REMEMBERED
Double Feature!
THE PURPLE ROSE OF CAIRO / PENNIES FROM HEAVEN
Thu, Jul 24, 2014 • 7:30pm

Woody Allen's bittersweet comic fantasy THE PURPLE ROSE OF CAIRO is followed by Steve Martin and Bernadette Peters in melancholic musical PENNIES FROM HEAVEN, which earned Gordon Willis a National Society of Film Critics award for Best Cinematography.


GODFATHER OF CINEMATOGRAPHY: GORDON WILLIS REMEMBERED
Double Feature! Introduction by Cinematographer John Bailey, ASC!
ALL THE PRESIDENT’S MEN / KLUTE
Fri, Jul 25, 2014 • 7:30pm

Gordon Willis' 1970s arrival in Hollywood coincided with that of a new generation of directors, and the cinematographer soon became a favorite of filmmaker Alan J. Pakula. Catch a Willis-Pakula double feature of Watergate saga ALL THE PRESIDENT’S MEN and Donald Sutherland-Jane Fonda thriller KLUTE.


GODFATHER OF CINEMATOGRAPHY: GORDON WILLIS REMEMBERED
THE GODFATHER
Sat, Jul 26, 2014 • 7:30pm

Al Pacino, James Caan, Diane Keaton, Talia Shire, Robert Duvall and Marlon Brando star in Francis Ford Coppola's classic, which is revolutionary in so many ways - not the least of them being Gordon Willis’ shadow-soaked cinematography.


GODFATHER OF CINEMATOGRAPHY: GORDON WILLIS REMEMBERED
40th Anniversary!
THE GODFATHER: PART II
Sun, Jul 27, 2014 • 7:30pm

An epic work of art and one of the most entertaining crime movies ever made, a 40th anniversary screening of THE GODFATHER: PART II continues our series tribute to cinematographer Gordon Willis.


GODFATHER OF CINEMATOGRAPHY: GORDON WILLIS REMEMBERED
Woody Allen Double Feature! Introduction by Cinematographer Richard Crudo, ASC!
BROADWAY DANNY ROSE / ZELIG
Wed, Jul 30, 2014 • 7:30pm

Cinematographer Richard Crudo, president of the ASC, will introduce the Woody Allen comedy BROADWAY DANNY ROSE - a film he worked on with Gordon Willis, whose B&W imagery lends a nostalgic glow. It's followed by mockumentary ZELIG, which earned Willis an Oscar nomination and stars Allen as the titular human chameleon.


THE TRIP TO ITALY
Thu, Jul 31, 2014 • 7:30pm

Director Michael Winterbottom's THE TRIP TO ITALY will screen at a private sneak preview for Members of the Cinematheque. Film critic Peter Rainer will introduce the film and sign copies of his new book Rainer on Film: Thirty Years of Film Writing in a Turbulent and Transformative Era.