NYFF62: 9/27-10/14

개막: 라멜 로스 감독 '니켈 보이즈(Nickel Boys)'

폐막: 스티브 맥퀸 감독의 '블리츠(Blitz)'

 

 

스페인 거장 페드로 알모도바르(Pedro Almodóvar) 감독의 시작 '옆집 방(The Room Next Door)'이 2024 뉴욕영화제(NYFF62, 9/27-10/14)의 센터피스(10/4 상영)로 선정됐다. 

 

베스트셀러 작가 잉그리드(줄리안 무어, Julianne Moore)가 수년간 연락이 끊겼던 종군기자 친구 마사(틸다 스윈튼, Tilda Swinton)과 만나 과거를 회상하며 삶과 죽음, 그리고 우정을 재확인하는 이야기다. 

 

'옆집 방'의 원작은 2018 전미도서상 수상 뉴욕 소설가 시그리드 누네즈(Sigrid Nunez)의 'What Are You Going Through'를 원작 알모도바르가 각색했다. 원작 소설은 한국에서 '어떻게 지내요'(정소영 역, 엘리 간, 2021)로 번역 출간되어 있다. 소설은 암 말기 진단 친구에게서 연락은 받은 내가 낯선 도시로 떠난다. 친구는 조용한 곳에서 안락사할  계획으로 나에게 함께 있어달라고 부탁한다. 죽음을 앞둔 친구와의 관계를 통해 죽음, 공감과 연민, 여성의 삶 등을 포착한다. 

 

알모도바르의 첫 영어 장편영화인 '옆집 방'은 올 베니스 영화제에서 세계 초연된 후 뉴욕영화제에서 북미지역에서 최초로 상영될 예정이다. 

 

 

2021 뉴욕영화제 언론 시사회에서 '평행의 엄마들' 상영 후 토론하고 있는 페드로 알모도바르 감독, 배우 페넬로페 크루즈.

 

알모도바르는 뉴욕영화제에 15번째 초청됐다. 1988년 개막작 '신경쇠약 직전의 여자(Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, NYFF26)'으로 시작, '비밀의 꽃(The Flower of My Secret, NYFF33)', '라이브 플레쉬(Live Flesh, NYFF35)', '내 어머니의 모든 것(All About My Mother, NYFF37), '그녀에게(Talk to Her, NYFF40)', '나쁜 교육(Bad Education, NYFF42)', '귀향(Volver, NYFF44)', '브로큰 임브레이시즈(Broken Embraces, NYFF47)', '내가 사는 피부(The Skin I Live In, NYFF49)', '줄리에타(Julieta, NYFF54), '고통과 영광(Pain and Glory, NYFF57)', '인간의 목소리(The Human Voice,NYFF58)', '평행의 어머니들(Parallel Mothers, NYFF59)', 그리고 지난해 '이상한 삶의 방식(Strange Way of Life, NYFF61)' 등이 상영됐다. 

 

2024 뉴욕영화제는 라멜 로스 감독의  '니켈 보이즈(Nickel Boys)'로 개막한다. 콜슨 화이트헤드(Colson Whitehead)의 퓰리처상 수상작(2020)을 원작으로 한 '니켈 보이즈'는 짐 크로우 시대(1876-1965에 시행됐던 인종 분리정책) 플로리다 학교에서 발생하 인종차별을 담았다. 콜슨 화이트헤드는 '언더그라운드 레일로드(The Underground Railroad)'로 전미 도서상과 퓰리처상을 수상한 작가다. 퓰리처상을 2회 수상한 작가는 부스 타킹톤(Booth Tarkington), 윌리엄 포크너(William Faulkner), 존 업다이크(John Updike)에 이어 네번째다.  

 

폐막작으로는 영국 스티브 맥퀸(Steve McQueen) 감독의 '블리츠(Blitz)'가 선정됐다. '노예 12년(12 Years a Slave, 2013)'의 스티브 맥퀸 감독, 시어셔 로난(Saoirse Ronan)이 주연한 '블리츠'는 제 2차 세계대전 당시 노동계급 미혼모와 9살 흑인 아들의 이야기를 통해 1940년대 런던의 다문화적 초상화를 그린 작품이다. 스티브 맥퀸은 2020년 제 58회 뉴욕영화제를 '러버스 록(Lovers Rock)'으로 개막한 바 있다. 이로써 올 뉴욕영화제의 개막과 폐막은 흑인 남성 감독들의 작품이 장식하게 됐다. 

 

*NYFF61 페드로 알모도바르의 동성애 서부극 '이상한 방식의 삶(Strange Way of Life) ★★★★☆ 

https://www.nyculturebeat.com/index.php?mid=Film2&document_srl=4106192

 

*NYFF59 '평행의 엄마들(Parallel Mothers)': 모두들 페미니스트가 되라! ★★★★★

https://www.nyculturebeat.com/index.php?mid=Film2&document_srl=4048521

 

*NYFF57 페드로 알모도바르의 '페인 앤 글로리(Pain and Glory)' ★★★★

https://www.nyculturebeat.com/index.php?mid=Film2&document_srl=3851849

 

 

FILM AT LINCOLN CENTER ANNOUNCES THE U.S. PREMIERE OF PEDRO ALMODÓVAR’S THE ROOM NEXT DOOR AS CENTERPIECE FOR THE 62ND NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL 

New York, NY (August 1, 2024) – Film at Lincoln Center announces Pedro Almodóvar’s The Room Next Door, starring Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton, as the Centerpiece selection for the 62nd New York Film Festival, making its U.S. premiere at Alice Tully Hall on October 4. Secure your ticket and more with Festival Passes, limited quantities on sale now. Single tickets go on sale September 17 at noon ET, with pre-sale access for FLC Members and Pass holders prior to this date.

Ingrid (Julianne Moore), a best-selling writer, rekindles her relationship with her friend Martha (Tilda Swinton), a war journalist with whom she has lost touch for a number of years. The two women immerse themselves in their pasts, sharing memories, anecdotes, art, movies—yet Martha has a request that will test their newly strengthened bond. Pedro Almodóvar’s finely sculpted drama, his first English-language feature, is the unmistakable work of a master filmmaker, a hushed and humane portrayal of the beauty of life and the inevitability of death, graced with incandescent performances by Moore and Swinton that tap the very essence of being. Adapting Sigrid Nunez’s treasure of a novel, What Are You Going Through, Almodóvar has exquisitely reframed his career-long fascination with the lives of women for an American vernacular, capturing Manhattan and upstate New York with enraptured affection. A Sony Pictures Classics release.

“I am delighted that The Room Next Door will be the Centerpiece of the New York Film Festival,” said director Pedro Almodóvar. “This festival has been my bridge to New York audiences for decades, so it only felt natural that the two protagonists go see a film at the Alice Tully Hall in one of the scenes of the movie. It was very moving for me to shoot in a place that holds so very dear memories to me, and where I hope to keep on treasuring them in a not so distant future.”

“Few filmmakers are as closely associated with the New York Film Festival as Pedro Almodóvar, and it is a true pleasure to present his first English-language feature as this year’s Centerpiece selection,” said Dennis Lim, Artistic Director, New York Film Festival. “The Room Next Door is the work of an artist at the height of his powers: a wise, exquisitely acted, achingly beautiful film that feels perfectly calibrated to this moment.”

The Room Next Door marks NYFF mainstay Pedro Almodóvar’s 15th festival selection, of which a record-setting nine titles have been gala presentations. He made his NYFF debut in 1988 with Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (NYFF26) as the Opening Night selection, and also opened NYFF with All About My Mother (NYFF37). Bad Education (NYFF42) and Volver (NYFF44) were selected as Centerpieces, and Live Flesh (NYFF35), Talk to Her (NYFF40), Broken Embraces (NYFF47), and Parallel Mothers (NYFF59) were Closing Night selections. Additional NYFF selections include The Flower of My Secret (NYFF33), The Skin I Live In (NYFF49), Julieta (NYFF54), Pain and Glory (NYFF57), The Human Voice (NYFF58), and Strange Way of Life (NYFF61).

Pedro Almodóvar (b. Calzada de Calatrava, September 25, 1949) left his small town for Madrid as a teenager to realize his dreams of becoming a filmmaker. Arriving with few prospects, he secured “proper” employment at the National Telephone Company of Spain, which allowed him to purchase his first Super 8 camera. For the next 12 years, Almodóvar split his time between this serious day job and crazy nights collaborating with theater groups and punk bands, writing for underground magazines, and making short films with his friends. In 1980, after a year and a half of filming on a shoestring budget, Almodóvar made his feature-length debut with Pepi, Luci, Bom. Since then, he has never stopped writing and directing films, which include the Academy Award winners All About My Mother (1999) and Talk to Her (2002).

The NYFF Main Slate selection committee is chaired by Dennis Lim, NYFF Artistic Director, and includes Florence Almozini, Justin Chang, K. Austin Collins, and Rachel Rosen.

Presented by Film at Lincoln Center, the New York Film Festival is an annual showcase of the best in world cinema. Since 1963, NYFF has shaped film culture and continues an enduring tradition of introducing audiences to bold and remarkable works from celebrated filmmakers as well as fresh new talent. The 62nd edition of the festival takes place September 27–October 14, 2024.

The Room Next Door joins the previously announced RaMell Ross’s Nickel Boys, the Opening Night selection, and Steve McQueen’s Blitz, the Closing Night film of NYFF62. Sign up for forthcoming announcements, including Main Slate, Spotlight, Currents, Revivals, and Talks.

Secure your tickets for Centerpiece and more with Festival Passes, limited quantities on sale now. NYFF62 single tickets will go on sale to the general public on Tuesday, September 17 at noon ET, with pre-sale access for FLC Members and Pass holders prior to this date. Become an FLC Member by August 13 to secure NYFF62 pre-sale access and discounted tickets year-round.