Table of Contents: Description, Corrections/Clarifications, Housekeeping, General, Main Slate, Ephemera, Recurring Directors, Recurring Countries, One-Time Directors, Debuts, Festivals/Oscar Nominees, Events/Shorts, Discussions By Length, Specifications
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Description
The seventh 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 seventh edition of the festival in 1969, and features special guest Caden Mark Gardner, critic and co-publisher of Body Talk.
0:00-21:56 – Opening
21:57-1:21:11 – Part One [Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice to Boy]
1:21:12-2:27:41 – Part Two [Ådalen 31 to My Night at Maud’s]
2:27:42-3:13:51 – Part Three [The Merry Widow to HE Who Gets Slapped]
3:13:52-4:00:43 – Part Four [Le Gai Savoir to Oh! What a Lovely War]
4:00:44-4:09:52 – Closing
Corrections/Clarifications
- N/A
Housekeeping
- Hosted by Dan Molloy & Ryan Swen
- Special Guest Caden Mark Gardner
- Conceived and Edited by Ryan Swen
- Recorded in Los Angeles, Portland, and Schenectady on MacBook GarageBand, Edited in Audacity
- Podcast photograph from Yi Yi, Logo designed by Dan Molloy
- Poster by Marisol Escobar
- Recorded August 28, 2018
- Released August 31, 2018
- Music (in order of appearance):
- Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (opening night)
- La Ronde (another favorite)
- Boy (favorite of the first section)
- My Night at Maud’s (favorite of the second section)
- Destroy, She Said (favorite of the third section)
- Mandabi (favorite of the fourth section)
- Oh! What a Lovely War (closing night)
General
- Selection Committee: Richard Roud (program director), Penelope Huston, Arthur Knight, Andrew Sarris, Susan Sontag, Henri Langlois (retrospective consultant)
- Location: Alice Tully Hall
- Prices: 2.25 and 3.50 for orchestra, 4.50 for loge
- Films seen for the podcast:
- Ryan
- Seen before podcast watching period: Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, Le Gai Savoir
- Seen for the podcast: All available except The Deserter and the Nomads and One Fine Day; Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice rewatched
- Favorite films: My Night at Maud’s, Boy, La Ronde, Une femme douce, Destroy, She Said, Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
- Least favorite films: Goto, Island of Love
- Seen after the podcast: One Fine Day (8th)
- Dan
- Seen before podcast watching period: Une femme douce, Boy, My Night at Maud’s
- Seen for the podcast: All available except Oh! What a Lovely War; Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice and La Ronde rewatched
- Favorite films: Boy, My Night at Maud’s, Destroy, She Said, La Ronde, Ådalen 31
- Least favorite films: Porcile, Goto, Island of Love, The Deserter and the Nomads
- Caden
- Seen before podcast watching period: Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, Une femme douce, Boy, La Ronde, My Night at Maud’s, Le Gai Savoir
- Seen for the podcast: All available except Oh! What a Lovely War; My Night at Maud’s rewatched
- Favorite films: Boy, Une femme douce, My Night at Maud’s, Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
- Least favorite films: The Deserter and the Nomads
- Ryan
- Discoveries of the festival: Destroy, She Said, Ådalen 31, Oh! What a Lovely War
- Unavailable films: The Lady From Constantinople, Pierre and Paul
Main Slate
Opening Night: Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969, Paul Mazursky)
September 16, 6:30
Released 1969
The Joke [Žert] (1969, Jaromil Jireš)
September 17, 6:30
Released 1970
Une femme douce [A Gentle Woman] (1969, Robert Bresson)
September 17, 9:30
Released 1971
The Lady From Constantinople [Sziget a szárazföldön/The Island on Land] (1969, Elek Judit)
September 18, 6:30
Never released
The Rite [Riten] (1969, Ingmar Bergman)
September 18, 9:30
Never released
Boy [Shōnen] (1969, Oshima Nagisa)
September 19, 6:30
Released 1970
Ådalen 31 (1969, Bo Widerberg)
September 19, 9:30
Released 1969
The Epic That Never Was (1965, Bill Duncalf)
September 20, 12:00 AM
Never released
Lions Love (1969, Agnès Varda)
September 20, 9:30
Released 1969
Pierre and Paul [Pierre et Paul] (1969, René Allio)
September 21, 1:00
Never released
Retrospective: La Ronde [The Round Dance] (1950, Max Ophuls)
September 21, 9:30
Released 1954
My Night at Maud’s [Ma nuit chez Maud] (1969, Éric Rohmer)
September 23, 9:30
Released 1970
Retrospective: The Merry Widow (1925, Erich von Stroheim)
September 24, 6:30
Released 1925
Duet for Cannibals [Duett för kannibaler] (1969, Susan Sontag)
September 24, 9:30
Released 1969
Destroy, She Said [Détruire, dit-elle] (1969, Marguerite Duras)
September 25, 9:30
Released 1970
Goto, Island of Love [Goto, l’île d’amour] (1969, Walerian Borowczyk)
September 26, 9:30
Never released
Retrospective: HE Who Gets Slapped (1924, Victor Sjöström)
September 27, 1:00
Released 1924
Le Gai Savoir [Joy of Learning] (1969, Jean-Luc Godard)
September 27, 6:30
Released 1970
The Deserter and the Nomads [Zbehovia a pútnici/The Deceased and the Pilgrims] (1968, Juraj Jakubisko)
September 27, 9:30
Never released
Porcile [Pigsty] (1969, Pier Paolo Pasolin)
September 28, 6:30
Never released
Mandabi [The Money Order] (1968, Ousmane Sembène)
September 29, 9:30
Released 1970
One Fine Day [Un certo giorno/Some Day] (1968, Ermanno Olmi)
September 30, 9:30
Never released
“Closing Night”: Oh! What a Lovely War (1969, Richard Attenborough)
October 2, 6:30
Released 1969
Ephemera
- “The National Film Collection”: 23 programs of American films from the National Film Collection at the Library of Congress, shown at the Library and Museum of Performing Arts in Lincoln Center, all free
- “Avant-Garde West”: 9 programs of films by West Coast filmmakers, shown at the Library and Museum of Performing Arts in Lincoln Center, all free
- “Open Programs”: 15 programs of features and shorts of all categories, shown at the Library and Museum of Performing Arts in Lincoln Center, all free
- “Jean Renoir: A One-Man Show”: a virtually complete retrospective of Renoir’s films, shown in five series at the Library & Museum of the Performing Arts in Lincoln Center
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
- Jean-Luc Godard: 1/1/11/15/2/5
- Robert Bresson: 1/1/4/4
- Pier Paolo Pasolini: 1/1/2/4/0/1
- Agnès Varda: 1/1/3/3/1
- René Allio: 1/1/3/3†(3/10/10)
- Bo Widerberg: 1/1/3/3
- Ermanno Olmi: 1/1/2/2
- Jaromil Jireš: 1/1/1/2†(1/22/22)
- Éric Rohmer: 1/1/1/2
- Ingmar Bergman: 1/1/1/1
- Walerian Borowczyk: 1/1/1/1
- Marguerite Duras: 1/1/1/1
- Oshima Nagisa: 1/1/1/1
- Ousmane Sembène: 1/1/1/1
- Max Ophuls: 0/1/0/2
- Erich von Stroheim: 0/1/0/2
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: 6/7/41/52/4
- Sweden: 3/3/8/8
- USA: 2/4/16/27/1
- Italy: 2/2/16/20/1
- Czechoslovakia: 2/2/11/13/3
- UK: 2/2/8/10/1
- Japan: 1/1/10/11/1
- Hungary: 1/1/5/5
- Senegal: 1/1/1/1
One-Time Directors
- Richard Attenborough (gala)
- Bill Duncalf
- Elek Judit
- Juraj Jakubisko
- Paul Mazursky (gala)
- Victor Sjöstrom (retrospective)
- Susan Sontag
Feature Debuts
- Richard Attenborough
- Elek Judit
- Paul Mazursky
- Susan Sontag
Festivals
- Cannes
- Ådalen 31 (Special Jury Prize)
- My Night at Maud’s
- Duet for Cannibals (Directors’ Fortnight)
- Une femme douce (Directors’ Fortnight; also San Sebastian, Silver Seashell)
- The Lady From Constantinople (Critics’ Week)
- The Deserter and the Nomads (Out of Competition)
- The Joke (?)
- The Rite (?)
- Berlin
- Le Gai Savoir
- Venice
- Boy
- Mandabi
- N/A
- Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
- Destroy, She Said
- The Epic That Never Was
- Goto, Island of Love
- HE Who Gets Slapped
- Lions Love
- The Merry Widow
- Oh! What a Lovely War
- One Fine Day
- Pierre and Paul
- Porcile
- La Ronde
Oscar Nominees
- Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice: Best Original Screenplay, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Cinematography
- My Night at Maud’s: Best Foreign Film, 1970 Best Original Screenplay
- Ådalen 31: Best Foreign Film
Events/Shorts
Discussions By Length (Approximate)
- 19:50 Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (22:57-42:47)
- 14:57 My Night at Maud’s (2:12:44-2:27:41)
- 14:35 Lions Love (1:45:41-2:00:16)
- 13:35 Ådalen 31 (1:22:03-1:35:38)
- 12:20 Oh! What a Lovely War [One Person] (3:48:23-4:00:43)
- 11:23 Boy (1:09:48-1:21:11)
- 11:23 Destroy, She Said (2:48:05-2:59:18)
- 11:13 La Ronde (2:01:30-2:12:43)
- 10:59 Duet for Cannibals (2:37:05-2:48:04)
- 10:24 Une femme douce (50:55-1:01:19)
- 10:01 The Epic That Never Was (1:35:39-1:45:40)
- 9:34 Mandabi (3:34:59-3:44:33)
- 9:17 HE Who Gets Slapped (3:04:34-3:13:51)
- 8:53 Le Gai Savoir (3:14:51-3:23:44)
- 8:20 The Merry Widow (2:28:44-2:37:04)
- 8:06 The Joke (42:48-50:54)
- 7:17 The Rite (1:02:30-1:09:47)
- 7:07 Porcile (3:27:51-3:34:58)
- 5:14 Goto, Island of Love (2:59:19-3:04:33)
- 4:05 The Deserter and the Nomads (3:23:45-3:27:50)
- 3:48 One Fine Day (3:44:34-3:48:22)
- 1:12 Pierre and Paul [Unavailable] (2:00:17-2:01:29)
- 1:09 The Lady From Constantinople [Unavailable] (1:01:20-1:02:29)
Specifications
- Paul Mazursky, Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, 1969, 35 mm, color, mono sound, 105 minutes, 1.85:1, English, USA.
- Jaromil Jireš, Žert, 1969, 35 mm, black-and-white, mono sound, 80 minutes, 1.37:1, Czech, Czechoslovakia.
- Robert Bresson, Une femme douce, 1969, 35 mm, color, mono sound, 88 minutes, 1.66:1, French, France.
- Elek Judit, Sziget a szárazföldön, 1969, 35 mm, black-and-white, mono sound, 79 minutes, 1.85:1, Hungarian, Hungary.
- Ingmar Bergman, Riten, 1969, 16 mm, black-and-white, mono sound, 72 minutes, 1.37:1, Swedish, Sweden.
- 大島渚, 少年, 1969, 35 mm, color and black-and-white, mono sound, 105 minutes, 2.35:1, Japanese, Japan.
- Bo Widerberg, Ådalen 31, 1969, 35 mm, color, mono sound, 110 minutes, 2.35:1, Swedish, Sweden.
- Bill Duncalf, The Epic That Never Was, 1965, 35 mm, black-and-white, mono sound, 74 minutes, 1.37:1, English, UK.
- Agnès Varda, Lions Love, 1969, 35 mm, color, mono sound, 110 minutes, 1.66:1, English, USA.
- René Allio, Pierre et Paul, 1969, 35 mm, color, mono sound, 90 minutes, 1.66:1, French, France. (?)
- Max Ophuls, La Ronde, 1950, 35 mm, black-and-white, mono sound, 93 minutes, 1.37:1, French, France.
- Éric Rohmer, Ma nuit chez Maud, 1969, 35 mm, black-and-white, mono sound, 110 minutes, 1.37:1, French, France.
- Erich von Stroheim, The Merry Widow, 1925, 35 mm, black-and-white, silent, 137 minutes, 1.33:1, English, USA.
- Susan Sontag, Duett för kannibaler, 1969, 35 mm, black-and-white, mono sound, 105 minutes, 1.37:1, Swedish, Sweden.
- Marguerite Duras, Détruire, dit-elle, 1969, 35 mm, black-and-white, mono sound, 94 minutes, 1.66:1, French, France.
- Walerian Borowczyk, Goto, l’île d’amour, 1969, 16 mm, black-and-white and color, mono sound, 93 minutes, 1.66:1, French, France.
- Victor Sjöström, HE Who Gets Slapped, 1924, 35 mm, black-and-white, silent, 80 minutes, 1.37:1, English, USA.
- Jean-Luc Godard, Le Gai Savoir, 1969, 35 mm, color, mono sound, 95 minutes, 1.37:1, French, France.
- Juraj Jakubisko, Zbehovia a pútnici, 1968, 35 mm, color, mono sound, 103 minutes, 1.37:1, Slovak and German, Czechoslovakia.
- Pier Paolo Pasolini, Porcile, 1969, 35 mm, color, mono sound, 99 minutes, 1.85:1, Italian, Italy.
- Ousmane Sembène, Mandabi, 1968, 35 mm, color, mono sound, 90 minutes, 1.85:1, Wolof, Senegal.
- Ermanno Olmi, Un certo giorno, 1968, 35 mm, color, mono sound, 102 minutes, 1.37:1, Italian, Italy.
- Richard Attenborough, Oh! What a Lovely War, 1969, 35 mm, color, mono sound, 144 minutes, 2.35:1, English, UK.
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