Saturday, October 10, 2009, 7:00 p.m.
University of Michigan Museum of Art

Possible discussions between movies to be facilitated by U of M Film Department faculty or students.

Screenings

BELA LUGOSI THE FALLEN VAMPIRE
52 min, Florin Iepan, narrated in English
A documentary about the life of the Hollywood film legend Bela Lugosi who was born in 1882 in Transylvania, in a small town called Lugoj. The movie that made him famous in 1931, Dracula, also destroyed him.

THE ONE, THE ONLY, THE REAL TARZAN
50 min, Florin Iepan, narrated in English
A touching documentary about the rise and the fall of one of the greatest swimmers of the last century, 5 time Olympic Gold Medal winner yet better known as an actor in the role of Tarzan “The Ape-man”.

THE YEAR OF THE TIGER
2002, 28 min, Dan Secosan, English subtitles
Mentalities from today and yesterday, Chinese legends from Sheherazad, and lyricism, all embroidered in this documentary about the making of Turandot, at the Timisoara National Opera.

Sponsors
UMMA, ARF Inc., CREES