Forum des Images
The
Forum des Images is an organization, supported by the city of Paris, whose mission is to serve as the audiovisual memory of Paris. It achieves this mandate by making the 4000 hours of film in its archives available to the moviegoing public and on December 5, the Forum will open the doors of its newly refurbished facilities in Les Halles. To celebrate its new digs, the Forum will host "portes ouvertes" next weekend - three open door days of special screenings, lectures by movie directors and music and dance performances.
The Forum kicks off its programming in its new space immediately, with a
New York film cycle starting on December 5. Highlighting the New York as a source of cinematic inspiration, this month-long festival features films in or about the city, including
Annie Hall, Manhattan, Shaft, On the Waterfront, the Seven Year Itch, Rear Window and all three Godfather movies. Director James Gray, whose movies are the most accurate portrayals of life in New York City that I know of, will be on hand to introduce his films
Little Odessa and t
he Yards. Gray will also present a master class on December 14. The New York cycle is supplemented by the Forum's regular weekly
schedule of films from the archives.