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Donald RichieOctober 21, 2006
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Terry GilliamOctober 2, 2006
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Forest Whitaker, Kevin Macdonald + James McAvoySeptember 17, 2006
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Matthew ModineJune 17, 2006
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Robert AltmanApril 29, 2006
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Bennett MillerJanuary 7, 2006
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Tommy Lee JonesDecember 12, 2005
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Fernando Mereilles + Rachel WeiszNovember 29, 2005
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Laurent Cantet + Karen YoungOctober 20, 2005
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Sidney LumetOctober 5, 2005
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Glenn CloseSeptember 22, 2005
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Francois OzonJune 5, 2005
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Brad BirdJanuary 9, 2005
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Mira NairAugust 29, 2004
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Melvin + Mario Van PeeblesMay 8, 2004
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Tim BurtonNovember 19, 2003
Francois Ozon June 5, 2005
Throughout his career, the versatile French director Francois Ozon has made a wide range of films that display varying doses of outlandish comedy, transgressive sexual politics, and Hitchcockian suspense. While his movies are stylish and liberating, they also contain a poignant awareness of loss and unfulfilled desire. Ozon spoke at the Museum after a preview screening of his deceptively simple, profoundly haunting drama 5x2, the story of a failed marriage told in reverse chronological order. Also screened at the Museum on the same day, at the conclusion of a retrospective of Ozon's films, were four of his early short works: Bed Scenes, X2000, Truth or Dare, and Little Death. In the discussion, Ozon is alternately playful and serious. One can see how his relaxed, open approach elicits such truthful, revelatory performances.
