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THE SUN
Running Time: 110 minutes
Languages: Japanese & English
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A film by Alexander Sokurov
Synopsis: THE SUN is the third in a trilogy on pivotal historic figures that have held "ultimate power". Following Moloch (on Hitler) and Taurus (on Lenin), this bold new work takes as its subject Emperor Hirohito (Issey Ogata), in the summer of 1945 during the Allied occupation of Japan.
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THREE TIMES
Year of production: 2005
In Colour. 116 minutes
Country: Taiwan
Language: Mandarin / Taiwanese (English Subtitles)
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A film by Hou Hsiao Hsien
Synopsis
Three different time periods, 1966, 1911, 2005, three stories, and the same couple of actor and actress, Shu Qi and Chang Chen, play out the two lead roles, evoking a sentimental tale of a three-reincarnation of an unfinished love… |
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MANA - BEYOND BELIEF
Country: USA
Year: 2004
Running Time: 90 minutes
Colour
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Director: PETER FRIEDMAN & ROGER MANLEY
Synopsis
All over the world, in every society, there are objects that have special power over people. People climb mountains or make pilgrimages just to see or touch them. They prostrate themselves or engage in rituals in their presence, caress them in the hopes of absorbing some of their magic, they enshrine them in temples or pass them on to descendants; wear them or store them in treasure houses or sometimes burn them. An individual object might hold power over only one group or even just one person, but the phenomenon of "power objects" is universal.
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THE WORLD
DVD - 115 minutes - 2004
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A film by Jia ZhaJIA ZHANG-KE
Synopsis
THE WORLD focuses on a young dancer, her security-guard boyfriend and others who work at World Park, a bizarre cross-pollination of Las Vegas and Epcot Center where visitors can interact with famous international monuments without ever leaving the Bejing suburbs. Daily lavish shows are performed amongst replicas of the Taj Mahal, the Eiffel Tower, St. Mark’s Square, Big Ben, the Pyramids and even the Twin Towers. But working beyond the kitsch potential, THE WORLD casts a compassionate eye on the daily loves, friendships and desperate dreams of these provincial workers. |
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DIG!
DVD - 115 minutes - 2004
2 disc set
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DIG!: A film by Ondi Timoner
DIG! is the feature-length documentary shot over seven years about musicians Anton Newcombe, leader of the Brian Jonestown Massacre, and Courtney Taylor, head of The Dandy Warhols – star-crossed friends and bitter rivals. Culled from 1,500 hours of footage DIG! follows the underground giant Anton Newcombe, unearthing him to be an important yet largely unnoticed artist of our time.
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THE WEATHER UNDERGROUND
DVD - 92 minutes - 2002
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This intensely captivating documentary from directors Bill Siegel and Sam Green focuses on the radical political activist group the Weathermen, who organized in the 1960s to protest the Vietnam War. With roots in a group called Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), the Weathermen represented a small faction of political-minded protesters who believed that in order to avoid being marginalized and ignored by the U.S. government, they would need to take violent action. Speaking out with clear goals to intentionally inflict violence, their slogan was "Bring the War Home," indicating that they would mimic on the U.S.'s home turf the violence that U.S. troops were ordered to carry out in Vietnam. They organized bombings--sometimes botching their plans horribly and causing unintended casualties--that put them on the Most Wanted list of the FBI. In turn, they split up and went underground, trying to avoid persecution while continuing to plan violent protests. |
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RIVERS AND TIDES: ANDY GOLDSWORTHY WORKING WITH TIME
DVD - 90 minutes - 2004
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"That rare film about an artist that is, in itself, a work of art, Rivers and Tides Andy Goldsworthy Working With Time is an extraordinary journey into the world and mind of Scottish sculptor Andy Goldsworthy. A land-artist who uses materials from nature to make site-specific works, Goldsworthy allows the elements to have the last say in his beautiful creations, as his ingenious patterns of wood, leaves, stone and ice move and erode over time. |
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GREENDALE
DVD - 90 minutes - 2004
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In Greendale, Neil Young has made what he calls a “musical novel” which tells the story of a family, the murder of a cop and the evolution of a young girl named Sun Green. Not a concert film, Young himself shot actors on locations on his native Northern California home turf to create his Greendale, a rural town that is a microcosm of a world in crisis. |
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JANDEK ON CORWOOD
DVD - 89 minutes - 2003
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Jandek on Corwood is the 88-minute documentary that explores this man, his world and his music. Jandek released his first album, Ready for the House, in 1978 on his own record label, Corwood Industries (he is, of course, the only artist on this label). The release went relatively overlooked until a review by Phil Milstein appeared in Op magazine in 1980. Bolstered by that slight measure of notice, Jandek set about releasing at least one album per year over the next quarter century of his unique brand of cacophonous rock and suicide-note blues. |
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