Table of Contents: Description, Corrections/Clarifications, Housekeeping, General, Main Slate, Ephemera, Recurring Directors, Recurring Countries, One-Time Directors, Debuts/Final Features, Festivals/Oscar Nominees, Events/Shorts, Discussions By Length, Specifications

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Description
The third episode of the Catalyst and Witness podcast, devoted to exploring the films and format of the New York Film Festival, hosted by Ryan Swen and Dan Molloy. This covers the third edition of the festival in 1965.
0:00-9:08 – Opening
9:09-54:11 – Part One [Alphaville to Charulata]
54:12-1:31:16 – Part Two [The Wedding March to Shakespeare Wallah]
1:31:17-2:18:36 – Part Three [Les Vampires to Le Petit Soldat]
2:18:37-3:10:38 – Part Four [Gertrud to Red Beard]
3:10:39-3:17:39 – Closing

Corrections/Clarifications

• “Les Jeux Des Anges” was directed by Walerian Borowczyk.

Housekeeping

• Hosted by Dan Molloy & Ryan Swen
• Conceived and Edited by Ryan Swen
• Recorded in Seattle and Portland on MacBook GarageBand, Edited in Audacity
• Podcast photograph from Yi Yi, Logo designed by Dan Molloy
• Poster by Bruce Conner
• Recorded April 6, 2018
• Released April 18, 2018
• Music (in order of appearance):
  • Alphaville (opening night)
  • The Koumiko Mystery (another favorite)
  • Charulata (favorite of the first section)
  • Walkover (favorite of the second section)
  • Les Vampires (favorite of the third section)
  • Gertrud (favorite of the fourth section)
  • Red Beard (closing night)

General

• Selection Committee: Richard Roud (program director), Amos Vogel (festival director)
• Location: Philharmonic Hall
• Prices: 2 for terrace, 2.50 or 3 for orchestra, 3.50 or 4 for loge; add 0.50 for Les Vampires; 12.50 and 17.50 for opening (ACLU benefit with champagne reception; rush tickets one dollar more than regular)
• Films seen for the podcast:
  • Ryan
    • Seen before podcast watching period: Alphaville
    • Seen for the podcast: All available except Raven’s End, The Shop on Main Street, Thomas the Impostor, Of Human Bondage; Alphaville rewatched
    • Favorite films: Gertrud, Les Vampires, Seven Chances, Charulata, Red Beard, The Koumiko Mystery, Alphaville
    • Least favorite films: Black Peter
    • Seen after the podcast: Raven’s End (5th)
    • Catch-Up Corner: The Big City (2nd), Pasazerka (2nd), Before the Revolution (2nd)
  • Dan
    • Seen before podcast watching period: Alphaville, Seven Chances, Gertrud, Red Beard
    • Seen for the podcast: All available except Knave of Hearts, The Lady Without Camelias, Les Vampires, The Wedding March; none rewatched
    • Favorite films: Seven Chances, Gertrud, Charulata, Alphaville, Red Beard
    • Least favorite films: Black Peter, Sandra
    • Seen after the podcast: Les Vampires (4th), The Wedding March (5th)
• Discoveries of the festival: Not Reconciled, The Koumiko Mystery, Raven’s End, Walkover, The Lady Without Camelias
• Unavailable films: Sweet Substitute, Twilight of Empire

Main Slate
Opening Night: Alphaville [Alphaville: une étrange aventure de Lemmy Caution/Alphaville: A Strange Adventure of Lemmy Caution] (1965, Jean-Luc Godard)
September 7, 9:00
Released 1965
Retrospective: Knave of Hearts [Monsieur Ripois/Mr. Ripois] (1954, René Clément)
September 8, 6:30
Released 1954
Mickey One (1965, Arthur Penn)
September 8, 9:30
Released 1965
Raven’s End [Kvarteret Korpen/Quarter Neighborhood] (1963, Bo Widerberg)
September 9, 6:30
Released 1970
The Shop on Main Street [Obchod na korze] (1965, Ján Kadár & Elmar Klos)
September 9, 9:30
Released 1966
Retrospective: The Lady Without Camelias [La signora senza camelie] (1953, Michelangelo Antonioni)
September 10, 6:30
Released 1981
Charulata [Cārulatā] (1965, Satyajit Ray)
September 10, 9:30
Released 1974
Retrospective: The Wedding March (1928, Erich von Stroheim)
September 11, 3:00
Released 1928
Black Peter [Černý Petr] (1964, Miloš Forman)
September 11, 6:30
Released 1971
Thomas the Impostor [Thomas l’imposteur] (1964, Georges Franju)
September 11, 9:30
Never released
Identification Marks: None [Rysopis/Identification] (1964, Jerzy Skolimowski)
September 12, 3:00
Released 1968
Walkover [Walkower] (1965, Jerzy Skolimowski)
September 12, 6:30
Released 1969
Shakespeare Wallah (1965, James Ivory)
September 12, 9:30
Released 1966
Retrospective: Les Vampires [The Vampires] (1915, Louis Feuillade)
September 13, 5:00
Released 1916
Retrospective: Buster and Beckett
The Railrodder (1965, Gerald Potterton)
Film (1965, Alan Schneider)
Seven Chances (1925, Buster Keaton)
September 14, 6:30
Never released/Released 1968/Released 1925
Retrospective: Tribute to Bette Davis
Of Human Bondage (1934, John Cromwell)
September 14, 9:30
Released 1934
Sweet Substitute (1964, Laurence L. Kent)
September 15, 6:30
Never released
Six in Paris [Paris vu par…/Paris Seen by…] (1965, Omnibus: Jean Douchet, Jean Rouch, Jean-Daniel Pollet, Éric Rohmer, Jean-Luc Godard, Claude Chabrol)
September 15, 9:30
Released 1969
Retrospective: Le Petit Soldat [The Little Soldier] (1963, Jean-Luc Godard)
September 16, 6:30
Released 1967
Gertrud (1964, Carl Th. Dreyer)
September 16, 9:30
Released 1966
Fists in the Pocket [I pugni in tasca] (1965, Marco Bellocchio)
September 17, 6:30
Released 1968
Sandra [Vaghe stelle dell’Orsa/Glimmering Stars of the Great Bear] (1965, Luchino Visconti)
September 17, 9:30
Released 1966
The Koumiko Mystery [Le Mystère Koumiko] (1965, Chris Marker)
And: Twilight of Empire (1964, Kevin Billington)
September 18, 3:00
Released 1967/Never released
Not Reconciled [Nicht versöhnt oder Es hilft nur Gewalt wo Gewalt herrscht/Not Reconciled, or Only Violence Helps Where Violence Rules] (1965, Jean-Marie Straub & Danièle Huillet)
September 18, 6:30
Released 1969
“Closing Night”: Red Beard [Akahige] (1965, Kurosawa Akira)
September 18, 8:40
Released 1968

Ephemera

• “Film ’65”: Thirteen panel discussions coordinated by Arthur Knight at the Library and Museum of Performing Arts in Lincoln Center, all free
• Excerpts from Dark Victory, All About Eve, and Jezebel shown after Of Human Bondage

Recurring Directors

Key: films in this iteration excluding shorts/omnibus/retrospectives, films in this iteration including, films in the festival up to this point excluding, films up to this point including, number of gala spots (when applicable), number of festivals with more than one film shown (when applicable); † indicates their last appearance, fraction in parentheses indicates number of features shown from oeuvre, features released in the eligible timeframe, features in oeuvre

• Jerzy Skolimowski: 2/2/2/2/0/1
• Jean-Luc Godard: 1/3/3/6/1/2
• Satyajit Ray: 1/1/2/2/1
• Chris Marker: 1/1/2/2
• Kurosawa Akira: 1/1/1/1/1
• Marco Bellocchio: 1/1/1/1
• Miloš Forman: 1/1/1/1
• James Ivory: 1/1/1/1
• Jean-Marie Straub & Danièle Huillet: 1/1/1/1
• Luchino Visconti: 1/1/1/1
• Bo Widerberg: 1/1/1/1
• Michelangelo Antonioni: 0/1/0/1
• Claude Chabrol: 0/1/0/1
• Louis Feuillade: 0/1/0/1
• Éric Rohmer: 0/1/0/1
• Jean Rouch: 0/1/0/1
• Erich von Stroheim: 0/1/0/1

Recurring Countries

Key: films in this iteration excluding shorts/retrospectives, films in this iteration including, films in the festival up to this point excluding, films up to this point including, number of gala spots (when applicable)

• France: 4/7/16/20/2
• USA: 2/6/9/13
• Italy: 2/3/9/10
• Poland: 2/2/5/5
• Czechoslovakia: 2/2/2/3
• Canada: 1/2/2/3
• Japan: 1/1/8/8/1
• India: 1/1/2/2/1
• Sweden: 1/1/2/2
• Denmark: 1/1/1/1
• West Germany: 1/1/1/1
• UK: 0/1/2/3

One-Time Directors

• Kevin Billington (short)
• René Clément (retrospective)
• John Cromwell (retrospective)
• Jean Douchet (omnibus)
• Carl Th. Dreyer
• Georges Franju
• Buster Keaton (retrospective)
• Laurence L. Kent
• Ján Kadár & Elmar Klos
• Arthur Penn
• Jean-Daniel Pollet (omnibus)
• Gerald Potterton (short)
• Alan Schneider (short)

Feature Debuts

• Marco Bellocchio
• Jerzy Skolimowski
• Jean-Marie Straub & Danièle Huillet

Final Features

• Carl Th. Dreyer

Festivals

• Cannes
  • Knave of Hearts (1954, Special Jury Prize)
  • Raven’s End (1964)
  • The Shop on Main Street (Special mention for actors)
  • Walkover (International Critics’ Week)
• Berlin
  • Alphaville (Golden Bear)
  • Charulata (Silver Bear for Best Director, OCIC)
  • Shakespeare Wallah (Silver Bear for Best Actress)
  • Thomas the Impostor
  • Six in Paris (?)
  • Not Reconciled (?)
  • The Railrodder (Short Silver Bear)
• Venice
  • Sandra (Golden Lion)
  • Red Beard (Volpi Cup for Best Actor, OCIC; also Moscow)
  • Mickey One
  • Gertrud (non-competition, FIPRESCI)
  • Film (short)
• Other
  • Black Peter (Locarno, Golden Leopard)
  • Fists in the Pocket (Locarno, Prize for Best Direction)
  • The Koumiko Mystery (Locarno)
  • Identification Marks: None (London)
  • Sweet Substitute (Montreal, Special Jury Prize)
• N/A
  • The Lady Without Camelias
  • The Wedding March
  • Les Vampires
  • Of Human Bondage
  • Le Petit Soldat
  • Twilight of Empire

Oscar Nominees

• Of Human Bondage: 1934 Best Actress (unofficial)
• Raven’s End: 1964 Best Foreign Film
• The Shop on Main Street: Best Foreign Film (won), 1966 Best Actress

Events/Shorts

Discussions By Length (Approximate)

• 12:32 “Buster and Beckett” (1:40:20-1:52:52)
• 11:01 Red Beard (2:59:37-3:10:38)
• 11:01 Six in Paris [Omnibus] (2:00:05-2:11:06)
• 10:23 Charulata (43:48-54:11)
• 10:19 Gertrud (2:19:24-2:29:43)
• 10:10 Not Reconciled (2:49:26-2:59:36)
• 9:26 Identification Marks: None/Walkover (1:12:44-1:22:10)
• 9:10 Alphaville (9:47-18:57)
• 9:05 Shakespeare Wallah (1:22:11-1:31:16)
• 8:17 Les Vampires [One Person] (1:32:02-1:40:19)
• 7:29 Le Petit Soldat (2:11:07-2:18:36)
• 7:20 The Koumiko Mystery (2:40:59-2:48:19)
• 6:54 Black Peter (1:01:54-1:08:48)
• 6:51 The Wedding March [One Person] (55:02-1:01:53)
• 6:44 Mickey One (22:15-28:59)
• 6:15 Of Human Bondage [One Person] (1:52:53-1:59:08)
• 5:51 The Shop on Main Street [One Person] (32:41-38:32)
• 5:42 Sandra (2:35:16-2:40:58)
• 5:31 Fists in the Pocket (2:29:44-2:35:15)
• 5:14 The Lady Without Camelias [One Person] (38:33-43:47)
• 3:54 Thomas the Impostor [One Person] (1:08:49-1:12:43)
• 3:40 Raven’s End [One Person] (29:00-32:40)
• 3:16 Knave of Hearts [One Person] (18:58-22:14)
• 1:05 Twilight of Empire [Unavailable] (2:48:20-2:49:25)
• 0:55 Sweet Substitute [Unavailable] (1:59:09-2:00:04)

Specifications

• Jean-Luc Godard, Alphaville: une étrange aventure de Lemmy Caution, 1965, 35 mm, black-and-white, mono sound, 99 minutes, 1.37:1, French, France.
• René Clément, Monsieur Ripois, 1954, 35 mm, black-and-white, mono sound, 100 minutes, 1.37:1, French, France.
• Arthur Penn, Mickey One, 1965, 35 mm, black-and-white, mono sound, 93 minutes, 1.85:1, English, USA.
• Bo Widerberg, Kvarteret Korpen, 1963, 35 mm, black-and-white, mono sound, 101 minutes, 1.37:1, Swedish, Sweden.
• Ján Kadár & Elmar Kos, Obchod na korze, 1965, 35 mm, black-and-white, mono sound, 128 minutes, 1.37:1, Slovak, Czechoslovakia.
• Michelangelo Antonioni, La signora senza camelie, 1953, 35 mm, black-and-white, mono sound, 101 minutes, 1.37:1, Italian, Italy.
• সত্যজিত রায়, চারুলতা, 1965, 35 mm, black-and-white, mono sound, 117 minutes, 1.37:1, Bengali, India.
• Erich von Stroheim, The Wedding March, 1928, 35 mm, black-and-white and color, silent, 113 minutes, 1.33:1, English, USA.
• Miloš Forman, Černý Petr, 1964, 35 mm, black-and-white, mono sound, 85 minutes, 1.37:1, Czech, Czechoslovakia.
• Georges Franju, Thomas l’imposteur, 1964, 35 mm, black-and-white, mono sound, 94 minutes, 1.85:1, French, France.
• Jerzy Skolimowski, Rysopis, 1964, 35 mm, black-and-white, mono sound, 73 minutes, 1.66:1, Polish, Poland.
• Jerzy Skolimowski, Walkower, 1965, 35 mm, black-and-white, mono sound, 77 minutes, 1.66:1, Polish, Poland.
• James Ivory, Shakespeare Wallah, 1965, 35 mm, black-and-white, mono sound, 120 minutes, 1.85:1, English and Bengali, USA.
• Louis Feullade, Les Vampires, 1915, 35 mm, black-and-white, silent, 417 minutes, 1.33:1, French, France.
• Gerald Potterton, The Railrodder, 1965, 35 mm, color, mono sound, 24 minutes, 1.37:1, English, Canada.
• Alan Schneider, Film, 1965, 35 mm, black-and-white, mono sound, 20 minutes, 1.37:1, English, USA.
• Buster Keaton, Seven Chances, 1925, 35 mm, black-and-white and color, silent, 56 minutes, 1.33:1, English, USA.
• John Cromwell, Of Human Bondage, 1934, 35 mm, black-and-white, mono sound, 83 minutes, 1.37:1, English, USA.
• Laurence L. Kent, Sweet Substitute, 1964, 35 mm, black-and-white, mono sound, 90 minutes, 1.37:1, English, Canada. (?)
• Jean Douchet/Jean Rouch/Jean-Daniel Pollet/Éric Rohmer/Jean-Luc Godard/Claude Chabrol, Paris vu par…, 1965, 16 mm, color, mono sound, 95 minutes, 1.37:1, French, France.
• Jean-Luc Godard, Le Petit Soldat, 1963, 35 mm, black-and-white, mono sound, 88 minutes, 1.37:1, French, France.
• Carl Th. Dreyer, Gertrud, 1964, 35 mm, black-and-white, mono sound, 116 minutes, 1.66:1, Danish, Denmark.
• Marco Bellocchio, I pugni in tasca, 1965, 35 mm, black-and-white, mono sound, 105 minutes, 1.85:1, Italian, Italy.
• Luchino Visconti, Vaghe stelle dell’Orsa, 1965, 35 mm, black-and-white, mono sound, 105 minutes, 1.66:1, Italian, Italy.
• Chris Marker, Le Mystère Koumiko, 1965, 16 mm, color, mono sound, 54 minutes, 1.37:1, French, France.
• Kevin Billington, Twilight of Empire, 1964, 16 mm, black-and-white, mono sound, 21 minutes, 1.37:1, English, UK. (?)
• Jean-Marie Straub & Danièle Huillet, Nicht versöhnt oder Es hilft nur Gewalt wo Gewalt herrscht, 1965, 35 mm, black-and-white, mono sound, 52 minutes, 1.37:1, German, West Germany.
• 黒澤明, 赤ひげ, 1965, 35 mm, black-and-white, 4-track stereo sound, 185 minutes, 2.35:1, Japanese, Japan.