THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART HOSTS READINGS AND SPECIAL FILM PRESENTATIONS IN LATE NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER

Eugene O'Neill Biographers Barbara and Arthur Gelb and Cast Members Present Film Adaptation of Long Day's Journey Into Night

Publication of New Books by Producer David Puttnam and by Critic J. Hoberman Marked with Lecture and Film Program

Neapolitan Film Critic Valerio Caprara Introduces Rare Screening of Italian Musical

In late November and December, The Department of Film and Video, The Museum of Modern Art, will host the following special appearances:

On Monday, November 23, at 2:00 and 6:00, the Museum presents a film adaptation of Eugene O'Neill's play Long Day's Journey Into Night (David Wellington, 1997), based on the Stratford Festival's acclaimed Canadian stage production and featuring the original Stratford cast. O'Neill biographers Barbara and Arthur Gelb and cast members William Hutt, Martha Henry, and Tom McCamus will introduce the 6:00 screening. Organized by Joshua Siegel, Assistant Curator, Department of Film and Video, this special screening is made possible by the Stratford Festival and Rhombus Media in Ontario, and by the Canadian Consulate in New York. The MoMA presentation coincides with the Stratford Festival's engagement at City Center in New York, where it will perform Much Ado About Nothing and The Miser.

On Thursday, December 3, at 5:15, David Puttnam, former head of Columbia Pictures and award-winning producer of such films as Chariots of Fire (Hugh Hudson, 1981) and Local Hero (Bill Forsyth, 1983), reads from his new book, Movies and Money (Alfred A. Knopf, 1998), a chronicle of the birth of film and how Hollywood won the war for control of world cinema. Following the reading, Mr. Puttnam will sign copies of the book. David Puttnam was organized by Laurence Kardish, Curator, Department of Film and Video.

On Friday, December 4, to mark the publication of The Red Atlantis: Communist Culture in the Absence of Communism (Temple University Press, 1998), a new collection of essays by Village Voice film critic J. Hoberman, the Museum screens two film artifacts of the "lost" Soviet culture: Yakov Protazanov's science-fiction spectacular Aelita (1924) at 6:00, and Alexei Guerman's historical reexamination Moi drug Ivan Lapshin (My Friend Ivan Lapshin, 1982) at 8:00. Mr. Hoberman will sign copies of his book from 5:00 to 6:00 and will introduce both screenings. The Red Atlantis was organized by Jytte Jensen, Associate Curator, Department of Film and Video.

And on Tuesday, December 15, at 3:00 and 6:00, the Museum presents a rare screening of Ettore Giannini's Carosello Napoletano (Neapolitan Carousel, 1954), starring Paolo Stoppa, Giacomo Rondinella, Cielia Matania, and Sophia Loren. Filmed in Technicolor, Carosello Napoletano is a prime example of the Italian musical, exploring the soul of a city through a plot based on the lyrics of the most famous Neapolitan songs. The 6:00 screening is introduced by Neapolitan film critic Valerio Caprara. Carosello Napoletano was organized for the Museum by Antonio Monda, filmmaker and professor at New York University. This presentation is made possible through the cooperation of Cinecittą International, a division of Cinecittą Holdings S. p. A.

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