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ART FILM Programs
Faculty of Media Art & Design, Chiang Mai University proudly presents:
Film Space Project
The Month of Musicals

These films are shown in the lecture room on the second floor of the Media Art and Design Building, Chiang Mai University Art Museum, every Saturday at 6.30 p.m. (Admission Free)

In late 1999, the city of Taipei is bleak and chaotic as the result of an epidemic called ‘Taiwan Fever.' The government having declared a state of quarantine, a young man and his neighbor decide not to leave their apartments. Having had a plumber fix a leak in his flat, the young man discovers a hole in the floor of his apartment that allows him to spy on the female tenant immediately below. Obsessively he starts watching his neighbor's movements. As a result of the oppressiveness of the isolation he finds himself in, the young man's morale undergoes deterioration, and the hole in the floor becomes his only means of making human contact.

Regarded as one of greatest musicals in film history, Singin' in the Rain portrays the transitional period between the ‘silent' era and talking pictures. Don Lockwood is a former stuntman who becomes a successful actor. Accidentally meeting Kathy Selden, an aspirant actress, he makes use of her voice to replace Lina's, a silent film star who has trouble making the transition into talkies. However, Lina doesn't want to share any credit with Kathy and tries to both use her and keep her in the shadows. But when Lina decides to speak and sing on stage, the truth emerges.

Set in Jazz Age Chicago where crimes tend to be people's daily entertainment, Velma is a vaudeville star who murders her husband and sister after finding they're having an affair, while Roxie is an ordinary housewife wishing to be a vaudeville star who shoots her lover to death on finding out he has betrayed her. In prison, they meet Billy, a greasy lawyer who does everything for his own benefit. With the help of Billy, Roxie becomes the talk of the town overnight. Unfortunately, Roxie doesn't realize that fame isn't going to last forever. The film won Academy Awards in 2003 for both Best Picture and Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Catherine Zeta-Jones).

Awarded 2002 Golden Globes for Best Motion Picture (Musical or Comedy) and Best Original Score, the film narrates the classic love story of Christian, a young writer who comes to Paris in pursuit of career success, and Satine, a courtesan at the Moulin Rouge. As their relationship develops, the club owner inveigles for a wealthy Duke's patronage. However, the duke will play along only if Satine agrees to become his mistress. This love triangle gives rise to sundry twists and turns and no one knows Satine's fatal secret, until it leads to a tragic outcome.

ALLIANCE FRANCAISE CHIANG MAI
JULY 2007 film programme

Friday, July 6, 20h00
L'AIR DE PARIS (1954)

This is the story of a poor young man whom a former boxer (Gabin) wants to make a champion. But his wife (Arletty) won't go along with it and gets in the way...

Friday, July 13, 20h00
INDOCHINE (1992)

Indochina during the 30's. One of the largest rubber-tree plantations is owned by the French colonist Eliane, a proud but imprudent woman. She lives with her father and her native adoptive daughter Camille. At an auction Eliane gets to know the young officer Jean-Baptiste; after a short affair she refuses to see him again. But in the meantime Camille falls deeply in love with the young man, so Eliane takes the necessary steps to cause a transposition of Jean-Baptiste onto a far island. Though Camille gets married to another man, she goes on a long journey throughout the country in order to find the one she loves…

Friday, July 20, 20h00
LE PAPILLON (2004)

Julien, an aging and cranky widower, collects butterflies. Isabelle and her eight-year-old daughter Elsa have just moved into his apartment building. The young mother is usually out, and lonely little Elsa starts visiting Julien. One day, Julien decides to go to the breathtaking Vercors plateau in search for a rare breed of butterfly, the Isabelle. He thinks he is alone, but young Elsa has managed to tag along on the trip. The little girl asks tons of questions, upsetting the tranquility that the old man longed for...

Friday, July 27, 20h00
LES TRIPLETTES DE BELLEVILLE (2003)

When her grandson is kidnapped during the Tour de France, Madame Souza and her beloved pooch Bruno team up with the Belleville Sisters - an aged song-and-dance team from the days of Fred Astaire - to rescue him…

COMMERCIAL CINEMAS IN CHIANG MAI

Chiang Mai is not without good cinemas for film buffs. Although only two cinema operators are competing to attract the big-screen fans, a wide variety of choices are on offer daily from noon to midnight.

The Vista Entertainment Group

Established about 13 years ago, Vista theaters on the fourth floor of Kad Suan Kaew introduced the people of Chiang Mai to the multiplex theaters and the thrills of Hollywood magic. Of the seven digital-sound theaters in Kad Suan Kaew, Vista 1 - 4 offer a large capacity and big screen, while the rest are of medium and low capacity. Vista Group also has four other large capacity theaters, of which two at the 12 Huay Kaew arcade opposite Kad Suan Kaew also show English-speaking films.

Reservation: phone 053-894415 (Kad Suan Kaew), 053- 404374 (12 Huay Kaew)

Major Cineplex

A now household name for movie theater buffs in Thailand, Major Cineplex offers a relatively new cinema complex on the fourth floor of Central Airport Plaza. Although the theaters are generally of lower capacity, they boast more comfortable seats and superior audio-visual systems.

Reservation: phone 053-283939, or visit http://www.majorcineplex.com for on-line ticketing.