Global Lens is an annual, touring film series
launched in 2003 by the Global Film Initiative to support the distribution of
exceptional cinematic works from around the world. The Parkland Art Gallery and
Office of Institutional Advancement sponsor the 2013 series. To learn more, visit www.globalfilm.org. Please note our
location with theater-style seating and updated audio-visual equipment!
All films and popcorn are FREE! All
shows begin at 6:30pm Location: Parkland
College, room C118
DATE Tuesday, October 29
THE FANTASTIC WORLD
OF JUAN OROL (El Fantástico Mundo De Juan Orol)
Dir. Sebastián del Amo
90 minutes, Mexico, in
Spanish, with subtitles in English
Move over Ed Wood! Mexico’s half-forgotten B-movie master,
“involuntary surrealist” Juan Orol, receives a pitch-perfect tribute in this
irresistible love letter to a self-made man of showbiz, whose career spanned
nearly sixty films. In a glorious black-and-white flashback mingling
movie-tainted memories of his Galician childhood, forced exile to Cuba and
arrival in Mexico, intrepid “Juanito“ pursues failed careers as
baseball player, boxer, bullfighter and gangster before
landing in the movies—where failure kind of works for him. As Orol, Roberto
Sosa exudes droll underdog charm, anchoring a fast-moving comedy where every
frame is an infectious homage to a golden age of cinema, the wile of memory and
the art of fantasy.
Check our website for
updates about additional programming, panel discussions and events relating to
individual films: www.parkland.edu/gallery or call 217/351-2485. Co-sponsored
by Parkland Art Gallery and International Student Services. This program is
partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency.
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