FACETS CINÉMATHÈQUE

APRIL 2012

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A SPECIAL FACETS PRESENTATION!
ONE NIGHT ONLY!

Martin Scorsese's

GEORGE HARRISON:
LIVING IN THE MATERIAL WORLD

WINNER
Critics Choice Award
Best Documentary
Broadcast Film Critics
Assoc. Award

WINNER
NBR Award: Top 5 Documentaries
National Board
of Review

-Roger Ebert

"A fitting, sonorous tribute the pop idol, movie producer, spiritual searcher and constant gardener"
-Time

"Those of us who aren't as familiar with the band's most spiritual member are in for an unexpected treat"
-Variety

"An absorbing and beautifully made film"
-New York Times

Martin Scorsese's George Harrison: Living in the Material World focuses the imaginative and inspired eye of one of cinema's most pre-eminent filmmakers on one of the world's most influential men. The film takes viewers on the musical and spiritual voyage that was Harrison's life, much of it told in his own words. Academy Award-winning director Martin Scorsese traces Harrison's life from his musical beginnings in Liverpool through his life as a musician, a seeker, a philanthropist, and filmmaker. The film includes interviews with Harrison and his closest friends (Eric Clapton, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, George Martin, Paul McCartney, Yoko Ono, Tom Petty, Jane Birkin, Ringo Starr, etc.) as well as performances, home movies, and photographs. Much of the material in the film has never been seen (or heard) before and the result is a rare glimpse into the mind and soul of one of the most talented artists of his generation as well as a profoundly intimate and affecting work of cinema.

Harrison's platinum-selling solo record All Things Must Pass was released as a triple album and featured the hit single "My Sweet Lord." "I will never forget the first time I heard All Things Must Pass, the overwhelming feeling of taking in that all glorious music for the first time," says Scorsese. "It was like walking into a cathedral." Harrison organized the landmark benefit Concert for Bangladesh-the first major rock concert to address a world crisis, launched HandMade Films, a key factor in the revival of the British film industry in the 1980s and spent 30 years restoring one of the great estates and gardens in England, Friar Park. In every aspect of his professional, personal and spiritual life, until his final hours, Harrison blazed his own path. As his friend John Lennon once said, "George himself is no mystery. But the mystery inside George is immense. It's watching him uncover it all little by little that's so damn interesting."

Directed by Martin Scorsese, U.S.A., 2011, 208 mins.

Official site Roger Ebert Time Variety Los Angeles Times New York Times

Showtime:
Sunday, Apr. 29 at 7 p.m

Tickets:

For this special event, General Admission: $9.00
Facets membership privileges do not apply.
No free passes will be valid for this screening.

For all Cinémathèque inquiries, contact Charles Coleman at 773.281.9075 or charles@facets.org

Artworks: National Endowment for the Arts

APRIL 2012

GEORGE HARRISON: LIVING IN THE MATERIAL WORLD

GEORGE HARRISON:
LIVING IN THE MATERIAL WORLD