In June, he will return to science fiction with Steven Spielberg Disclosure day. Before that, New York’s Jacob Burns Film Center wants to celebrate the director’s year screening series celebrates genre work focused on video games, technology and, of course, aliens.
Beginning Saturday, May 9, the Center will host weekend screenings of a different Spielberg sci-fi film. This is where things start AI Artificial Intelligence (May 9 and 10)after Minority Report (May 16 and 17), ET (May 23-25), War of the worlds (May 30 and 31)and A ready player (June 6 and 7). Demonstrations for fans of the format war, AI, and Minority It will be presented in 35 mm.
After the jump Disclosure Day Opening week (June 12-14) the streak ends With June 20 and 21 The third type of close encounters. Each screening will feature discussions led by prominent film scholars, who will guide viewers through the themes and cultural influences of individual films. As the center puts it, Spielberg uses the sci-fi genre to “combine his core strengths as a filmmaker with the unique sense of imagination that makes him truly a one-of-a-kind storyteller.”
For anyone in the region, the screenings are as good a reason as any to jump into this part of Spielberg’s filmography and see how they are reflected. disclosure, And non-New Yorkers can have their own movie marathon at home.
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