Table of Contents: Description, Corrections/Clarifications, Housekeeping, General, Main Slate, Recurring Directors, Recurring Countries, One-Time Directors, Festivals/Oscar Nominees, Discussions By Length, Specifications

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Description
The fourteenth episode of the Catalyst and Witness podcast, devoted to exploring the films and format of the New York Film Festival, hosted by Ryan Swen and Dan Molloy. This covers the fourteenth edition of the festival in 1976.

0:00-27:53 – Opening
27:54-1:11:17 – Part One [Small Change to The Ceremony]
1:11 :18-1:55:04 – Part Two [Kings of the Road to Illustrious Corpses]
1:55 :05-2:34:08 – Part Three [Story of Sin to A Touch of Zen]
2:34 :09-3:20:25 – Part Four [The Middleman to The Marquise of O…]
3:20 :26-3:26:08 – Closing

Corrections/Clarifications

• The episode title comes from a quote by Martin E. Segal regarding the barred screenings of In the Realm of the Senses, via the New York Times.

Housekeeping

• Hosted by Dan Molloy & Ryan Swen


• Conceived and Edited by Ryan Swen


• Recorded in Los Angeles on Zoom H4N and Sennheiser Microphones, Edited in Audacity


• Podcast photograph from Yi Yi, Logo designed by Dan Molloy


• Poster by Allan D’Arcangelo


• Recorded May 25, 2019


• Released May 31, 2019


• Music (in order of appearance):
  
  
  
  • Small Change (opening night)
  
  
  • Harlan County, U.S.A. (another favorite)
  
  
  • In the Realm of the Senses (favorite of the first section)
  
  
  • Dersu Uzala (favorite of the second section)
  
  
  • A Touch of Zen (favorite of the third section)
  
  
  • Duelle (une quarantaine) (favorite of the fourth section)
  
  
  • The Marquise of O… (closing night)
  
  

General

• Selection Committee: Richard Roud (program director), Richard Corliss, Roger Greenspun, Charles Michener, Susan Sontag, Arthur Knight (West Coast consultant), Henri Langlois (retrospective consultant)


• Location: Alice Tully Hall and Ziegfeld Theatre


• Prices: 2, 2.50, 3.50, 5; for opening and closing night 4, 5, 7, 10


• Films seen for the podcast:
  
  
  
  • Ryan
    
    
    
    • Seen before podcast watching period: In the Realm of the Senses, A Touch of Zen
    
    
    • Seen for the podcast: All available except Story of Sin, Strongman Ferdinand, Nana, Fear of Fear; A Touch of Zen rewatched
    
    
    • Favorite films: A Touch of Zen, Duelle (une quarantaine), The Marquise of O… Dersu Uzala, In the Realm of the Senses, The Ceremony, Sérail
    
    
    • Least favorite films: Illustrious Corpses
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • Dan
    
    
    
    • Seen before podcast watching period: Small Change, Ossessione, In the Realm of the Senses, The Ceremony, Kings of the Road, Duelle (une quarantaine)
    
    
    • Seen for the podcast: All available except Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000, The Memory of Justice, Illustrious Corpses, The Middleman, Nana; none rewatched
    
    
    • Favorite films: Duelle, Harlan County U.S.A., The Marquise of O…, A Touch of Zen
    
    
    • Least favorite films: Story of Sin, Ossessione
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  


• Discoveries of the festival: Bernice Bobs Her Hair, Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000


• Unavailable films: Sunday Funnies, In the Region of Ice

Main Slate

Opening Night: Small Change [L’Argent de poche/Pocket Money] (1976, François Truffaut)
October 1, 6:30
Released 1976
Retrospective: Ossessione [Obsession] (1943, Luchino Visconti)
October 2, 3:00
Released 1977
Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000 [Jonas qui aura 25 ans en l’an 2000] (1976, Alain Tanner)
October 2, 6:00
Released 1976
In the Realm of the Senses [Ai no korīda/Corridor of Love] (1976, Nagisa Oshima)
Replaced With: The Ceremony [Gishiki] (1971, Nagisa Oshima)
October 2, 9:00
Released 1977/Released 1974
Kings of the Road [Im Lauf der Zeit/In the Course of Time] (1976, Wim Wenders)
October 3, 5:00
Released 1976
Dersu Uzala (1975, Akira Kurosawa)
October 5, 6:15 {Ziegfeld Theatre}
Released 1977
The Memory of Justice (1976, Marcel Ophuls)
October 5, 6:30
Released 1976
“Rites of Passage”
Sunday Funnies (1976, Ray Karp)
In the Region of Ice (1976, Peter Werner)
Bernice Bobs Her Hair (1976, Joan Micklin Silver)
October 6, 6:15
Never released/Never released/Never released
Illustrious Corpses [Cadaveri eccellenti] (1976, Francesco Rosi)
October 6, 9:30
Released 1981
Story of Sin [Dzieje grzechu] (1975, Walerian Borowczyk)
October 7, 9:30
Released 1976
Sérail [Surreal Estate] (1976, Eduardo de Gregorio)
October 8, 9:30
Released 1976
Strongman Ferdinand [Der starke Ferdinand] (1976, Alexander Kluge)
October 9, 6:00
Released 1977
A Touch of Zen [Xiá nǚ/Hero Woman] (1971, King Hu)
October 10, 2:00
Released 2016
The Middleman [Jana Aranya] (1976, Satyajit Ray)
October 12, 9:30
Released 1980
Duelle (une quarantaine) [Twhylight] (1976, Jacques Rivette)
October 13, 9:30
Never released
Retrospective: Nana (1926, Jean Renoir)
October 14, 9:15
Released 1929
Fear of Fear [Angst vor der Angst] (1975, Rainer Werner Fassbinder)
October 15, 6:15
Never released
Harlan County, U.S.A. (1976, Barbara Kopple)
October 15, 9:30
Released 1977
Closing Night: The Marquise of O… [Die Marquise von O…] (1976, Eric Rohmer)
October 17, 6:00
Released 1976

Recurring Directors
Key: films in this iteration excluding shorts/omnibus/retrospectives, films in this iteration including, films in the festival up to this point excluding, films up to this point including, number of gala spots (when applicable), number of festivals with more than one film shown (when applicable); † indicates their last appearance, fraction in parentheses indicates number of features shown from oeuvre, features released in the eligible timeframe, features in oeuvre

• Nagisa Oshima: 1/2/2/3/0/1


• Satyajit Ray: 1/1/6/6/1†(6/24/32)


• Rainer Werner Fassbinder: 1/1/6/6


• François Truffaut: 1/1/5/5/4


• Jacques Rivette: 1/1/5/5/0/1


• Alexander Kluge: 1/1/4/4


• Eric Rohmer: 1/1/3/4/2


• Akira Kurosawa: 1/1/3/3/1


• Francesco Rosi: 1/1/3/3/0/1†(3/15/18)


• Marcel Ophuls: 1/1/3/3


• Luchino Visconti: 0/1/2/3/1


• Walerian Borowczyk: 1/1/2/2†(2/14/14)


• Alain Tanner: 1/1/2/2


• Wim Wenders: 1/1/2/2


• Eduardo de Gregorio: 1/1/1/1


• Barbara Kopple: 1/1/1/1


• Jean Renoir: 0/1/0/4

Recurring Countries
Key: films in this iter