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

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)

The month of untimely deaths

The biography of legendary rocker Jim Morrison. The movie follows Morrison from his days as an LA film student to his death in 1971 at the age of 27. The movies features a tour-de-force performance by Val Kilmer, who not only looks like Jim Morrison's long-lost twin brother, but also sounds so much like him that he did much of his own singing.

Morbid biographical story of Sid Vicious, bassist with British punk group the Sex Pistols, and his girlfriend Nancy Spungen. When the Sex Pistols break up after their fateful US tour, Vicious attempts a solo career while in the grip of heroin addiction. One morning, Nancy is found stabbed to death and Sid is arrested for her murder.

Inspired by the real suicide event of Nirvana's Kurt Cobain, Gus Van Sant tells a story of Blake, a promising rock star who seeks solitude from most people including his friends, his manager, and the record label, as he comes up with a final song before his memorable ending.

The film depicts a true story of Ritchie Valens, a shooting rock star with hits like La Bamba and Donna, whose brief life ended in an aircrash at the age of 17. It starts from his days in Paicoma, California where he in and his family make a meager living working on plantations to his rise as a star.

ALLIANCE FRANCAISE CHIANG MAI
OCTOBER 2006 film programme

Friday, October 6, 20h00
CE SOIR OU JAMAIS (1961)

Laurent has to prepare a musical show. That evening, he calls together his collaborators in his apartment under the roofs of Paris who will become the witnesses of his quarrels with his girlfriend. A sophisticated banter in the style of Marivaux or "marivaudage" in the Paris of the early 60s.

Friday, October 13, 20h00
MAUVAIS SANG (1986)

The year of Haley's comet. Two rival gangs, one led by a mysterious black widow and the other one by Marc, Alex and Anna, want to get hold of the invention of a vaccine that can stop a threatening virus. At the same time, a story of absolute love between Alex and Anna is flowering in a ghostly Paris…

Friday, October 20, 20h00
ADORABLE MENTEUSE (1961)

Marina Vlady plays the role of an 18-year-old chatter-box who can't help telling a lie every 5 minutes. When she falls in love with an older man, she vows to reform and speak only the truth. But her reputation precedes her…

Friday, October 27, 20h00
REGARDE LES HOMMES TOMBER (1994)

Simon, a lonely, tight-lipped travelling salesman, doesn't realize he has a friend, a young cop, until the day hired killers put the cop in a deep coma. Marx and Johnny, the killers, met by chance on the road...

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.