Animation Program!

Thursday, March 6 at 7:00 in Darwin 103

An evening of classic animation, including rarely shown Harry Palmer films from the early years of the last century, to Fleisher Brothers cartoons (including Popeye and Betty Boop), Tex Avery, Oscar Fischinger and Norman McLaren, and Bill Plympton. (90 min.)


ALL IN THIS TEA

Friday, March 7 at 7:00 in Warren Auditorium, Ives Hall
Sunday, March 9 at 4:00 in Warren Auditorium, Ives Hall

Filmmaker Les Blank and Tea Guru David Lee Hoffman in Person Friday night only


Join us for Tea Tasting beginning at 6:15 p.m on Friday
Co-Sponsored by Many Rivers Books and Tea in Sebastopol

“Tea importer David Lee Hoffman travels throughout China—sometimes on foot—in search of handcrafted premium teas. Directors Les Blank and Gina Leibrecht follow this adventurer as he discovers exquisite teas and attempts to overcome bureaucratic obstacles to buying tea directly from farmers. Hoffman is most interested in teas that have been handpicked and carefully dried and heated to create the fragrance, color and taste unique to each tea-maker. As he admires a cup of tea, he describes the care that went into picking each tea bud, then mourns the tea-makers who may not be around much longer. Tea experts discuss the history and tradition of tea drinking and its health benefits. After seeing this film, you'll never drink a cup of tea the same way again.” - SFIFF (2006, 70 min.)


ALICE

Thursday, March 13 at 7:00 in Darwin 103
Friday, March 14 at 7:00 in Warren Auditorium, Ives Hall
Sunday, March 16 at 4:00 in Warren Auditorium, Ives Hall

"Jan Svankmajer, the Czech master of animation has fulfilled a lifetime ambition in this personal interpretation of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland. Svankmajer's ALICE remains true to the original, but bears the stamp of Svankmajer's own distinctive style and obsessions. Using the combined techniques of animation (puppets and objects) and live action (the young girl Alice) this classic tale of childhood fantasies acquires a new and fascinating dimension." - SFIFF (1988, 84 min.) ALICE will be preceded by Ladislaw Starewicz' 1934 puppet animation film THE MASCOT (26 min.)


WILD STRAWBERRIES

Thursday, March 20 at 7:00 in Darwin 103
Friday, March 21 at 7:00 in Warren Auditorium, Ives Hall

One of Ingmar Bergman's major films, this is the widely acclaimed account of a doctor's journey through a compelling landscape of dream and memory. Traveling to receive an honorary degree, he is confronted with a series of haunting flashbacks and events that in a day's time reveals his very depths. Richly visual and startlingly dramatic, WILD STRAWBERRIES is a cinematic landmark. (1957, 90 min., in Swedish w/English subtitles)


CLOSED FOR SPRING BREAK