Film series: Epic America 6 November 2013 – 9 February 2014
A cinematic history
The selection of films in Epic America presents a chronological overview of some of the most important events shaping American history: slavery; the annexation of the 'wild west'; the American Civil War; mass immigration; the Great Depression; the perplexities of the post-war era – all seen through the work of some of the most influential directors, writers and cinematographers. Human drama is brought to life on a grand scale, seen against the background of war, political upheaval, social injustice, economic and natural disaster, and the quest for power and wealth.
Screening from 6 November 2013 to 9 February 2014 in conjunction with the exhibition America: painting a nation – the most expansive survey of American painting ever assembled in Australia – this series presents epic stories of a great nation. The films are presented through high-quality 35mm prints borrowed from local and international archives.
Films
6, 10 November – Amistad (director Steven Spielberg, US, 1997, 35mm)
13 November – The General (directors Buster Keaton, Clyde Bruckman, US, 1927, 35mm)
13, 17 November – Meek’s cutoff (director Kelly Reichardt, US, 2010, 35mm)
20, 24 November – Glory (director Edward Zwick, US, 1989, 35mm)
27 November, 1 December – Lincoln (director Steven Spielberg, US, 2012, 35mm)
4, 8 December – The searchers (director John Ford, US, 1956, 35mm)
11, 15 December – The assassination of Jesse James by the coward Robert Ford (director Andrew Dominik, US, 2007, 35mm)
8, 12 December – Unforgiven (director Clint Eastwood, US, 1992, 35mm)
11 January – The age of innocence (director Martin Scorsese, US, 1993, 35mm)
15, 19 January – There will be blood (director Paul Thomas Anderson, US, 2007, 35mm)
18 January – Hester Street (director Joan Micklin Silver, US, 1975, 35mm)
22, 26 January – The grapes of wrath (director John Ford, US, 1940, 35mm)
25 January – Citizen Kane (director Orson Welles, US, 1941, 35mm)
27 January – Bonnie and Clyde (director Arthur Penn, US, 1967, 35mm)
29 January, 2 February – To kill a mockingbird (director Robert Mulligan, US, 1962, 35mm)
1 February – They shoot horses, don’t they? (director Sydney Pollack, US, 1969, 35mm)
5, 9 February – Pollock (director Ed Harris, US, 2000, 35mm)