BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//nowplayingnashville.com//NONSGML iCalcreator 2.6// VERSION:2.0 X-WR-CALNAME:Calendar of nowplayingnashville.com X-WR-CALDESC:In this calendar you will find information about events that y ou did save X-WR-TIMEZONE:US/Pacific BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20130524T234806CEST-48827wiJDh@nowplayingnashville.com DTSTAMP:20130524T214806Z CATEGORIES:Personal CLASS:EVENT DESCRIPTION:Event Name: 'Unexpected Tales' Film Series\, Short Film: Night Hunter\, Feature Film: Beauty and the Beast\nEvent Url: http://www.nowplay ingnashville.com/event/detail/441568315/Unexpected_Tales_Film_Series_Short _Film_Night_Hunter_Feature_Film_Beauty_and_the_Beast\nEvent Date Begin: 20 12-04-20\nEvent Date End: 2012-04-20\n\nFairy Tales\, Monsters\, and the G enetic Imagination\, on view in the Upper-Level Galleries from February 24 through May 28\, 2012\, depicts composite beings and fantastic narratives that are influenced by literary sources from folktales to science fiction . The exhibition explores themes of psychology\, identity\, and the future . Inspired by this constructed alternate world\, the Frist Center\, in col laboration with the Nashville Film Festival\, has planned a four-part film series&mdash\; &ldquo\;Unexpected Tales&rdquo\;&mdash\;which will explore Fairy Tales through fantasy\, monsters\, and genetic development. The sho rt film preceding the feature will be presented by the Nashville Film Fest ival.\n\nAbout the short film:\nSilent film star Lillian Gish comes to lif e among a surrealist landscape of grainy eighteenth-century engravings\, s torybook crosshatch illustrations\, and hand-painted imagery. Composed of more than four thousands collages\, the narrative follows the transformati on of the heroine as she transverses a flickering dreamlike world drawn fr om myth\, allegory\, and her own subjectivity. Directed by Stacy Sheers\, 2011. 16 Minutes. Unrated.\n\nAbout the feature film:\nConsidered one of t he finest fantasy films of all time\, this 1946 adaptation of Beauty and t he Beast&mdash\;written by Jeanne-Marie Le Prince de Beaumont and adapted and directed by Jean Cocteau&mdash\;is a retelling of the traditional fair y tale in which Belle's father is sentenced to death for picking a rose fr om the Beast's garden. Belle's father begs the beast for permission to see his family one more time before his death\; when he returns home\, Belle decides to take the place of her father and goes back to the Beast. Belle eventually becomes drawn to the Beast\; he\, in turn\, falls in love with her and proposes marriage\, which she refuses. As Belle is drawn closer to the Beast\, he decides to test her feelings by allowing her to return hom e to her family and making it clear that if she does not return within a w eek\, he will die of grief. This is a stunning film using surreal imagery and special effects to create a wistful\, romantic story about never judgi ng a book by its cover. Stars Josette Day and Jean Marais. Jean Cocteau's adaptation\, originally released in France as La Belle et la Bê\;te. 120 minutes. 35mm. Unrated.\n \n\nStart time: Friday 7:00pm DTSTART:20120420T000000 DTEND:20120420T000000 LOCATION: SUMMARY:'Unexpected Tales' Film Series\, Short Film: Night Hunter\, Feature Film: Beauty and the Beast TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR