Film Appreciation
Katie Muldoon founded the New York City
based direct marketing agency, The Muldoon
Agency, and, after building it to a 50-staff
business servicing a host of Fortune 500
companies, sold it to a joint venture of the
then largest agencies on three continents:
Dentsu (Asia), Young & Rubicam (North
American) and Havas (Europe). Author of four books (translated
into two languages), a columnist for 20 years, international
speaker, creative judge, and adjunct professor at New York
University. Ms. Muldoon also taught award-winning educational
seminars for two decades. Known primarily for her contributions
to marketing and creative endeavors, she has actively followed
contemporary international film for three decades.
Foreign Films Made Right the First Time
Every film has been remade in an American version
Like books, the original version is almost always better than the remake. Certainly that is true with these four films. By far superior to their American versions, this is your opportunity to see these diverse films the way they should be enjoyed. Trailers of the remakes will be shown as part of the discussion following the films.
Four Lectures
- "El Secreto de Sus Ojos" (2009, Argentina, 129 min.) - Remade with the same name, “The Secret in Their Eyes,” in 2015. This original version won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film and the Spanish equivalent with the Goya Award for Best Spanish Language Foreign Film plus many other awards. A tense, scary, love story/thriller filled with superb acting, complex camera work and unexpected twists and turns. R-rated for graphic nudity, disturbing sexual images.
- "Let the Right One In" (2008, Sweden, 115 min.) - Remade as “Let Me In” in 2010. The original is smart, scary and anything but a traditional film about two misfit children in a cold, snowy Swedish town facing unusual challenges. Won 72 awards. R-rated for disturbing images, bloody violence.
- "Wings of Desire" (1987, West Germany, 127 min.) - Remade as “City of Angels” in 1998. The original won Best Director at Cannes and Grand Prix of the Belgian Film Critics Association plus many others. A rare film set in Berlin as it once was in which we are introduced to angels unlike any you may have imagined. Unforgettable. PG-13.
- “La Femme nikita” (1990, France, 117 min.) - Remade as the "Point of No Return" as well as a TV series. “Cinéma du look” director Luc Besson brings depth, humanity, action, intrigue and romance to a fast-paced, innovative story that sets the standard for a film starring an anti-heroine. Besson’s original version miraculously embeds true dimension into an action film. Winner of five Césars, plus others. R-rated for bloody violence.
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| Course # SUW2 — Full 4 Weeks
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| Place: | Auditorium, Lifelong Learning Complex, Jupiter Campus |
| Dates: | Wednesdays, July 5, 12, 19, 26 2017 |
| Time: | 1 - 3:30 PM |
| Fee: | $40 / member; $60 / non-member |
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