[Videonews] New Release: PRIMO LEVI'S JOURNEY - NY Times Critic's Pick

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The Cinema Guild is pleased to announce the release of PRIMO =
LEVI=E2=80=99S JOURNEY, an extraordinary documentary currently playing =
in theaters around the country (and receiving wonderful reviews =
=E2=80=93 see below), that is now available for institutional and =
library purchase.

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=E2=80=9CVividly impressionistic and delightfully curious!=E2=80=9D =
Critic=E2=80=99s Pick=20

=E2=80=93 Jeannette Catsoulis, The New York Times

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"A startling, beautiful movie! A cinematic, socio-political travelogue, =
whose music is pitch perfect and which would have been an eloquent =
critique of current-day Europe even without Levi's prescient =
ruminations. With them, the film achieves sublimity.=E2=80=9D

=E2=80=93 John Anderson, New York Newsday=20

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=E2=80=9CAn extraordinary odyssey! A profound meditation on the =
unevenness of history, reminding us - as Faulkner once remarked - that =
the past not only isn't dead, it isn't really past at all.=E2=80=9D=20

=E2=80=93 Andrew O=E2=80=99Hehir, Salon.com

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Primo Levi=E2=80=99s Journey

A film by Davide Ferrario

Narrated by Academy Award winner Chris Cooper

In the winter of 1945, Primo Levi, one of the century=E2=80=99s greatest =
writers, was liberated from the Auschwitz concentration camp. With the =
war still underway, he embarked on a thousand-mile journey to his home =
in Turin, Italy =E2=80=93 a strange, beguiling odyssey memorialized in =
his book, =E2=80=9CThe Reawakening.=E2=80=9D Sixty years later, director =
Davide Ferrario set out to follow in Levi=E2=80=99s footsteps. Retracing =
his historic trip, the film weaves a path through a modern Europe that =
has both changed and remained eerily the same =E2=80=93 from democratic =
rallies in the East to neo-Nazi demonstrations in the West. Narrated by =
Academy Award winning actor Chris Cooper, Primo Levi=E2=80=99s Journey =
is a comic, frightening, picaresque road trip through history.

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Directed by Davide Ferrario

2007, 92 minutes

Purchase: $350 Rental: $95

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* 2007 Theatrical Release

* Official Selection, Toronto International Film Festival, 2007

* Official Selection, Amsterdam Documentary Film Festival, 2007

* Official Selection, Rome International Film Festival, 2007

* Official Selection, London International Film Festival, 2007

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=E2=80=9CAn illuminating documentary!=20

=E2=80=93 Mark Holcomb, Time Out New York=20

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=E2=80=9CA fascinating film! A remarkable documentary! A richly =
idiosyncratic portrait of 21st-century Europe.=E2=80=9D

=E2=80=93 Ella Taylor, LA=E2=80=88WEEKLY

=E2=80=9CA surprisingly uplifting and beautifully mesmerizing =
documentary! The best documentaries are the most personal, and =
that=E2=80=99s what Ferrario has accomplished with Primo Levi=E2=80=99s =
Journey. Instead of simply recounting what Levi experienced, Ferrario =
creates a new chapter in Levi=E2=80=99s legacy, one worthy of the great =
Italian writer=E2=80=99s work and experiences.=E2=80=9D=20

=E2=80=93 Steve Ramos, Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel=20

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=E2=80=9CA haunting portrait of how Europe - and the world in general - =
is still contending with the complicated legacy of twentieth-century =
conflict. An engaging conversation piece.=E2=80=9D=20

=E2=80=93 Bilge Ebiri, New York Magazine=20

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=E2=80=9CFerrario has a delicate, unforced eye for elegant =
counterpoints, and his style unobtrusively draws you into the =
journey.=E2=80=9D

=E2=80=93 Kenneth Turan, LA=E2=80=88TIMES

=20

=E2=80=9CEloquent! In considerable measure, Primo Levi=E2=80=99s Journey =
succeeds.=E2=80=9D

=E2=80=93 Stanley Kauffman, The New Republic=20

=20

=E2=80=9CA gently moving vision of people and lands struggling to =
reconcile the past with an uncertain present.=E2=80=9D=20

=E2=80=93 Jay Weissberg, Variety=20

=20

=E2=80=9CFerrario, by creating a new narrative just as Levi did, shares =
common ground with the chemist-memoirist. He tells a modern version of =
Levi=E2=80=99s tale that is sure to appeal to modern audiences.=E2=80=9D =

=E2=80=93 Menachem Wecker, Jewish Press

=20

=E2=80=9CFor filmgoers who value something fresh and original on the big =
screen, the documentary delivers.=E2=80=9D=20

=E2=80=93 Doris Toumarkine, Film Journal International

=20

=E2=80=9CWith tasteful patches of excerpts from Levi=E2=80=99s diary, =
evocatively read by actor Chris Cooper, the film teems with dream-like =
imagery and crackles with unexpected irony.... Primo Levi=E2=80=99s =
Journey leave an unusually vivid impression of place, hauntingly mixing =
travelogue with social commentary.=E2=80=9D

=E2=80=93 Paul Birchall, LA=E2=80=88City Beat

=20

=E2=80=9CIlluminating! A work of poetic inquiry. Recalling the technique =
pioneered by Claude Lanzmann in Shoah, Ferrario supplants =
representation. He avoids the standard route of stills and archival =
footage as easy conduits to stepping back in time. The historical =
significance, put in specific context, establishes a stronger sense of =
meaning than any preexisting material.=E2=80=9D=20

=E2=80=93 Erik Kohn, New York Press

=20

=E2=80=9CFascinating! A haunting and idiosyncratic documentary.=E2=80=9D =

=E2=80=93 Miriam Rinn, Jewish Standard

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For more information:

http://cinemaguild.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=3DPROD =
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Product_Code=3D2281> &Store_Code=3DTCGS&Product_Code=3D2281

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PLEASE NOTE OUR NEW ADDRESS:

Ryan Krivoshey=20

The Cinema Guild=20

115 West 30th Street, Ste. 800

New York, NY 10001

Tel: (212) 685-6242=20

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The Cinema
Guild is pleased to announce the release of PRIMO LEVI=E2=80=99S =
JOURNEY, an
extraordinary documentary currently playing in theaters around the =
country (and
receiving wonderful reviews =E2=80=93 see below), that is now available =
for institutional
and library purchase.<o:p></o:p>

<o:p> </o:p>=

=E2=80=9CVi=
vidly
impressionistic and delightfully curious!=E2=80=9D Critic=E2=80=99s =
Pick <o:p></o:p>

=E2=80=93
Jeannette Catsoulis, The New York Times<o:p></o:p>

<o:p> </o=
:p>

"A
startling, beautiful movie! A cinematic, socio-political travelogue, =
whose
music is pitch perfect and which would have been an eloquent critique of
current-day Europe even without Levi's prescient ruminations. With them, =
the
film achieves sublimity.=E2=80=9D<o:p></o:p>

=C2=A0=E2=80=93=

John Anderson, New York Newsday <o:p></o:p>

<o:p> </o=
:p>

=E2=80=9CAn=

extraordinary odyssey! A profound meditation on the unevenness of =
history,
reminding us - as Faulkner once remarked - that the past not only isn't =
dead,
it isn't really past at all.=E2=80=9D <o:p></o:p>

=E2=80=93
Andrew O=E2=80=99Hehir, Salon.com<o:p></o:p>

<o:p> </o=
:p>

Primo
Levi=E2=80=99s Journey<o:p></o:p>

A
film by Davide Ferrario<o:p></o:p>

Narrated
by Academy Award winner Chris Cooper<o:p></o:p>

In the
winter of 1945, Primo Levi, one of the century=E2=80=99s greatest =
writers, was
liberated from the Auschwitz concentration camp. With the war still =
underway,
he embarked on a thousand-mile journey to his home in Turin, Italy =
=E2=80=93 a strange,
beguiling odyssey memorialized in his book, =E2=80=9CThe =
Reawakening.=E2=80=9D Sixty years
later, director Davide Ferrario set out to follow in Levi=E2=80=99s =
footsteps.
Retracing his historic trip, the film weaves a path through a modern =
Europe
that has both changed and remained eerily the same =E2=80=93 from =
democratic rallies in
the East to neo-Nazi demonstrations in the West. Narrated by Academy =
Award
winning actor Chris Cooper, Primo Levi=E2=80=99s Journey is a =
comic,
frightening, picaresque road trip through history.<o:p></o:p>

<o:p> </o:p>=

Directed
by Davide Ferrario<o:p></o:p>

2007, 92
minutes<o:p></o:p>

Purchase:
$350 Rental: $95<o:p></o:p>

<o:p> </o:p>=

* 2007
Theatrical Release<o:p></o:p>

* Official
Selection, Toronto International Film Festival, =
2007<o:p></o:p>

* Official
Selection, Amsterdam Documentary Film Festival, =
2007<o:p></o:p>

* Official
Selection, Rome International Film Festival, 2007<o:p></o:p>

* Official
Selection, London International Film Festival, =
2007<o:p></o:p>

<o:p> </o:p>=

=E2=80=9CAn=

illuminating documentary! <o:p></o:p>

=E2=80=93
Mark Holcomb, Time Out New York <o:p></o:p>

<o:p> </o=
:p>

=E2=80=9CA
fascinating film! A remarkable documentary! A richly idiosyncratic =
portrait
of 21st-century Europe.=E2=80=9D<o:p></o:p>

=E2=80=93 Ella Taylor, LA=E2=80=88WEEKLY<o:p></o:p>

<o:p></o:p>

=E2=80=9CA<=
/b>
surprisingly uplifting and beautifully mesmerizing documentary! =
The best
documentaries are the most personal, and that=E2=80=99s what Ferrario =
has accomplished
with Primo Levi=E2=80=99s Journey. Instead of simply recounting what =
Levi experienced,
Ferrario creates a new chapter in Levi=E2=80=99s legacy, one worthy of =
the great
Italian writer=E2=80=99s work and experiences.=E2=80=9D =
<o:p></o:p>

=E2=80=93 Steve Ramos, Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel =
<o:p></o:p>

<o:p> </o=
:p>

=E2=80=9CA
haunting portrait of how Europe - and the world in general - is =
still
contending with the complicated legacy of twentieth-century conflict. An =
engaging
conversation piece.=E2=80=9D <o:p></o:p>

=E2=80=93 Bilge Ebiri, New York Magazine =
<o:p></o:p>

<o:p> </o=
:p>

=E2=80=9CFe=
rrario
has a delicate, unforced eye for elegant counterpoints, and his =
style
unobtrusively draws you into the journey.=E2=80=9D<o:p></o:p>

=E2=80=93 Kenneth Turan, LA=E2=80=88TIMES<o:p></o:p>

<o:p> </o=
:p>

=E2=80=9CEl=
oquent!
In considerable measure, Primo Levi=E2=80=99s Journey =
succeeds.=E2=80=9D<o:p></o:p>

=C2=A0=E2=80=93 Stanley Kauffman, The New Republic =
<o:p></o:p>

<o:p> </o=
:p>

=E2=80=9CA
gently moving vision of people and lands struggling to reconcile the =
past
with an uncertain present.=E2=80=9D <o:p></o:p>

=E2=80=93 Jay Weissberg, Variety =
<o:p></o:p>

<o:p> </o=
:p>

=E2=80=9CFerra=
rio,
by creating a new narrative just as Levi did, shares common ground with =
the
chemist-memoirist. He tells a modern version of Levi=E2=80=99s tale that =
is sure to
appeal to modern audiences.=E2=80=9D <o:p></o:p>

=E2=80=93 Menachem Wecker, Jewish =
Press<o:p></o:p>

<o:p> </o=
:p>

=E2=80=9CFo=
r
filmgoers who value something fresh and original on the big screen, =
the
documentary delivers.=E2=80=9D <o:p></o:p>

=E2=80=93 Doris Toumarkine, Film Journal =
International<o:p></o:p>

<o:p> </o=
:p>

=E2=80=9CWith
tasteful patches of excerpts from Levi=E2=80=99s diary, evocatively read =
by actor Chris
Cooper, the film teems with dream-like imagery and crackles with =
unexpected
irony.... Primo Levi=E2=80=99s Journey leave an unusually =
vivid impression
of place, hauntingly mixing travelogue with social =
commentary.=E2=80=9D<o:p></o:p>

=E2=80=93 Paul Birchall, LA=E2=80=88City Beat<o:p></o:p>

<o:p> </o=
:p>

=E2=80=9CIllum=
inating!
A work of poetic inquiry. Recalling the technique pioneered by =
Claude
Lanzmann in Shoah, Ferrario supplants representation. He avoids =
the
standard route of stills and archival footage as easy conduits to =
stepping back
in time. The historical significance, put in specific context, =
establishes a
stronger sense of meaning than any preexisting material.=E2=80=9D =
<o:p></o:p>

=E2=80=93 Erik Kohn, New York =
Press<o:p></o:p>

<o:p> </o=
:p>

=E2=80=9CFasci=
nating!
A haunting and idiosyncratic documentary.=E2=80=9D =
<o:p></o:p>

=E2=80=93
Miriam Rinn, Jewish Standard<o:p></o:p>

<o:p> </o:p>

For more information:<o:p></o:p>

<a
href=3D"http://cinemaguild.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=3DPROD&Store_C=
ode=3DTCGS&Product_Code=3D2281">http://cinemaguild.com/mm5/merchant.m=
vc?Screen=3DPROD&Store_Code=3DTCGS&Product_Code=3D2281</a><o:p></=
o:p>

<o:p> </o:p>

PLEASE =
NOTE OUR
NEW ADDRESS:<o:p></o:p>

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Fax: (212) =
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Web: =
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