Program Notes
Program Notes: Ghosts of the Abyss (2003)
Even moviegoers who take little pleasure in the films of James Cameron may find themselves softening up to Ghosts of the Abyss, the Titanic director's documentary about exploring the famous sunken luxury liner.
Program Notes: Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986)
Students of French cinema will recognize Paul Mazursky's Down and Out in Beverly Hills as a remake of Jean Renoir’s Boudu Saved from Drowning. Both men exude an affection for their characters even as they examine their many foibles.
Program Notes: Raise the Titanic! (1980)
Raise the Titanic! begins with a montage of photos of the ocean liner under construction and setting out on her doomed voyage. After that modest nod to reality, the film quickly turns into a sort of James Bond fantasy.
Program Notes: An Unmarried Woman (1978)
Few films have a firmer grasp on a time or location than Paul Mazursky’s An Unmarried Woman (1978), a movie that captures not only the look of New York City in the late ‘70s, but the intellectual/emotional feel of the place.
Program Notes: The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964)
Margaret Brown had a colorful life before the Titanic, and a very full one after that notorious maritime disaster. But in the collective memory of popular culture she will always be the “unsinkable” Molly Brown.
