Melnitz Movies and The Crank Film Society present Jacques Cousteau and Louis Malle's THE SILENT WORLD (1956), the rarely screened winner of an Academy Award for Best Documentary and the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. A technological marvel of underwater cinematography, the film is full of breathtaking images of coral reefs, expansive blue seascapes, sunken boats crawling with sea life, and a hundred-fold school of porpoises jetting out of the water alongside Cousteau. But be warned: the film contains many disturbing images of harmful and wanton destruction to ocean life by Cousteau and his crew. Nevertheless, THE SILENT WORLD is still a wonder to see on the big screen.
CO-DIRECTORS: Jacques-Yves Cousteau, Louis Malle
WRITER: Cousteau
FEATURING: Cousteau, Frederic Dumas, Albert Falco, Francois Saout
86 min.
Melnitz Movies screenings are FREE to the UCLA community, including students, staff, faculty, and guests unless otherwise noted.
Movies are shown at James Bridges Theater (Melnitz 1409) at UCLA.
Tickets are available at the Melnitz box office the day of the screening one hour before show time and are given out on a first come, first serve basis--one ticket per person!
No late seating!
All screenings and appearances are subject to change on short notice so please check back here on the day of the show!
Melnitz Movies is brought to you by the UCLA Graduate Student Association and the ASUCLA Student Interaction Fund.
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