Two unforgettable films add splendor to the cinema day: “The Fourth Commandment” by Orson Welles on TCM and “Chinatown” by Roman Polanski on “Movistar Clásicos”. In La 2, the Curiosity science room says goodbye to the season with a look at the stars. DMAX, in turn, is broadcasting the documentary The God Code, which explores the secrets of the Leningrad Code. In addition, La Sexta broadcasts the final episode of the Crisis Cabinet season, which examines the possibility of a massive cyberattack.
“The Fourth Commandment”
16.05, TCM
The great Ambersons. USA, 1942 (88 minutes). Directed by: Orson Welles. Cast: Joseph Cotten, Tim Holt, Agnes Moorehead.
A year after the indisputable Citizen Kane, Orson Welles made this memorable masterpiece, in which he was not responsible for the final cut, but was manipulated by the production company RKO, with cuts and additions that the author had not foreseen. However, the size, the depth and the density of his images ensure that all his magic remains: a reflection on the appearance of progress in an ossified society, which causes the emergence of a new social structure in which he moves a group more fascinating, deep and ambivalent characters. A monumental work, as tragic as it is hopeless.
“Chinatown”
10 p.m., Movistar Classics
United States, 1974 (126 minutes). Director: Roman Polanski. Cast: Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston.
Two years after landing in American cinema and making a masterpiece of the caliber of “The Devil's Seed,” Polanski dared to test the codes of classic film noir with “Chinatown.” His work moves halfway between recreation and homage, but also plunges into the terrible depiction of a corrupt world where careerism is the law and where feelings can only be murky. A memorable Jack Nicholson creates a character that becomes an icon worthy of Chandler or Hammett.
You look curiously at the stars
10 p.m., La 2
The scientific space Curiosity bids farewell to the season with a look at the stars in an episode that uses astronomy to discover what lies beyond the sky and how it has influenced the current view of the world, from architecture to shipping. The program will visit planetariums, dolmens and meridians and reach the Sierra Nevada Observatory.
Secrets of the Leningrad Code
10:30 p.m., DMAX
DMAX is engaged in investigating possible hidden codes that they believe were found in the Leningrad Codex, the oldest complete text of the Hebrew Bible. The documentary “The God Code” follows the work of Timothy Smith, an antiquarian expert who seeks to show that the Bible can be much more than a text that captures the Word of God.
“Crisis Cabinet” presents “Cyberattack”
10:30 p.m., sixth
The latest edition of the Crisis Cabinet's Space Season examines the possibility that a cyberattack could lead to the collapse of all essential services in a city. It would be the so-called “Zero Total”, a scenario in which no service connected to the Internet would function properly. The program includes statements from Enrique Pérez de Tena, head of cooperation at the Joint Cyberspace Command, Andrés Soriano, director of the Universae Cybersecurity Laboratory, Julio Mayol, director of the Innovation Unit of the San Francisco Research Institute, among others. Carlos de Madrid and Juan María Cabo, head of the National Police cyberattack group.
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