Festival 2009Cristi Puiu presents

THE STORE
Documentary Specification	Biography / Biografie
trailer not available / Official Website THE STORE The Store Frederick Wiseman USA 1983 118'	FREDERICK WISEMAN Doctor of Fine Arts, Bowdoin College, 2005 Doctor of Fine Arts, Princeton University, 1994 Doctor of Humane Letters, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, 1994 Doctor of Fine Arts, Lake Forest College, 1991 Doctor of Humane Letters, Williams College, 1976 Doctor of Humane Letters, University of Cincinnati, 1973 Independent Filmmaker, 1967-present Zipporah Films, Inc., General Manager, 1971-present
	Filmography / Filmografie
	La danse - Le ballet de l'Opéra de Paris (2009) La dernière lettre (2002) Domestic Violence (2001) Public Housing (1997) Near Death (1989) The Store (1983) Missile (1987) Manoeuvre (1979) Hospital (1970) Law and Order (1969) Titicut Follies (1967) ......
	Awards / Premii
	Lifetime Achievement Award, The Chicago International Documentary Festival, 2007 George Polk Career Award, 2006 American Society of Cinematographers Distinguished Achievement Award, 2006 Dan David Prize Laureate, 2003 Yale Law Association Award of Merit, 2002 Honorary Member, American Academy of Arts and Letters, 2001-present Commandeur de L’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, 2000 The Rosenberger Medal, University of Chicago, 1999 Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1991-present The Peabody Award for Significant and Meritorious Achievement, 1990 Chevalier de L’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, 1987 John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Fellow, 1982-1987 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellow, 1980-1981

Synopsis / Sinopsis

THE STORE is a film about the main Neiman-Marcus store and corporate headquarters in Dallas. The sequences in the film include the selection, presentation, marketing, pricing, advertising and selling of a vast array of consumer products including designer clothes and furs, jewelry, perfumes, shoes, electronic products, sportswear, china and porcelain and many other goods. The internal management and organizational aspects of a large corporation are shown, i.e., sales meetings, development of marketing and advertising strategies, training, personnel practices and sales techniques.

ASTRA FILM FESTIVAL 2009

Programming / Programare
Friday 30 - Hall A - 19h00 / Friday 30 - Hall A - 19h00

Films in The New Wave and the documentaries Special Program
Filme in Programul Special Noul Val si filmul documentar

OUT OF THE PRESENT , Andrei Ujica, Harun Farock, Germany
THE STORE , Frederick Wiseman, USA

FESTIVAL PROGRAM

film screenings

AFF09 Film Program (.pdf)

Mo.26 | Tu.27 | We.28 | Th.29

Fr.30 | Sa.31 | Su.01

events

Mo.26 - Su.01

FILM ARCHIVE

ASTRA FILM manages an extensive documentary film collection with public screening facilities. The ASTRA FILM archive started in 1990, and it has collected since thousands of documentaries produced in over 70 countries.

Due to our focus on the Eastern European and Romanian production, the ASTRA FILM archive holds a unique collection of documentaries documenting the issues of post-communism and transition in the region.