36th New York Film Festival

The 36th New York Film Festival took place September 25 – October 11, 1998 at Film at Lincoln Center.

Main Slate

Celebrity (Woody Allen) with Shown with Yours (Jeff Scher) (Opening Night)
Black Cat, White Cat (Emir Kusturica) (Centerpiece)
The Dreamlife of Angels (Erick Zonca) with Fetch, Australia (Lynn-Maree Danzey) (Closing Night)
The Apple (Samira Makhmalbaf) with Gasman (Lynn Ramsay)
Autumn Tale (Eric Rohmer) with Theo, Are You There? (Julie Lipinski)
The Celebration (Thomas Vinterberg) with Let’s Be Friends! (Thomas Bardinet)
Dr. Akagi (Shohei Imamura)
Flowers of Shanghai (Hou Hsiao-hsien)
The General (John Boorman)
Gods and Monsters (Bill Condon) with My Ex (Steve Salinaro)
Happiness (Todd Solondz)
The Inheritors (Stefan Ruzowitzky)
I Stand Alone (Gaspar Noé) with Horseshoe (David Lodge)
The Joyless Street (G.W. Pabst) (Retrospective selection)
Khrustalyov, My Car! (Aleksei Guerman)
Late August, Early September (Olivier Assayas) with Day to Day (Flavio Frederico)
My Name Is Joe (Ken Loach) with Keep in a Dry Place and Away from Children (Bolex Brothers)
Point Blank (John Boorman) with The Sickroom (Serge Marcotte) (Retrospective selection)
River of Gold (Paulo Rocha) with Shaman (Ondrej Rudavsky)
Rushmore (Wes Anderson) with Interview (Xavier Giannoli)
Same Old Song (Alain Resnais)
Slam (Marc Levin)
“2000 Seen By…” – two films of the 10 commissioned by French television to take place on December 31, 1999: Life on Earth (Abderrahmane Sissako) and The Book of Life (Hal Hartley)
Velvet Goldmine (Todd Haynes) with Tangerine Dream (Keri Light)
You Laugh (Paolo and Vittorio Taviani) with I’m On Fire (Ryan Rowe)

SPECIAL EVENTS

In the Presence of a Clown (Ingmar Bergman)
Strike (Sergei M. Eisenstein)

RETROSPECTIVE

Alexandria Again and Forever (Youssef Chahine)
Alexandria… Why? (Youssef Chahine)
Cairo Station (Youssef Chahine)
Cairo As Seen by Youssef Chahine (Youssef Chahine)
The Choice (Youssef Chahine)
Destiny (Youssef Chahine)
An Egyptian Story (Youssef Chahine)
It’s You My Love (Youssef Chahine)
The Land (Youssef Chahine)
Once Upon a Time the Nile (Youssef Chahine)
The Return of the Prodigal Son (Youssef Chahine)
Saladin (Youssef Chahine)
Sky of Hell (Youssef Chahine)
The Sparrow (Youssef Chahine)

VIEWS FROM THE AVANT-GARDE

Julio en Chapala (Bruce Baillie)
Glass: Memories of Water #25 (Leighton Pierce)
Variations (Nathaniel Dorsky)
Arrival (1997A) (Steve Polta)
Korridor (Dietmar Brehn)
Alone: Life Wastes Andy Hardy (Martin Arnold)
Immur Zu (Janie Geiser)
Intrigue (Jim Jennings)
Nocturne (Peggy Ahwesh)
An W + B (Kurt Kren)
Noema (Scott Stark)
Wandlet (R.G.A. Gerlach)
Emily Died (Anne Robertson)
19 Scenes Relating to a Trip to Japan (Konrad Steiner)
Ontic Antics Starring Laurel and Hardy (Ken Jacobs)
One (Fred Worden)
21-87 (Arthur Lipsett)
Free Fall (Arthur Lipsett)
A Trip Down Memory Lane (Arthur Lipsett)
Fluxes (Arthur Lipsett)
N-Zone (Arthur Lipsett)
Very Nice, Very Nice (Arthur Lipsett)