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L’enfant du cinema One night with Leos Carax by Michael J. Casey
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director only makes one movie in his life,” said filmmaker Jean Renoir. next to valmont post office ON THE BILL: Leos “Then he breaks it up and makes it Carax Triple-Feature 5:30 coffee drink, mon - fri 6 to 6 | sat 7 to 3 | sun 8 to 1 again.” p.m. Jan. 10. The Sie Film coupon valid saturday & sunday 2907 55th street Center, 1510 York St., That quote applies to many who step receive 2nd CONVENIENTLY LOCATED NEAR THE Denver. Tickets $7 for membehind the camera, but fits few quite as snuggly for a penny! bers, $10 for everyone else. BOULDER CREEK BIKE PATH AT as it does the enigmatic child of cinema, the Tickets at denverfilm.org 55TH STREET & French auteur, Leos Carax. coupon valid saturday & sunday PEARL PARKWAY Carax was born Alexander Dupont — his stage name is an anagram of “Alex” and “Oscar” — in 1960 when the French New Wave was just beginning to take hold, and it is with that spirit that Carax has engaged, intrigued, challenged and entertained audiences A ge s 1 1 - 1 7 | F u l l - d ay with five features and three shorts. Not a prolific body of work, but an impressive one. Yet, despite the quality and acclaim, Carax is still largely unknown in the States, + Beginner to advanced, all instruments, original which makes the Sie Film Center’s programming on Jan. 10 all the more special. For songwriting & lessons one night only, the Sie will run a special Carax triple-feature: Mr. X, Boy Meets Girl A g +e Learn s 6 - 1from 0 | seasoned H a l f - d a band y coaches on pro gear, and Mauvais Sang. Entering the cinema of Carax is not easy. His work is riddled with allusions, citafor a real gig in a real venue exp. + Beginner to advanced, all instruments, original tions, quotations and playful tangents. Thankfully, the Sie is opening the evening with 10.31 + Programs available for ages 6-17 2013 songwriting & lessons a 2014 documentary about Carax, Rotten Tomatoes + Colorado’s number one rock & roll camp for teens! Mr. X from director Tessa Louise+ Learn from seasoned band coaches on pro gear, Salomé. Mr. X collects interviews for a real gig in a real venue from actors, technicians and crit+ Programs available for ages 6-17 “It was definitely one of the most fun camps I went to this summer ics to give background and insight + Colorado’s rollback camp for teens! (believe me,number I went to one a lot)rock and I & came for seconds. It taught into the life and mind of Carax. me how to make music with other musicians and that will be very The documentary is largely spoilforonetheof the future. And I learned how tosummer take a better solo.” “It wasuseful definitely most fun camps I went to this next to valmont post office (believeStudent me, I went to a lot) and I came back for seconds. It taught er free — not that it would really me how to make music with other musicians and that will be very mon toI 6learned | sathow 7 to 3 |a sun to -1 matter — and provides a nice useful for the- fri future.6And to take better 8solo.” ability of the instructors to help these kids find their creativity, primer for the following films. 1Student - 1 7“The | F u l l d a y create songs, maximize their musical ability, and get up on stage Carax’s 1984 debut, Boy Meets “The ability instructors to help these kids find their creativity, and ofbethestars is always impressive. Participating with his band at create Dog songs,House maximize musical ability, and get on stageability, but also his Girl, is the perfect example of a hastheir improved not only hisupmusical Refer a friend who registers for camp & and be stars is always impressive. Participating with his band at first film: at times uneven and confidence, creativity, sense of responsibility, ability to work Dog House has improved not only his musical ability, but also hisand his Refer a friend you who registers for receive camp & a $100 discount! will each withcreativity, a group.” - Parent derivative, yet full of life and confidence, sense of responsibility, and his ability to work you will each receive a $100 discount! 6 with - 1 a0group.”| - HParenta l f - d a y energy. As Times critic Vincent Canby wrote, “Mr. Carax is 24, to advanced, all instruments, original but Boy Meets Girl looks like the Mauvais Sang tells the story of a new sexually transmitted disease that preys on young people ing & lessons work of a talented 18-year-old, who have sex without emotional attachment. It’s someone who still spends more m seasoned band coaches on pro gear, one of three Leos Carax films to screen on Jan. 10 in Denver. time inside the Cinémathèque gig in a real venue 5 2 56-17 C o u r Hourly t n e y Wrehearsal ay 3studios 0 3 . 6 available. 6 4 . 1 6 0 0 Française than outside it.” s available for ages L a f a y e t5t 2e , 5C OC 8o0u0 r2 t6 n e y d oWg ah oyu s e m u s 3i c .0c o3m . 6 6 4 . 1 6 0 0 Indeed, Carax was a student of the cinema, but Boy Meets Girl, with all of its ’s number one rock & roll camp for teens! L a f a y e t22 t estudios , C O 8in0 the 0 2 6facility. d o g h o u s e m u s i c . c o m allusions and references to romantic Hollywood cinema and the French New Wave, L o c a l l y O w n e d & O p e r a t e d S i n c e 2actually 0 0 laid 4 down the groundwork for what would become Carax’s 30-plus year one of the most fun camps I went to this summer nt to a lot) and I came back for seconds. It taught career in cinema. Starring Denis Lavant (who would go on to star in four of Carax’s 200 sq and foot fully music with other musicians that will be very equipped Studio for $25/hr features) and cinematography by Jean-Yves Escoffier (who went on to lens Carax’s ure. And I learned how to take a better solo.” • next two projects), Boy Meets Girl has a texture that is unlike its many counterparts. 700 sq foot fully equipped Showcase Studio The movie is aimless while relentlessly hurtling toward its shocking conclusion. e instructors to help these kidswith find their30 creativity, x 15 stage for $45/hr Made only two years later, Mauvais Sang is already the work of a mature director. ximize their musical ability, and get up on stage • lways impressive. Participating with his band at Leaving behind the grainy, black-and-white aesthetic, Carax opted for expressive mproved1000 not only his ability, but alsoequipped his sqmusical foot fully Studio for $55/hr ReferShowcase a friend who registers for camp & color photography and sound stages, yielding a more artificial flavor but allowing ivity, sense of responsibility, and his ability to work • will each receive a $100 discount! Carax and Escoffier greater control over the collision of light and shadow. Mauvais you Parent 1000 sq foot Event Venue for $100/hr Sang doesn’t just show a greater use of expressionism, it also favors the poetic over conventional narrative. Neither of these movies is about plot points and story structure, but the broadest strokes possible. Ultimately, they are about boys meeting girls, but in between there are moments of dance, gangsters, firearms, skydiving, discussions of cinema and David Bowie. For Carax, it’s all the same. 5 2 5 C o u r t n ey Way 3 0 3 . 6 6 4 . 1 6 0 0 Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com L a faye t t e, C O 8 0 0 2 6 doghousemusic.com
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