The Met Film Programs
Presented in conjunction with ‘American Impressionism and Realism: A Landmark Exhibition from the Met', The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
The Australian Cinémathèque will present a two-part film program reflecting life on the American East Coast at the turn of the twentieth century.
Age of Innocence
1 June - 20 September 2009
Daily 2.00pm / Cinema A
Adult $8 / Concession $6*
The Age of Innocence program presents an extraordinary selection of cinematic period dramas that recreate the lives of Americans on the east coast in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century as envisaged by contemporary filmmakers...Read more
Hollywood on the Hudson
31 May – 20 September 2009 (except 2 & 9 August)
Every Sunday 11.00am / Cinema A
Free admission
The second program, Hollywood on the Hudson, features directors and stars active in New York in the early twentieth century, when independent filmmakers attempted to escape the hegemony of Hollywood. Silent films will be accompanied by the Wurlitzer Organ...Read more
