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Opens Friday, April 19 at Film Forum

TRILOGIES, a four-week, 78-film festival, will run at Film Forum from Friday, April 19 to Thursday, May 16. The series includes both trilogies telling a single story (such as the 9-hour Japanese film The Human Condition) and three films linked thematically by their directors. Several rare prints have been imported from all over the world especially for the series.

The sweeping program ranges from well-known epics (like Coppola’s “Godfather Trilogy” and Leone’s Eastwood trilogy) to rare screenings of lesser known gems (Hou Hsiao-Hsien's “Coming of Age Trilogy” and Mark Donskoy's “Maxim Gorky Trilogy”), representing 15 different countries: the United States, France, Italy, Japan, Germany, the United Kingdom, India, Argentina, Russia, Taiwan, Finland, Greece, Denmark, Poland, and Sweden.

The festival spans much of film history, from 1922 (Fritz Lang's Dr. Mabuse, The Gambler, the first of his “Dr. Mabuse Trilogy”) through the 21st century (Lucrecia Martel’s “Salta Trilogy” and Nicolas Winding Refn’s “Pusher Trilogy”), and highlights major auteurs in between (Bergman, Ford, Carol Reed, Antonioni, and Wenders, et al.)

There is no blueprint for creating a trilogy. Some filmmakers follow a loosely-woven theme like Whit Stillman’s “‘Doomed. Bourgeois. In Love.’ Trilogy,” while others like Coppola’s “Godfather Trilogy” and Satyajit Ray’s “Apu Trilogy” follow a central character in a linear timeline. Robert Rossellini’s “War Trilogy” focuses on a specific subject matter and period of time, while Pier Paolo Pasolini’s “Trilogy of Life” brings a collection of classic texts to life.

Most films in the series can be seen individually and non-consecutively, with the exception of the “Godfather Trilogy,” The Human Condition, the “Apu Trilogy,” “Marseilles Trilogy,” and Donskoy’s “Maxim Gorky Trilogy,” which all tell a single linear story. Marathon screenings are scheduled for all of these films.

“TRILOGIES” has been programmed by Bruce Goldstein, Film Forum’s Director of Repertory Programming, and Elspeth Carroll, Repertory Programming Associate.

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