Nevada Museum of Art starts independent film series
A crowd of 35, most older than the average college student, laughed when Steve Buscemi was beat up in a Paris subway and sighed when Natalie Portman fell in love in the premiere of the Nevada Museum of Art’s film series.The NMA showed “Paris Je T’aime,” an independent French film with English subtitles, for the premiere and hoped to draw in University of Nevada, Reno students with future films in the series.
“The university audience is very important to us,” said Amy Oppio, deputy director of the museum. “We definitely want to see the student base take advantage of the films.”
The series will go on for about a year with films shown sporadically through the week. Admission is $6 for students and $7 for NMA members.
Many vignettes composed the first film, which centered on love – the loss of it, the change of it or love for the city itself.
Although “Paris Je T’aime” is an independent film, some of the vignettes are written and directed by American heavy-hitters such as Wes Craven (“Red Eye”), the Coen brothers and Gus Van Sant. The Coens are known mostly for writing and directing 2000’s “O Brother, Where Art Thou?” and Van Sant is best known for directing 1997’s “Good Will Hunting.”
The NMA opened the theatre in 2003 and has been wanting to start a film series since then. The current lineup was brought about because the NMA found a distributing company called Emerging Cinemas to work with.
“Emerging Cinemas is known for their part with different art houses throughout the U.S.,” Oppio said. “We liked their diversity.”
After “Paris, Je T’aime,” the NMA will begin showing films from Emerging Cinemas’ Global Lens Series. Oppio said the series promotes cross-cultural understanding through film.
Oppio said so far the reaction to the opening films has been positive.
“There seems to be a lot of excitement,” she said.
Currently, the NMA plans to run the film series for a year, depending on what the audience responds to and if there are enough people coming to continue the series.
“We want to see if we continue to attract an audience interested in one kind of film or another,” Oppio said.
Century Theatres Riverside downtown shows independent films as well. Oppio said she hopes there won’t be any overlap between the two, but if there is, it won’t be a problem.
“It’s important to us to offer different films than what’s in the local theaters,” Oppio said. “But if there is overlap, if you miss it here, you may see it there and if you miss it there, you could see it here. There’s enough film to go around.”
Tickets are $8 for non-members, $7 for NMA members and $6 for students and seniors.
Tuesday Oct. 9, Wednesday Oct. 10 at 7 p.m.
“The Valet”
A valet must date a supermodel to help a billionaire hide an affair from his wife.
Saturday Oct. 13, Sunday Oct. 14 at 1:30 p.m.
“10 Questions for the Dalai Lama”
The filming of journalist Rick Ray’s travels through Tibet to have a chat with the Dalai Lama.
Wednesday Oct. 17 at 7 p.m.
“The Road to Broadway”
A director films four Broadway musicals, including “Wicked,” from casting to Tony Award nominations.
Sunday Oct. 21 at 1:30 p.m.
“Of Love and Eggs”
This is about three children during the Islam holiday of Lebaran.
Tuesday Oct. 23 7 p.m., Saturday Oct. 27 at 1:30 p.m.
“Broken English”
Parker Posey plays a thirty-something-year-old woman who gets a new outlook on love and life from a Frenchman.
Sunday Oct. 28 at 1:30 p.m.
“Dam Street”
Ten years after a 13-year-old is ostracized for getting pregnant, this movie follows her relationships with her one friend, her family and her past.
Tuesday Oct. 30, Wed. Oct. 31 at 7 p.m.
“Vanaja”
The story of a 15-year-old girl in a strict 1950s Indian caste system.
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