John Gianvito

Thursday, January 25, 2007, 8 pm
 

Filmmaker, curator, and author John Gianvito will speak about his new book, "Andrej Tarkovsky: Interviews," and introduce a screening of the rarely shown, sole documentary directed by Tarkovsky: "Voyage in Time".
 
Exploring the creation of the screenplay for Tarkovsky's "Nostalghia"(1983), "Voyage in Time" follows Tarkovsky's wide-ranging discussions with his friend, Italian co-writer, Tonino Guerra --Antonioni's regular scriptwriter--and the hunt for suitable locations that might embody his vision of the film.
 
There is no admission charge; suggested donation $5-$10

 
 

John Gianvito is a filmmaker, curator, and critic. His films include the feature films The Flower of Pain, Address Unknown, and The Mad Songs of Fernanda Hussein, winner of multiple awards including being cited as one of the top ten films of the year by critics in The Chicago Reader, The Boston Phoenix, and Film Comment magazine. He has taught film production and film history at the University of Massachusetts/Boston, Rhode Island School of Design, and Boston University, and was film curator for 5 years at the Harvard Film Archive. In 2001 he was made a Chevalier in the Order of Arts and Letters by the French Ministry of Culture.