Posted on Monday, October 4th, 2010 by
Tags: CARLOS, IFC Center, News, Olivier Assayas
Direct from its sold out show at the NY Film Festival Olivier Assayas’s acclaimed masterwork,CARLOS: SPECIAL ROADSHOW EDITION is coming to theaters!
**At the IFC Center in NEW YORK:
Fri Oct 15 - Tue Nov 2 ONLY
Daily at 12:30 and 7:00pm
Olivier Assayas in person Fri 10/15 at 7:00pm,
Sat 10/16 & Sun 10/17 at 12:30 and 7:00pm!
- The full 319-minute version, shown with an intermission
- 38 performances only
- No commercials, no trailers
- Special collector’s edition program & one free popcorn included with each admission
- Tickets are: $15 IFC Center members, $20 general admission, $18 seniors
**At the American Cinematheque’s Egyptian Theater in LOS ANGELES:
Friday, October 22 – 7:00 PM
Limited 5-Screening Engagement!
Olivier Assayas electrified the Cannes Film Festival with CARLOS, his epic and definitive portrait of the notorious international terrorist known as Carlos the Jackal, who masterminded a wave of terror attacks in Europe and the Middle East in the ’70s and ’80s. Venezuelan actor Édgar Ramírez stars in the title role. Co-written by Assayas and Dan Franck, CARLOS illustrates the evolution of contemporary terrorism as it examines the life of its title character, a Venezuelan whose real name is Ilich Ramírez Sánchez. Tracing the arc of Carlos’ criminal activities across two decades and several nations, the film features a dynamic cast of international talent and was shot in numerous countries, including Austria, France, Germany, Hungary, Lebanon, and Morocco.
“[An] epic achievement… Nothing I’ve encountered on any size screen matches the lucidity of this fact-based fiction… and nothing I’ve seen in recent years has held my attention so relentlessly… a textbook case of the total immersion that one can enjoy only in a theatrical setting.” - Joe Morgenstern, The Wall Street Journal
“An event… an outrageous political gangster film… possibly the most universally admired movie among the Cannes Film Festival’s official selections. - J. Hoberman, Film Comment
“An astonishing film… In what is certainly his best work, French director Olivier Assayas adopts a fleet, ever-propulsive style that creates an extraordinary you-are-there sense of verisimilitude, while Edgar Ramirez inhabits the title role with the arrogant charisma of Brando in his prime… The film’s scope, range and ambition are incredible.” - Todd McCarthy
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