Intimate stories about men at the most crucial times in their lives, with music that transcends the "soundtrack" tag — instead taking a central role in the aesthetic experience.
This is the common denominator in the Mondavi Center’s 2010-11 Focus on Film. Here are the details on the last two films in the series:
• Thursday, Jan. 27 — 25th Hour, (2002), in which Edward Norton plays Monty Brogan, a drug dealer in his last hours of freedom before a seven-year jail term. Directed by Spike Lee with music by Terence Blanchard. 135 minutes, rated R.
• Thursday, April 21 — Der Untergang (Downfall), a 2004 film about Hitler's final days, as he raged against his powerlessness to top the fall of Berlin, and with it, World War II and the Third Reich. Directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel with music by Stephan Zacharias. 156 minutes, rated R.
Starting time for each film is 7 p.m. in the Vanderhoef Studio Theatre. Tickets are $10.
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Dave Jones, Dateline, 530-752-6556, dljones@ucdavis.edu