Free movie screenings in the NLR The National Library of Russia on the big screen show the masterpieces of world cinema, which is still considered the standard. Even despite the fact that many of them were taken as early as before the war, when the technology is largely inferior to modern
May 20 – On May 21
screenings program:.
20 May 17:30 Moscow Avenue. , 165/2, auditorium
program screening of the film “Great expectations” (England, 1946). A boy orphan named Pip lives by the sea in the house of her elder sister. One day he meets in the cemetery creepy convict. Yielding to his threats, he brings him home food and file to get rid of the chains. Among the critics There is a time that the scene at the cemetery at the beginning of the tape influenced the aesthetics of classic horror films, and the scene in the house of Miss Havisham inspired the creators of scenery to the reference in the film noir style “Sunset Boulevard” (1950)
Author and lecturer. – film expert SV Slivinskaya
21 May 18.30, Sadovaya str., 18, conference room
Playing the film “Silk stockings” (USA, 1957). Fun comedy about love cute Soviet funktsionerki Nina and Hollywood film producer Steve Canfield. The story begins with & hellip; betrayal of the Soviet motherland. The film is primarily interested in their musical and dance numbers performed by actress Cyd Charisse, and the legendary actor-tap-dancers Fred Astaire. By the way, the tape is a remake of the famous comedy by E. Lubitsch’s “Ninotchka” (1939) with Greta Garbo
Author and lecturer – film critic Irina Margolin
WHERE: Moscow Avenue, 165/2, assembly hall;… . Sadovaya, 18, conference room
WHEN: May 20, 17-30; 21 May 18-30