The Tauranga Film Society meets every second Wednesday at the Luxe Cinema in Devonport Road.
Films are limited to Film Society members. Once you are a member ($120 for the full season or $40 for a 3-film sampler membership) there is no additional cost to see each film. The 12 month membership period starts at your date of joining.
For more info, contact
Kristine Keir
Email: taurangafilmsociety@gmail.com
The dates of films are on the Programme for the Year
This week’s film is The Appartment
When: Wednesday 14th October 6.00pm start
Where: Luxe Cinema, 21 Devonport Rd, Tauranga
Check out the trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08mSKKCN1f4&t=39s
and the review below.
The Appartment (1960)
Director: Billy Wilder (USA) 125 mins
“Billy Wilder perfected his signature mix of cynicism and sentiment with this sardonic romantic comedy, which won him his second Best Director Oscar and also took home trophies for Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay. Jack Lemmon stars as Bud Baxter, a lowly office drone at a giant insurance firm who looks to scale the corporate ladder by loaning out his apartment to higher-ups for their extramarital assignations. Heartbroken when he discovers that his crush Fran (Shirley MacLaine) is the mistress of his callous boss (Fred MacMurray), Bud becomes her unlikely saviour when she attempts suicide from romantic despair. Nursing her back to health in his apartment, the corporate mouse becomes a lion in love, fearlessly facing down his bosses even as he can’t quite confess his feelings to Fran.”
– TIFF Cinematheque
“When Wilder and Lemmon worked together, their strongest films brought darkness and delight to the screen with sophistication, humour and a biting satirical edge. This is their masterpiece, a wry comment on the vicious world of corporate America, but with an ending as romantic and beautiful as Hollywood ever mustered.”
– Hannah Gatward, British Film Institute
