Alamo Guide: Sep-Oct 2003

SEPTEMBER . OCTOBER 2OO3

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lllNER. llffiUIES.EUEIITSWelcome to the new Alamo Guide, the little magazine lhat manages tc tell you

about all the special events that will be happm'ing a! th5 A1m9 Drafthouse

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t * spe'cial events al VilJage and Laii Creek) ir the nert two monLhsl

ftr" ti*tt .i.*n" uou'll notice ii this edition of our calendar of events is that

;; t;;;;;y;;,Ll-t lo group our dercriP,lo* 66r psvie' and shwt.togelher

,f."*ti."ffi instead of iuonologica\ 'Well,

thal and we switdred around

our luyoutt.tign u lit. We did;'t do ihese things to uPset you' though We

did them because we like the magazine better this way, md we have a

sneaking suspicion that you will, too. This way, if you wmt to lem aboxt

what do"rumentaries we'il be playing in our Wednesday night series-The Wild

Wonderful World of Domentmi.t] you .* see them all mmged together'

You don't have io tum as nany pages. This should reduce the nmber of

pup", .u* you huu" to suffer in'youilifetime See? Wete just trying to helP'

(Hemi Mazza)

ffiTsorTHFGnltllllflRrn the six veas o{ operation or rhe Armo Drafthouse Cinema, there is no stil.that I m more excited about bringing to ' lllil lfitll lilt lil Plf,$0il!

AlmothmJimKeliy. Whenlwasalittleboy(althoughlditu'tknowhimwhenltustsa:*.1*:?t*1f1ry*: q: ff . G,,{1,'f;'iffi"J*"dtlit'J*'s'j#ir'.aili""ijil"J.&"b''8rre,'1rrci Jr1'revil1"9:"'î'^!T,:i:A:"'"T::l1i

'*iffi? 'i|:;r ilil i; rii"it ii.rt i""i' trr", firet turned rie oln to blaxploitaiion. Now after obsessivelv seirg dm near

ff; ;iil i. il;#.;;;[;.;i* rhai Biact Betr ]one ic wirhoui enrerraiment equal ro re ]im KelI is t]re toraJ

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[rTr,lii #i,r,"i"rilil;;J.;;J 1680. apparently di<ounged wir]r rhe quatity of role he Hr beng odered

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iiien rHt DMCbN. we are brirgng this.undi.puted legend to tlLe \1mo Dratlltou>e

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,gf,, only. We will be seenirg tNTtR THt DMcO'N inO Af ,\CLS'LT JO''S. Jm u il1 be ar ailat'le for

autographs and will answer qu*tion' l.ioL th" 'cr"tning' seahng is limited' qo get \ou ticket erlr' Checi'

r-.i.drifthoore..om for more detail.l (Tim League)

tlllBl ll0lH Pnftlftnl . ilffi!0 llllll0t{D. Don Cotmlli, USA 2m2 3qm Rming Tme:92 \tinute: lli' is $e ifst Elvis novie

iii .".i f,fra. Oon , t.t me rrong Viva La""Vegas \x Am-Jtlargmi batk when she wm still

.r,. ti. frrc"*i'f,". whip, md"Kid Lalahadis enjorable 'mplr beouse it mi$t be the

J""tit lo** to*, oi utl tine, but Bubba Ho-Tep is tle fust morre l'hat actrally mde me

.or fot t}rr"fine. O{ cour, it doesn t hurt that Flvis is plaved bv the hcmpuable Bruce

t'ôlrti o, tt.i O"i, Davis plals fomer Prcsident JFK or ihat rhe rhole thing is ba'ed on

. tf.JJ 'i"" uu tl, o'*t loe R L;sddle ln reuospect, iherc was little chmce l-wouldr't like

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pt fuq i. sinple: tuppose Uvis didntdie ir l9Z. but sqrtched identities

*rt' * itu" *i"*nator au-ing thifuty tq70's in order to escape the hash glm of fme'

rrrU.*l'*.'tl. impersonatoi died md thu broke a hip wNe perfomirg eventually

i*arr * . C", Ieri. redremen{ home hfoduce him l0 a M 'laining

to be JFK md

ih* ir . rout*u.lins mmy using their rest home as a feeding gromd md you ve ptetty

r"J .L ii lo. *raio under"tmd ine thinB from the begming: Brute Cmpbell lS Elvis

fl.Li*'ni,frpi.t",," be it Kurt Rusell's o"r Val Kiiner'i or tnicker) Don Jotmsnt ha

;;;, ;;;;.Jh acruate as CmpbeU's HeU, Pre'lev hin'ell tnever m accomplished

if,rrr*i "*La "J

U..n hud pressed'lo do a better job The Elvi' at the begiming of Bubba

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of $e old King; he need" a waller t0 8et iloud, has a porsibly

.rncereus sowth on his peni", md ha"n t had a borer h hto presidential electiom {* he puts

* ih--fui- f", [ke mo'st rova]ty il inveterate letch. 1et nmges at the rme time to be

ru"ro.iJ"8 ra "."tseful.

i'te imlc ba* on lu. 'ailed mmiage mdt'hilgemtnt,ftom his

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resret Altel a .eries o[ grislv deat'lt at thi rest home' md a hi]ariou

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beetle, Elvic me"ets a mm claiming to be fFK 0f couse' thls fFK

ir"r",* i" t. ui,?l "ta

teUs hin lhat he was dyed ud hi: brijr was 'tolen ir order to hide

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whal happencd ir Dalh. 'JFK" d'aim' tlre deatlu ue the work of m ancjent

ilil;*; ;lidremoves a person's soul flom a certain orifice Elvis' after some initial

"i"iu*r, t.riJ,l*.e at redemphon. Here t< il oPPoriuiq to actually be the heroic 6gm

he olaved b all tlo'e god-awful mories, to cave pmple too helplers to rave hemeJves' md

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loi m epk clxlibehveen ou gerialrk hum

*a tf,r"it *Jr"t f.. et riia has alniys been a couitry in need nJ heroes' md. who bettu

th. t*o of o* mo"t mythic olizen"? i ru\Pect tie numy il'eu dcsn,t really Fprese,lt

anvthine. thoush IFK i' initially convinced it: Lymdon Iohroon l loved t}trs hltn; rom me

ooininn"s.n-HL ;oa to the hieroglyph subtitle' it s (inultileou'ly hilrious md poignmt'

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When I amved in Texas a few weelc ago, practically the first thing out of mymoudi was, "ls the Texas Charnsaw house"still uound?i people seer.a""iur,iutithad been denolishe4 ald in one wild vaiation on the rumor (J."r,n

"j,,frri,,had been bumed down by the commmity oi Romd Rock ufte, thev Asc*ereaSatanic rituals takjng place therein. A little investigating provd this to be mtrue*the house was not only still aound but it had bien iolvea to *o&u, L*o inawas now functioning as a restaurmt called The Fou Beas.

After The Texas Chainsaw Massaoe rmmortalized the house onscree[ it fell intomassive disrepair, abmdoned md ovcrgmwn with loliage, and was welcomine tolew bul teenage vanda]s md thrillsmken. Almost 30 years later the house ivasbought by Demis and Barbara BondsThomas, who mate a habit of

"r.uirg;arestoring old Victorian hones and otler hentage buildings, They cut the housi intoseven pieces and hansported il over 6ve days hom Ro,:rid Roci ro Kingsland, on alot with their similarly restorcd Antlers hotel. The bam behird the TCii hour. *u,

bought and moved as weir, md rests just across the railroad hacrs {rom The lourBeas.

The new pmpnetor ol the Four Bears - an amicable gentleman named Tom Fox _ isproud.of the house's norbid history but admiftea he"haa neve, seen the fiIr"."Aft.,we cdled askmg to see the house, his cuiosity finally licked in md he wtr upstairswatching the filn when we arived. It was one i,i ,fr"" o* *"."i*0.moments- then,we were staring at the bloodied inage of l.liily" err*j*irgout a window thgf was only about 4 feet arvay frorn'me in rcai iife. f ,.*.il1.,*ft, to myself, "if I die in a car crash on the way home, I can say l,ve hulytrved_

I've.made many,such oremafic pilgrimages throughout my life, and I won,tincrmirate myself by lisbng them here. but lrety have t traa a lost a: welcomirgas Tom. He seems to have no idea of the hue magmtude ol the filrn,s fanbase _ andconseguendy, of the goldmine he,s cunently siting on _ but he find, tt .h;*.gnonethdess when fars come through and <aa guhlng aUout the iail;;; ,il;.housed the,icornc s]id1C steel door (guilty). That said, Tom md his frnily aren,taganst exploiting. dre building,s status as a cinematic monummt, md haie evenenteftmed thoughts of augmenting the decor with the odd mimal bone. The localclrentele that comes ir regdarly for $e rnported Alaskm Saimon mjght not bernpress€d, but t0 some ofus, that houie is family. (Kierla Janjsse)

For direchons and more hJormation about the Texas Chairuaw Massaoe house,check out_m.drafthouse.com. Also, join us at tle fr*^, Chu*u* Iflrrru.r.nouse 0n tnday, October 31 for the ulhmate Chairuaw experience. A Chainsawthemed menu serued by the Four Bears, a tou o{ the Ct,ri"rr* flo*u, .Jlrtyguests. and a soeemng of Texm Chainsaw Massaoe on the noning noaasho*screenl

At the time of thisprintin& no dates orspecifics have beenannounced for thisscreening. Hell it couldstill all fall tlrough. Thereis enough enthusiasmabout the idea of a TqasChainsaw Mmsam party,

Hackmtmh last month) have been schenirg "p

,"r. tu"i id;;;lX;'j ,r."ii.[smening m check the website {or more detailJ., ih.y d.u.lop, -J*;; ;,"i1';;".a litde extra hvostroke oil. Alsq lmk for the n." f.iu, Chuii..* frA*;;;; *;J^ uAlmo Lake Crek, witfi themed menu offerjng, rnA.r."U.nr pr.,to",ri*.if

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Ill ulTlrNrTE Gltfllt$w rxpHlrrGrr(Tobe Hmper, USA I 974 i_,sm 3uuin, lime 83 ojn.) No Te; ;;AT; ;msprt m.deny being tmched by what mmy comider to be the finest Americmnonor.ntrl ever made. I.or tive youg friends, a smer aftemoon drive becomes atemrimg rughhnile. You know iL you l0ve il. Despite its meager budqet, the filrnspamed a slew ot imjtations md m entire schml of realst hmor filinaline, lnthe wake of the recent Texas Chairoaw Massam ,.r*i

" ,p."ril*i*?

"fTobe Hooper's pivotal Americm dmsic is certainJy in "ra..

Au"rg f"iuiJ'tmvrctonil home which served ro Chairoaw,s primary loation, soriped uo mdopmating as m upscale comtry restaurmt calied ,,Tire Fou n.rr;Itt. nlUrgRoadshow"will.present the ultimate chainsaw experience,-."rlrf*. Jt

"soeening of $r film, specidl gtests ild a meaf to aie tir fierea ticlelne wU b; netfect - bur VIP tjclets (which incJude a goumet djmer ruide the hou,i, a tou bym original Chairuaw cast member md icollectible T+hirt) will be

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so stdy tuned to the web.ite for hcketirg infomationi

illmo[lrflnu'oGinome-r0g!Gor0ndost -0n[[cucrotsruNirrir.rtftrsJreflrouso.G'm

f9ryeyu, that we feel confortable nentionjng it hm. Thu Al*o Drufthou*ilraAin't It Cool News md New Line Cinema ithe ,*" t"r. *rr^ l"-,*li,^,i"1--same hm who-brought you Canp

Rule #2: Sometines, people bring ir ho(ibly uentertaining movies that couJd onJy possibly

he tunnv lo the ooole involved in makinc th€ video. To make sure lhat the audience i:be tumy l0 the prople involved ir makhg the video. To nake sure lhat $e audience sinvolved and gets a show thats tun to watch. we bring ir a gong lo each show md put it up

on the stase at the hont ol ihc theater. At the beEinnins of the ororm, we pick one rmdomon the stage at the hont of the theater At the begiming olwrmn in the audience to be ou official sonser of the rpelsn m 6e auorenc ro oe ou omad HonHer or ure everurg dlu ulctr ndlu UHL ru(yiomrone the malJet. Every video gets 2 ruules t0 play with a quiet audien(e watching

closely, md durhg that fist 2 minuts ii can not be gonged. Once ou stopwatch hits 2:01,clo.el1, md durhg $al 6.t 2 ninuts il can nol be ionied. OnLebu stopwatch [its 2:01,

though. the official gongs cil Bet up out of hi5 seat, sdft dom to the front of the theater

and whacl the sons wiih the official mallet, Anvtime that hapDens, we stop whatever we'reand whack the gong Anyhme that happen", we 5top hhatever we te

..lecled tape. lo let the gonger rerlJy know howshowing md move on to the next rmdomly *lected tape. To let the gonger naUy know howdre crcwd is feling, there ile 10 second 'booing poclcts' ever)' 2 minutes in a novie. We

showing ild move on t0 the next rmdomly trlected tape. lo Let the Songer rally know howdre crcwd is feling, there ile 10 second 'booing poclcts' ever)' 2 minutes in a novie. We

luve a rowdr audience, too, md thcy Ll boo and yell their litlle heart. out for the gonger to d0their hiddrnq The rinal call- however. ests in the hand. of lhe ner.on wiih the mailet. Thal

lrsoted bv open mrc rusht. at vou lotal coffee house, we de.rded to put togelher Lhe best

bmg-you-own-v'Ceo ni"ght thai' going on anywhere in tlc ,omt'y. Heil, mayie it s the onlv

brins-vou-om-video rusht. Anvwav ihe concept ol OPF\ SCREE)J \ICHT t qntple: we

wiil ldow mythine tou biirg with yoi. Anl'thing ai dll. I hd t. the rvhole point, xe. YoiL bringjn a tape or i DVD, md then we all walch rl together on the big .oeen. You can bring ir mold L-eso animation \ou made when vou were

-8, vour heqi. 61m rom college, or a duch

vouth"sroup iraininp, \ideo that you bouglrt ott irt Ebal Arything youd lii.e to.how an

audienie. Anything it arl. We do lar e a couple o{ rule. that help u. LeeP the 'how

rulningsmootrly, buInothirg $al linit" the type. of Gmgs you can show

Rule Fl r At most Open S@n Nighh, we don t play uy lape longer thm 8 minu{es lonS Loh

0f Deople brjnp, "tu?

in, ild we ie onJy goi twi h'ou:. .o we don l let rou bogut the whole

evdnini with a'rough rut of your feahue-film. On Septembu 14th, tlough, we'll be holding a

speclalr'Long FonriEditon" ol Open Soeen Night, and at that show we'Il play my*rhg for

up to 20 minutes.

ilL however, rests in the hands of the person with the mallet. Thal

that everyone loves if he so chooses, or he cm lei a movie run iialperson can Song a m0ue mar everyone ic

everyone s booing. It's aU up to the gongereveryone 5

Rule #3: As an added incentive to brjng something entertainin& we've sei up a few Pdzes as

seil. qt the end cf 0re prcpam, we a"[ the audience to vote lor Lheir favorite video by d

romd ol applaue. The-wimers get $100 in crh Lhdt night. nd then are also gtven thenight, md then are also given iheerdal for us. That ad plavs betweenopportmty io make our nert Ope-n Screen Night comercial for us. Itut ad play{

mrdnrqht and 2 am l edne'da\ nishts on MTV Comedv Cenfral. md ESIN. and, onni,a^ght ua Z - Ueane.dal nights on l\4TV. Comedy (entral. dd ESI\. aid, on.e again.

we Ll .hou mr thhg for 24 iecond.. ihereby bringing <rJJy md stupid rideo to the ma\seq vin

lateniqhi cable TV. As iI that isn't enough, we recently temed up with ChroLie from A Showlaterught (ab 6 TV. tu rJ that tn't enough. we reien{ly temed utwith ChuLie hom A Show

hirh \o \,me .o that vou wimirg film wilJ also beincluded in hi. "how

5 progrm, shich

their biddng. The dnal call. however re"t' in

cm be sen even Smdal' night at l@m on cable chmei 10.

Hot damn, thai's a lot of exposure for some mateu ilmakerl

ALL GOOD STLTF is a complicaied show to describe. It shoulfu't be really, becaue

the concept is simple: put writert musicim, fiJrnmakers, and comedim on one

stage in one show so that the audience cm get all the best in live md multi-media

driven entertaiment without having to ddve ilomd town or 80 out every single

night. It's a vmiety show, right? What's so hard to describe about that?

But Ali Good StuJ{ is about more thm simple variety lt's the only place in town

where wdters are treated as if they're as cool as guitar players md independent fiJrn

directo$. Because ol that, we're able to athact ti,e best local soibes as well as

national nmes that would nomally only get to read in a crmped bookstore

Because o{ thai the literary event of the season will be a variety show that's

happening imide a movie theater the concept is just plain odd But that doesrit

memit doesn't work.

September's edition oi ALL GOOD STLFE will feahue not one, not hvo, but tluee

distinctly difierent premirent voices in the hiplit scene today. Local favorite mdHarperColliro chosen pn \eal Pollack rrill ue the shorv to lamch his bmk/bmdtour md elebrate the relem of his nervest novel, t'i"ever Mind the Pollacls. DalyRo&bart, tie tomder md ediior of Fomd Magzire, will be on hmd to reprise his

appearmce on This Americil LiJe md tell us all about his adventures in finding mdpubtshing all the ssaps o{ paper that people send into his offices. Love letters, to do

lists, homework assigments, poetry on napkins, mything that gives us glimpses

into someone else's lile cm find it's way hto Darry's magzine. And Rothbart's not

coning a1one, either Riding along with him, md presenting scenes from his latest

bool; is Jmle Schwesel who initially Iomd his break with Tales ol a Punk Rock

Nothing. His newest book is a collection of statements on T-shirts that got sta*ed

a{ter Schweser decided to tell the world why he wasn't so happy lately nith his first

shirt, my girifriend just broke up with me.

In October, as Tm Doyle's goma come in to present tle seft! never before seen

Amzing Adult Fmtmy ships that were too personal too gmtesque, or just too much

to make it inio publication while it was happening to him. Tim's been spending the

past trvo yeas o{ his Jife metidously keeping track of every mmdme detail of his

day to day so that he could colld them all into a daily three pmel comic stdp. He's

endiry that legag' this month, md the October All Good Shdl will be serving as his

going away bash.

Those would be great shows already, dght? But that's not all; there's more to the line

up. We'li also have another fantastic movie from Wayne McClammy, whose

mently off ir L.A. shooting sketches for the Jimy Kimel show. Ard we'll have

short filrns fron the Late Train md other Open Saeen Night favorites, too; movies

you cm't see mpvhere else. A.nd then, there's the live musig too, of course. We

haven't booked all oi the bands yet, but the Pollacls will definitely be doing a set. Inthe past we've paired Bavu Blakes & DJ NickNack with Jon Dee Grahm md The

Octopus Project with Chris Cmipe. Check ir. at twonotesolo.com to keeP uP to date

on all ol our confimed acts for each episode of All Good Stufi or to drop us a line

suggesting something you'd like to see on stage.

Now do you see why it's tough to describe? Do you mderstand? It's just too much.

It's too much entertaiment.

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Bt$T 0lTHt GllltMUtRTt Hlill ]E$TlUAlBased in Vmcouver, Cmad4 Cinemuerte is a mique intemational festival of honor and supematural films, organued with no budget ard relentless energy by maverick

Kier-La ]amsse, With world premieres, renowned guests such as Jear Rollin and Udo Kier, and the most bizane urseen gems {rom the last 30+ yean,.CineMuerte's mind-

bending(md genre-bendingi programrLlng md presentation have consistently outshone any ndependent flm lestival in recent Cmadian history. After fve successful yeart

Janisse brings the best of the fest to The Alamo wrth seven filrns guaranteed t0 corrupt your mind and assault your senses!

f.T Petty's debut feature is a reshained md superbly constructed mrnimalist honor film that manages to hold audiences rapt with

attention clespite its almost total lack of diaiogue. A redusive old mm who lives in the woods wakes up one momlng md goes

about his dail^y routine - a hip to the outhouse, a rup of tea, the fetching o{ the paper.- but when his cat unexpectedly darts off into

the woods, the man's {miiiai nfieu suddenly takes on a dark new signficmce as he witnesses the murder of a smali child onll

minutes from his home. Haunted by images of the child, o{ the murder, and o{ her murderer - and_by the suspicion that the

murderer has seen him - the old man is detemined to find her killea although the police seern certain that a murder has not even

occuned, One might notice that American honor of late seems to be exorcising a previous rcpression conceming child abuse md

nuder, which miy be coming from ar inilux oi loreign genre pictures - Immol Unbe's Pleniluuo md Jaume Balaguero's The

Nmeless lor example - that d"on't shy away from such sensiiive subject matter. Soft ior DiSgtng urilizs5 thi het4 to create a truly

hornfic md genuinely scary film about one mm's disillusionment when a lifetime ol experience md notioro of a miversal morality

have failed ti prepaie him for the utrnost in inhummity. Like Lodge Kerrigm's Cleaq Shaveo Soft for Digging signifies a quiet

revolutiory it doesn't rely on ilashy editing, saturated cinenatography or conventional emotional cues to elicit a respome; instead it

almost recalls silent films and Victorian ipic novels with its use of expository intertitles to disti:rguish chapters in the nmaiive

(',Chapter One: In which we are rntroduced- to Virgil Mmoven; his very bad cat mns olf."). With its economic md concise packagmg

o{ information, an4 consequent legron ol possible readings, Soft for Digging is huly an irupiring exmple of independent cinema.

(Kier-La Janisse)

WitJr all the Columbine-inspired films floating aromd these days (Duck!, Gus Vm Sanfs Elephmt

etc.) you could say that Ben Coccio's debut feature Zero Day has some stiff competition. But truth be

told, it blows all other provocative teen-rmpage movies out of the water- Ardre (Andre Keuck) md

Cal (Cal Robertson) ae two hi$ school students who use a video diary to document the countdom

to their owr personal mageddon. Their prepmaiions range fiom bming their personal belongings

to stockpiling an arsenal of illegal weapons (agail the Anachist's Cook'book comes in handy), and

they address the cmera tluou$ou! detailing the ninutiae of their achvihes and thetr feelings about

the impending "Zero Day".14hat keeps the film so captivating are the mforgeftable per{omances-of

the non-professional actols (which includes the actors' rea)-Me parents), which are characterized by

m mexpected hurnmess md cham. Their relationshiP is realistic and touching (Coccio has even

desaibed the film as a "buddy film"), md atypical of what you would expect from people about to

embark on a massacre. Their paents are loving md supportive, they seem relatively socially

adjusted Cal even has a girlfriend md goes to the plom only days before the mtadysmic evlnt. As

Zuo Day closes i4 we don t wmt them to go through with it - not because of my real rympathy fol

their {eliow students, but because we see great potential in these two kids. And the controversial

closing sequence is one of the rnost chilling thurgs I've ever witnessed onscreen. Come see why

Coccrds fi}n has been snatching up awards all over the festival circuit (Kier-La Janisse)

A ma.n md his pregnant wife anive on tie isolated islmd of Almmora to find it almost entirely deserted - the only visible

population seems tJbe composed of children. When they finally spy m adul! they watch in horror as a little girl beats the man to

lurth *ith hi, o"o *alking stick Who Cm Kill A Child? (retitled Islmd of the Damned in North America) is a briskly-paced socio-

political honor film that has gamered rnuch critical acclaim over the yeas {or its revealing look at "thc ef{ects of_repression and the

notion that the worlds of adule and children are separated by m mbridgeable gulf' (Pete Tornbs). The children are constmdy

laughing md playing, but what they are playing with are primuily the bodies or body'parts oi the recently-dead adults; a

pt i.*irtion ihui ir"subject to Little reflection or remorse. Be wamed: this is no Children oi the Com - there is no readjushnentof

irorul, iou*esy of the ouisiders, nor is there a supematural smokescreen to hide the implications ol the filrn. As the prologue to the

filrn illustrates (which was rut out oi the Aneiicm release but will be restored for the Alamo sceeningl children have been

mercilessly exploited by adults for centuries; what would happen rf the tables were turned? And frrthemore, what dms ou

*rponse io this suy ubout our Rousseauim ideals conceming childhood? Altogether brillimt aad frightening as hell. (Kier-La Janisse)

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Sergio Martinq the ptolifi. *d a*ghtyflPematural entry into the stalk-md+lash geroe, ard he did it right rn'ith eil. THE coloRs"or dARKNESS h.tlr.J in th.US as THEY'RE COMING To GET YoU) which is comonly. cinsidered the finest filn in lur gtrlo fold.r. ii*g. I."*1,gpces the smen as a woman who is having uncontrollable mghtmares, fits of pamri4 md all-out depression (it doesn,t helpthat the c'repy Ivm Rassimov has been foliowing her a[ arorind town). Her ireighbou hr, g; ril;; -;;;;'a iatanic curtt

3f":".:r:::l:.9y ltlJ t.g,^ ro spird dmnwrd irro a wortd of murder con,piraryl and inerpticabte "tatilgs, hm

nusDano tprayed by none other thil rie suaw ceorge HiJton) hies to figrrc out whats behird ajr the madne.:. rsychederir.haliucinatory, md,quite shocking at tima, Ienechipumey nto the Satanic mderworld will bring her to sme sftangecondusions about her own miserable life, or whals left ol it.... lSarn McKinlay)

3-*":t-*: f:yg:as laura won,t want to nuss whatîs mdoubtedly tle most peroerse, ly.i.rl und utterjy *h*k d_t takon the dasrcrou ever to be.$rustrponm audience. singapore Sting

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T t: Ti:r: "l * o,psychohc women who may be morher md daughrer or perhap: rouerr, or maybe even r_bi elusive Laua

md her demented captor who h* boud her jna ueb of violent "ei

gur.. olt.io,-rviiorJjl, i,l"ar,, r,. "ri ,rlrg.comedy tinged with Greek Tmgedy. critim thought he *u, * *r.p.ir*t subversive who had cmiiajized , H"l*""0comedy tinged with Greek Tragedy. Critim thought he ** * *r.p.i*i ,ubversive who hadsaeen gem and tien vomited it back in their faces. Both were rieht in ilerr own wav sinorn^,o $;.

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"g*gr1rti"; - ir 1i.; i*;black md white cinematography of Aris Stivroq which gumantmitiat you'll never look at Gress Tolmd,s work in ouifp rhpblack md white cinematography of Aris strorou, which gumantmi tt rt y*rL

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Known-as one of Japmk 'Pinl Shitemo' (lmsely translated as the 'Phl Best Fou'), ard io westerners as ihe Japanese equivalent of

3,lll T,t*y,T::tasu Sato has ws 50 fitns under his bett that ae lugely concerned wjtl uirr.", ,*gJ*., .f p'.;. Nrk aBlmt, which abmdons pom altogether in favor of a miqueiy Japme" h*i,iiri *.*,

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'lt*a.spaftued redempbon. A.teenage scientist whose iather rnysteriouily varished before his birth mdertakesio create a'a-* *rt *il5li'1" Pl*:Yt th|eby etimiratirg pm frm the hmm erpuience alrogether. Afrer.ecetlv

"ubjecting tluee );;g *r."

to me elpemental druS. he watches in h0ff0'a. thel tum to eroucjathg level, o[ .adoma.oc]Li.hc behavioithat emphaijze theirpermnal obmsims Apart from being a conceptuaily rich filrn, Naked Blo"od is also tle posibte pumomt of Sato s tisJ'viscelalexhemes - which in this caqe inciude a nomm 6yirgler om hmd in tempua batter md eating itl IhJs is a biznre. di:gu:ting.aylcatgtllwot thj1

!uudhrJly coalacs the modem Japmese splaiter filrn with he

"tyli,h btoodi.ning ro, ,houii,r;.|,{d,

of the'7Os Smuai flicls that preceded thm. For myone interested in Asim cult cinema in particulm, micinema vomitiiin g.n*4Naked Blmd hm to be seen to be believedl (Kierla lmise)

ryDouglas Buck's-conhoversialCutting Moments ts the first nhis FanulyTrilogy, (the final enty,prl"guel **,lyfriduction) ard rernairu one

:i.T:::"':"fi_Tj:111gj!n 6l'' .ver comrnitted,to cellutoia. e 'ilait*ugea

*""i* fNi& n y, i*s#r oiesteemed drecor NicholasRay), is stuck in comatose mariage with a smug mm whose sexual attentions arc_rcseryed for their )omg son. She has resigned hermll toworthlessness, md feels that her inability to aouJe her husbmd is somehow respomible to, th. *ot.rtution oirhe'ioy,'who is already exlubitingsigts of sexual confusion md trama. In a moment of reflectiory she wills herself from victim io catalyst, and perfoms a iacificial act that she hopeswill redeem her fmily from its dilapidated state. (Kier-La Jmisse)

Jinmy McNichol (continuing the role he mastued-over the yems: talentless, effeninate half-wi$ is h*r".d by brrk tbrll b"lly Bill paxton (then a

:1T*j:"TY:P,flr"TTI11{.1'*ph.bic flat{oot Bo svenson (r.v3]ki1s ra[1. oi ry imt 1*y-,Jt p,0". i,"t,

"ot gay to beat a bogus

muder rap md on the othu hard he muit evade hjs amt/legal gumdian srism Tyrell (the Qoe.n ot ih. poibida.n t6;", jh. ;il ;,X;

possessive rex-charged freakout that makes Kathy Bates seenevm-keeled. Ihis filn, despite itt inherent quality, *ugiom.a ir* *. E.g80's indie dishibutor to the next md bareJy saw any theatrical or video release. A t'ue climond in the rough, ready to ue porished md aamirel bimoden audiences. ptus you get to see Juh; Dut4''s boots. wiuim Asher went on; d*,iih. il;-,

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Msrlo Bonono #1 {1964) b,/w, slleni,

Picturedr Morio Monlez

.sdOuler ond lnner Spoce (1965) b/w sound, 33 mlnlies ln

doublescreen. Plcluredr Edie Sedgwick

My Husiler (1965) b,/v sound, 67 rninules Plctured (l-4

Josepc Coqpo.lt, Poul Ame'co

Ail phgios copyrlght 2003 The Andy I'Vorhol Museum, Pillsburgh,

PA, o mrseum o{ Cornegie lnsiiluie All righis resefled

Blow Job, Dir. Andy Worhol, 19 64 , 16nm, b/w & color, silent, 35 min. A 30'minute stotic shoi o{

o mons {oce os he ieceives orol sex olf comero, toying with our imoginotion ond the de{inition of

po"nog'opl'y.

Morio Bqnono #1 and #2,Dir. Andy Worhol, 1964,16mm, b/w & color, silent, 4 min eoch

Bosed on one single {ix shot, ihe protogonist, Morio Moniez, o drog per{ormer ond one o{ the siors

oi Worhol's Foctory, is shown goudily dressed up ond eoting o bonono

Poor Little Rich Girl, Dir. Andy Worhol, .l965,

16mm, b/w, 66 min Poor Lifile Rich Girl wos

originolly conceived os por-i o{ o series of {ilms {eoturing Edie Sedgwick which Worhol stoded

sh&ring in Morch ]965 colled'The Poor lifile Rich Giri Sogo'. The {ilm tokes ploce in Edie's

opor.tmini 0nd is {ilmed loyrng on her bed, tolking on the phone ond wolking oround her room,

showinq off her clothes ond describing how she hod spent her entire inheritonce in six months - oll

done in"silence, ercepi {or the bockgrlund music oi on Everly Brothers olbum, The title is the some

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movie storring Shirley Temple, who Andy idolized in his childhood.

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is Worhol's first double-screen {ilm o{ Ecile Sedgwick siltlng in front o{ o ielevision monitor on which

is ployinq o prerecorded vrdeotope ol herseli The result is the imoge o{ iour heods seemingly'olking ri eoch otl'e1 Il- s {i'rr cop-rres oll or Andy wornols most lmporro'l' il-emes suclr os

oonroltrra, celebr:rv, repefi'.or se.'olir. oro '1" puliiplicotior of;-oges -- wl^,ch he previously

explored in depth in his seriol srlkscreened portroits of movle stors in the eorly sixties, At lhe some

-ime, llê emotiono. {roc'ures wlîc' o'e opoo-e:iir Eore Seog"tcrs pelo'monce -- ord thrch ore,

.n ron! woys, ine 'eol -opic or tl's {i.m -- o- cuiore -"e -eloo1/s col ond oslcholog;col difiicul'ies

of porlroiure witr o soec f c -y -hor is 3' 7 r ir:eo oi :n Wotlors po n:'rgs

The Ghelseo Girls, Dir. Andy Worhol, 1966, l6rrm, b/w & color, 210 min. The Chelses Girls,

Worhol,s {irsi moior commerciol success colopulted mony o{ the poaricrponls into sup_grstordom -

ondine, Nico, lniernoiionol velvet (suson Boliomly), Brigid Berlin ond Mory woronov. The Chelseo

Girls is mode up o{ vorjous scenes shoi oi lhe Chelseo Hotel, the Foctory ond ot vorious oportments

including Velvei Underground! 0podmeni on Wesl 3rd Sireei in the Villoge

My Husller, D.r. And y Wor ro , r 965, l omn, co or, 6T m r Filned oa Fre lsiond My hustler {ollows tl'e

oirivir'esoJ-he Diol AFus'ler'seruice,osoroldernonseeksoyounghlstlerio'oco'nponion

Hedy, Dir. Ar dv Worhol, 1966, r6 mm, blw, 66 min lrsp reo by hedy Loreo'rs orresi {or

rhopl,itirq, 'his ii he s ory ot o rich ono beou'ifu woron, wro seeks'o sill look.more.beor'tifrl

ono s coioh^ slôpriltino. Less disruroi"q o.rd iniini-eri 'rlo.e coapy ,s Hedy, sto+ing legendory drog

oueen oniFoc'ory srop-re Morio tr4ontJz p'oyi^g o be'eoguered Hedy Lomon pos+-s'ordom Hedy

ooens in the ooeir:1inq theotre where o bizorre {ocelift is toking ploce, in which pliers serve os

clsmetic instrumenis o"nd Lomorr's {eoiures ore grossly exoggeroled through the doctols mogni{ying

oloss. The f lm,s cenkol norroilve is the sior's orrest'for shoplifting, her inierrogoiion by siotuesque

iominorri'[4orv Wororov, ond l"e oppeoro"ce oi her live husoonds on *lê wi'ness siord

-eqenoory uplstg'orrd iilr-moke, Jock Snr:rh opoeo's ord sieo s l'e sl'ow ot the los' mirL,te As

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It's the year 2010 on the pianet of cats, wherein lies Meguro City, a megalopolis entirely conholled by the super-

corpo.uiio. Catty & Co. The ne{arious influence of this corporate empire extends malignmtly across the feline

galuy. Tamal4 a carefree, one-year-old kifter1 decides to flee this cruel reality md boards her spaceship in search of

iier pianet of origin. On the way, however, m outer-space accident leaves her on the barbaric planet Q where cats

md dogs have been at war for longer than my can remember There, she encounters a multitude of bizarre

characters, some friendly, olhers most decidedly not. Shange events trmsPire dutirg her stay on Q md a mysterious,

ancieni conspilacy e'ith supematural overtones starts to reveal itself. What is the cryptic relatiorohip between sweet

little Tamala and the corporate juggemaut Catty & Co.? On first sight, Tamala 2010 seems like a sugarcoated

con{ection for kids, populited by cuti little kitties md such. But it quickly becomes clear that it's much harsher thmthat - this one's for grom-ups, no question. It's got a rebellious bite that's rare jn animatiory Japanese or otherwise.

Colonel Smders, classic video games and all mamer of consumer products are twisted md tumed upside dom as

the film presents a distorted vision of corporate mlture gone quietly mad. At the same time, it's a deroe psychedelic

Saturday moming cartoon shot through with gr;tiy bits of the real world Yogi Bear wer mentimd - drugs,

violencq homoseiualit-v, prostihrtion, tinorism - Tamala's got 'em all. Almost entirely in black md white the film

uses grey tones, unpredictable pacing, an out-there musical score md the fluidity of flash mimation to maximum

effec] giving the pioceedings the otlemorldly vividness of a waking drem. Tmala 2010 isn't justa_unusual

animatld fitil it's unique, original mprecedented md totally missable! (Mylene Cabma md Frmcis Theberge)

Based on characters created by enigmatic artist Nekojiru (rumored to have comnitted suicide before the film

came to fruition), this surrealist drcamscape follows a little kitty named Nyata whose sister s soul has been

stolen by the god of death. On a quest for the missing soul, Nyata and her emotionally vacmt sister take a

watk thit trmiionns into an cpic and hallucinatory journey complete with exploding circuses, sacri{icial pigs

and reclusive inveniors. The only indicators of verbal communication are bizarre speech bubbles

accompanied by strange noises. One oI the most haunting pieces of animation I have ever seeD Nekojiru-so

begs several viewingrlTh" fil- is indeiibly sad, and gives us a glimpse into the headspace of its distubed

cre-ator Preceded bylpisodes out o{ the outrageous and perverse anime kinder-comedy The Ping Pong Club.

(Kier-La Jmisse)

Naota is just your ordinary boy livirg in your ordinary tom. Besides the fact that his brother's girlfriend

Mamimi ian'tieep het h*ds oif of hinr, life isn't really exciting. Bui all of a sudden some extraordirary thirgs

start to happen. An older girl by tle nme of Harulo appears on her Vespa and smashes hin over the head

with a basi guitar, causing robots md other miscellaneous items to occasionally emerge from his brain. And

now t}re torering Medical Medranica planl which happens to look like an iron and has been inactive for

years, seems to b-e starting up... FLCL ia tle brainchild of Studio GAINAX, the sme studio that has brought

iuch menorable anime is Gmbuster, Neon Genesis Evmgelion, The Wings of Homemise md Kreshi

Kanojo no Jrjo. With sirikhg visuals and in-your-{ace pacing FLCL is clearly unforgettable. (Synch-Poin|

At a harmless looklng college, ihe teachers md staff are practicing a dark retigion. By devoting their bodies to peruersity,

thev chmt their dark .spells ind conftol the ]usts of ihe student body. Er,erywhere the students turq they are drawn to acts

of perversion, even in public. Perhaps the school nurse has tle mswer, as she holds special counseling sessions {or the

female shrdents. Bible Biack teils a story o{ a student Lhat suddenly finds himself with a very special magic book. Using the

hidden powers contained in the pagei, he catches the atiention of some very _sexual

md dark forces. I'm a lig fm of

dickgirli I must say, md right inih; first sex scene we have one well-endowed nurse penetrating a poor female shrdent

The !e* here is greu't, but vei, hardcore, so much so that some nay be tumed ofi by it._The genitalia are verydetaiied (this is

probably the m"ost detaiied hentai I've seen - the vaginas ue beauiiful to krok at), and the animation is excellent (computer

i"ork r".-, to be saving the anima.'ion qualitv in hentai). This amazing anime has become all the rage mong college

students in Europe and ieb sites arc springing'up that are being based on magic clubs. One professor at the University o{

padua reportedly used this anime in class to ihm the influence of the dark arts. And there have been reports of college

students irying to duplicate the ritualsl Before the fiin! see an array of shmge Japmese short films!

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fi$lAfl Gf 1l ElhA All ll GU lsl 1l t [i[f,i'-"'dhT,IAs if Hong Kong smdays weren't already exciting enough,.now we cm expect surprises not only on film, uut utro o *. p6G I g;dA;aLiti;outstmding cooking will be just as spectacular md tasty is the eye cmdy sewed onJ.** ry arl"'t u*t t -glu masters. - claudia Alacon" Austin Chronicle

Ar inexplioble pagemt of exhaterestdar coohess, pistol opera is pulp mtiste &ijm suuki's first filrnto me,a U S releare n.more thm 35 years, md fierce befudd'lmmt wll surely foan in its wake. Suukiwa5 /E when lhe movie sprouted up at 200r filrn festivars. md in virtually every way, it's the work of acantanlerom, self-pleasing coot, dimising nanative conveniences in farlor of gmiar-corored wgue-

T"l€"gIy digressiom, buJldozing sight gaggery md m inexhaustible tank of s[,Ie. That is, Suuki"G

made the ulhmate meta-movie, a serf-parodfng surrearist gangster daydrem as intoxicating andinsubstantial as an absinthe swoon.

whatever-plot there is is bonowed piecemeal from suuki's own Brmded to Kiil 0967), in whichobrsive hit men jockey tor top rankings in some ill-defined guild by otrirg one mother Armaua ismchecJ<ed iuacy,.md it squeldred Suuki s erploding carer aia New Wavey" pulp siylist. pistol Oper;could be reen as the older film's absurdist-futuristic Jequel as if Jo Shishidos'yeit"rj,.u, -tit..iuJdreant it in oneoJ his.concussed stupors. Here, the assasiiro are ar-mst all wiloity w6*.,r, s"ppr"*nyvamping ruomd butoh sets that courd've ben decorated by Mm Ray md chatting about tl" t i.;rdryiquilterly results. After a- hippie-dippie paint-box title sequence, it's every rong-barrel-brmdishine,eroobed assassinatrix for herself, as suzuki jump-cuts his film into laconic lrruori-"* -o*t"i*#landscapes with color-wheel theater *ts, md shovers a ton of brood-red tr:rip peial, *ith u puyouae.once yox get to a shoot-out in m iodire-yellow-misted bmboo forest inteiseced with i"J*sighrbems, the equation could read as Godard + Fellini + Makavejev + Ken Russel + a duffel rug ot husL---smki's dialogue is like Dada verse ("your sirver bulet's crying," one liquidator tells mother), and hisimagery,is.discomfitingly_miqueyoute rarely sure at firsi wiat you,ri Iooking at. The iina aueiis"::."qdy,i*":yt!"ble, il onJy because ir rcmdkes irru visually mj rhythmicalliiin every shot. On theother.hand, listol opera is utterry devoid.of Lhe berrrroid eteciricity hrs oOs fit ns.re loried for; rrthui,rls a.tree-*soddtive sleepwall, druggy..si)Jy, and abshacted. Erpect the merpectable. md it may te youmovie of the year - Michael A&irooo Village Voice

One of the best things about Hong Kong filmakers is that they kmp dong the mu"p."t.d. And rho "lr",Gk you, would

make a film that spends 90 minutes on rnagic glowing testiclei? The testicles in this case are an pn.h,.ro.t h,i, c+n,nd î .make a film that spends 90 minutes on rnagic glowing testiclei? The in this case are an enchmted pair itrmg on anecklace md kept as a sort o[ satrd talismir by a Ne-pali hibe. When evil threalem, -a ,h".** . llf"tJ ilr;.ffi';l"tT31 fortumtely emgh a beauti{ul young womm, takes the testicles to the next-master-hline. Thjs next masterinexplicably is Chow Ym Fat, a Hong Konger on holiday with his girlfriend (ymie Nm). md comolerelr r.^*,"o

^r rl"inexplicably is Chow Ym Fat, a Hong Kongu on holiday with his girlfriend (Ymie t tm) ma comptetely mawue ot the

Hl*,fl "':i-l*:l"T ?*l*s , Fat-md the testicles u* .hu","a thmoih th" Fct. ;ilA; ;;i;,i? ,n.*o oi HonsKong Dy an e!1 toga clad villain who rous IiJ<e a jmgle cat in lieu of the traditional Canionese spoken by evervone else in thifi\' A]ongthewayvou1lwitressgratuitous_ambbaijcs,thegratuitousshreddingots*uttu.irirlr,grutriiorJcho,y*putnudity (ryeaing mthing but a pat of magic glowing testiclesi some truly daied 81's set and coshrme"sensibilities, md best ofar, loads ot np-roilmg action sequences. Hot on the heels o{ Witch From Nepaf director Ching Siu Tung went on to makethe Chinese Ghost Story films, lmdmak films in Hong Kong action cinema. _ Heroic Cinema

Sections oI this.1986 follow-up to the original "Mr Vampire" were 'inspired" by some Hollyuood movies, including ',E.T. - TheExha-Terestrial" (with the shmge but cute creature 6eing a (re)animated dead chjld rither thm u ."*.."a alien snacp:::,:*1"1::i:J:* *::1'^8: lllij: T*l:^*_Tga^(re)animated.dead.child rither tr._

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in the present day, MR. vAMptrE 2 starts off with furthe, .I"*u;t; ;;;;;J;;; ;nu, ; ;fi;;Lost.fuk" incllding a heasure-hmting grave-robber md his two bmbling assistants, *a tnJ.n.o*iuriog ot.r""pyaawlies, a snake md a skeleton in the kind of olace whosp neane if wonlri ha ha*on n^+ +^ ji"e,-L

^ 1 ^ ^^J-:-aawlies, a snake md a skeleton in the kind oftrawl1et a smke md a skeleton in the kind of plare whose peace it would be beftel not to disturb. At a certain poinl notabli

with the extended "sedative" segment in *hich hoppitig corpses attack md humans de{end and counter-a6a.k inhopping corpses attack md humans de{end und .o*t".uttu.k ii.,

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exmciatingly slow motion, MR. VAMPIRE 2 vauls into the I only-in Hong

-Kong movies" realm in whicl Vmpires caure att#j jq md then hop from cr mf to.ca roof before going of in r"ui.h ot"th"it f"rt *,rfa, 16"*

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pslchimlly hear from a distarce. Then there is the incluiion"of such concem as catching AiDs *a "*u.i.g

tlrut...tJindividuals will get to successfully reincamate. All of which makes for one certifiably weird riovie. (yrsl)

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producing musical somds, partiaiaiy puiussror; without lhe use of instruments. Filmaker imy Garfield.haces beatboxing from

ih. .urly",l"yr, when tie iiirple rhythms of Darren "Buff' Robinson helped make The Fat Boys a househoid name, to the_mazing

tecfinica'l skiils of such contemporary ariists as Rahzel md Scratch of ThtRoots, and Arthony River4 also known as Click tha Supah

Latin. As one artist, Chris Jmg, explaiN, beatboxing "stemed from the need to make music now" It grew out o{ a recemity to

produce music when instrumen"ts md tumtables were not available. Doug_E. Fresh, Biz Markie, md others_explain what they brought

io the art, while Congo-bom vocalist Mmie Daulne of Zap Mma expounds on both the universality and the ethnic divcsity of vocal

rhvthm-making. Breih Control won the lestival Choice Award at the 2002 New York Undergromd Film lestival lt was also feahred

at'the 2002 Tnbieca Filn Festival md the 2002 Urbmworld Film Festival. (Josh Ralske, A11 Movie Guide)

As good, old-fashioned dorKests go it doesn't get much better thm the National Spellirg Bee, with its

acalre words, bespectacled competitors, and stingrng little bell. But as.one interuiew subject pohts oui,

the bee representjthe fundmental Americm belief in education md hrd work as a mems to a better

tife, md the eisht children doomentarim iefl Blitz foliows through the competition reflect that idea. The

tirei hulf ot thi fit. i"ttoduces us to these young protagonists. We get enough of their back stories that

we fml irvested in their success, and as the competition kidc off in the film's second half, we feel almost

a split lovalw mong them. To watch these kids succeed - defying even their own expectatioro - is io

.ito." ti. profo*i imp..t thai academic success cm have on the young psyche But the opposite is

hue as we[. to see the kids stutter md stumble, to see ',he terrified quiver of uncertainty pass across iheir

bmw is to remember the words of one spcctator, who said she thought the Bee was "a fom of child

abuse." But most of the kids aren't tortured, they're challenged, md they seem to feel (perhaps for the

{irst time) genuinely at home mong the geeks and- proud of their own peoliar excellence. (Sarah

Hepola, Awtin Chronicle)

NUCLEAR FAMILY is a three-pari docmentary essay on boys and girls in Texas. Using some haditional

cinema verite techniques, it explores the collective nature of three familiar rites of passage-cheerleading

tryouts, Friday nightlootbail games, md weddings-and conjoins them iirto something entirely unique, a

retaphoric Texaslmd Amenm) fmily. ThinkDiiga Vertov in FortWorth. Nucler Family begim with a

colleitive porhait of a generic type - a kind of Mom that we nay lhink we lcnow well already lt's easy to

find such ilom in Texis, after iil, sitting in the bleachers at a tryout or stmding arcmd the edges at one

of those new cheerleading gym places. llr'ing past successes or {ailures vicarious}y ihrough their kids,

isn't that it? Texms someiries sien truly proui to live cliches. But gradually, as we come closer to the

grls who ae achrally putting their seltimages on the line here, some of the clicles fall away, md the real

indluiduult behind thim befrn to emerge. By the time our wimers are mounced (md of course, this

mems that losers are amounced too), smething unexpectedly moving emerges in the entire situation-in

the entire institution before us. "Dad" seems a little scarier, somehow. Maybe that's because the

prototypically "male" things he says, along rvith the generic high school football gme(s) we ree-mfold

round'hir i. ihe second segment, fall wen nore easily into stereotype, into a very fmiliar tind of

violence. But, as witlL "N4on,"imy stereoqpes fall away here as well What Dad is snuggliq with, m he

talks to the camera md ihe gme moues iowarcl the inevitable "victory," is how it may be possible to

express the love he feels for lris son ln this cutture. r'fld lhough he is indeed an individual caught up in a

very personal situatioq the fiJn itself begins to ask iarger questiom about the collective at this stage,

about Texas cultue in general.

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ln Auzust 1999, Atlmta filmaker Bret wmd traveled to Mmfield, ohio to filn iniewiews with nule Dems and John

b.rri lr".rtt . r." rwiving people who made ftlms for l}e Hi$way Safety Fourdation. The.idm lud bren mercly_to

dmment the 510ru behind the ]hbd<inq driver education iilm. produ(ed with the Ohio 5tare Hi$way Pahol jn tie 1950s

and '00s. Film such as SICNAI 30, WfoELS OF IRAGED\ ilid \4LCHAN'IZED DFATH had become ruli ilero m.n'f,m J..*A"i Urt tLe storv of thel. producrion rcmained cloaled in mystery It becme obviou' dmg tlis visit that a

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aoietite'for veite realism ud qore. According to Mile Vrmey of Something Weird Filmc, the fi1ru ue ktsch artiladb tiat

f,!i. t.i*.Jrl.ir t.U* alluri, especially wi"th people whoiaw them_ firi ru adolerents or teero. There is a grimitive

honor in watciins the hmd-held cinera move in on flarhirg police lights ir the night, then get righl uP to (mashed trsthen fxten on.hittered facs covered in glxs md b)ood md bodies twisted in malural positiom Sometimes you cm

heu the real mom md slrieks of tlre irjuird md dyug. Once the cmera calche. a man at the irotanl of death Whatever

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rith the moment thdt coroners in\estigators mive. ln each cas. we hatch b a vanety ol pubhc

"fi#;h;:;,hxJ;;;;,;;;*r. money and penonal"properiry. each worker helping.nrdge.rhe deceased irro non-

p,ilrp;ce Shanoelu each of rhe dead now. mto a more vivid md living character lhan my ot the sh1l-brcahnt cde worle6.

l]i-"i if,. l"l.rl.i t ."e their oun urique tales within the film. lt ruru out one of ihe dead, Tomy Albert'on, wds a reclusrve

"*.*r.ho roumelv eare ha[ hr. eaminq. to a homeles'.heller. Anot]rer Ronald Tmner was a 8ay mil LvnB a hdpPy llle

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behind detailed olaro for his oq buial. Donald WriSht is noiable for hrs mysiery: How cm 5omeone w* tuou8h lre mo

ilJ;..";;1;J;';";; io *'" ooinioi..tr-e a faie ID cardl As each lifi js rcvealed to us, each is also dram heritably

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oenonal knickhacks of ihi aead end up in a county w*ehouse where auctioneers dispe6e- lhem to sbMger h no Mow

irothine o( the prior omers. Finally we wifne's the dead hauled to the ftmatory and bmed lts hdd to lmagme sal he tril"i'ilril":5#;;; ir" t"".1

"f +'" p."ple we have come to llow in tlre riln Filmmalers Blue Hadaegh and Crcver

ffi:;:i';;J;iih:.;i--i."', i,rp,'!r"ily compoed md beautitut seneb. The camerawork.is powerfuJ. prcise. and

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This is the kind of story thathd to be true, because no novelist would dare io drem it up' In San Frmriso-livs a blind

blues sinser nmed Piul Pena He plays ild sing' bdclup tor such legends as Muddy Waters dd B B King Late at

.f"li.l!^ fr" *"t tfeep, he listeo ro the *orld'on a shortwaue rodio We "ee

his fingers delrcarly touchhg the dial,

.niuri." ,i iurt u tittt. ut a iime, seeking statioro hidden in the bandwidth. One night he hears strangg hauntingmusic

". nualo Uo*.". ff. uacks it domllt is called lihmmei, or "thmai singmg" md is practiced in the tiny republic of

iuva, which vou cm find on the map between Mongolia md Siberia Tuvan thrcat singing he learc, involves creathg

,n ""ri"

,o*d thut .o.tines different md distinct iotes ai the sme time. For yeas Paul Pena studies throat sinSin&

iu.r forthe love of it. He trm.late" tlre lyric' using hlo Braille dicbondie', one io get them from Tuvan to Russim' the

oi.r fror nr*iun to EnSbsh (we m'not mried lo lem there rre no Turm'Englsh djcbouies in Braillel He

i.."^", p*r,tfy A" only"thrcat singer not bom in Tuva, all this tine without ever meeting anyone else who knows

what he ii doins. Now li u 1993 A towing goup from Tuva perfoms in San Francisco He visits them backtage md

,i;;; ;; t"dt-* their style, in then lin"guage They m ihunde*1.u4 In 1991 Pena is invited to Tuva for the

un'uul t]roo.Ji ompetition. He is accompiroid by tle somd engineer Lemon DeGeorge ("1 m basiolly, a tree

oi^...l), Sun Frantsco disc jockey Mlrio Casett4 md Rolo and Adrim Belic from Evanston' who are

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with this iilm. But so fa we have touched only on the amuirg facts of 'Genghis Blues "

lf the hlm weR oniv;bout Pena lemhg ttuoat ringing dnd SoinB to Tuva it would be a lravelogue lt i5 about much

more. About the wa'y we commicate J*r music. About the way Paur fena is dearly lr erbaordirary penon-wm.

fr""". U"i"t Uu ttt. if.ôn of depression but singing hrc way iR of it And about the frtend he males h Tuva' a mu

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ora* who is'the leading tluo"at iirger and become. laul Pena r close lriend The luvm have not

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0f it, as the Soviets triei $eir best to disrnanilp the nabonal ostomq. music dnd (ostumes. Now

."*""itti f," aoU.osed, ud in Tuva, tlrey are retming to the old ostoms wilh d rierce iov To thrnl lhat.a mm ir

;;;;;;;;;I,;i"nirg to tl'em on the radol That lie has trritten d tluodt son8 about hiend:hip n the Tuvm

i**"*r ftt nt ft"ooen aiong the way Torrential rains. Illness. ComPetitiom Parades Feasts The peoliar way that

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involved in this Tuvan itory They are all incidents, mmy colorful that

,""iji" ,ir'*'.i**rins rn my other film. The heut of GENGHIS BLTIES is in the music md its sinsos Thnat

,i"""* **l*r u ri -"ri dircoi,.*d und perfected by mu<ios li!e Paul Pena, awale in the mddle of the nr$t,

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Ihe next South by Southwest film fmtival is still mon*u u*ry. ThDepending on when vou're readirg this. that could be alrnost two whole week\ awdy:

.Fortuately, you don;t have to wait that r-g i" "J;ir"r. "i ixsvitttuuoritmoments from the past ten yeus ln one.week you cm take in tluee of the most memorable docuneniaries that have stood out from the pack in past SXSW festivals. Andyou won't evm need a wristbmd. (Hemi)

Beingarockstarishardwork Becaefirrwhatyou.wishfor,because_onceyougetityoumightfindyouserftmtiredildbewilderedtofathomapprcciatingiL. Famelsabitch. ThesearetheLhisoilesmmd"moralsudr.rrun.ruoucil e\pect to take away h.om a viewing ot ]\4EETNG PEOPLE lS EASY, which follow, Radiohead on tour to p"roniotemeu cnhcauy acdmed djbm OK ComPuler Music critics love Radiohead. md their film critic comterparts must beon the sme wavelength, because they love thir domentary dbout Radjohead. 5ure, Lhey'll aJl adnit $at'vou chmeiot enloyug the hin are inffidsed dramalically if you. happen to tj\e the bmd {duht, bui they lJ also teJl you that as apiece of experimental filrnmakirg, the movie cm simd on'iL om rwo ieet. It s g6t you cinema verite, vour wide ansle.allseemg€ye, you quick, disjohted ruts. md Ce a|o iales hir cmera outside the nena during conceri footage, as #elias into a dressing rmm. The filmwork flows with the sound design, which was obviouslv inllueiced bv the baij,s snn*that feahre so herily in th9 fi1n, md so in the end you're left wiih a dispinted whore thai f,ts id;A;i ;;;t ;;d;m you sit back md take it all in at once.

emrnftusd"yildageofEshingpolesinevery.WalMart. Itsanoddhobbytorsoneonetopickup.suri,cause,,nota lol of people will to sdck tJreir hmd up ir a hole md get bit by something." Because o[ ihe baclwater nature olmmy of the people featued in this docrmenta ro vorr rnrl/"pnoa it'" *,t ^t" iiY- *^ "^-. ^s ^. -^+ ^-^1L^- -L^-^^ r^-

up ir a hole md get bit by something." Because o[ ihe baclwater nature olnentary, you could-expect ilre whole filn to come of as yet mother chmce lormmy of the peopleleatued in this domintary, you could-expec ihe whole film to come off as yet mother chmcefor

yne;olleqq,hd filrnmaker to make.{rm of rednecla for his-own cinematic gain Beesley's m okrahom* hj;;;rf,somecollege.hd filrnmaker to make {rm of rednecla for his-own cinematic gain Beesley,s m oklahom* hj;;;lf,thougl,.md the people in his film m his pmple, md because of tha! he treats lis subjects iitl, ,.rp.,t *a tu"* th.i,diSnityintact. Thatshatefliutmakesiiall-themomr.-npllinowlon.,,,**,.+rlin-+L^"^-^^-r^-^6^^..r^jrL^

evm in this day md age of fshing

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you own had at noodling by the time the credits are rolling.

drSrutylntdct Lhatshategyistmalesitallthemorecompellingwhenyou'rewatciingthesepeoplecomeouto[*rewater with 100 lb. fish attached to their am. An they crazy? Suri. But tLat doesn't -eir vou *onlt b" t"mDted fo trvyou won't be tempted to try

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emptoyment wir.hin a short time after graduating from

the hials o{ the trip on the fitmmakers. As the tem struggies to gain Jnitta'nce to Mimmft md sela mtne mars ot the tnp on the firmmakers. As the tem struggies to gain adnittance io Mimmft md sela minteT:w.with,qif gates, images of Michaer Moore sprin"g'to miid, but the interoiews saperston conductsspmg to mnd, but the interviews Saperston conducts

NRA into saying they enjoy walching cJrildren die. Heting my wisdom that people night be willing to share

college m long gone, i{ they ever existed, In today,s.Anedc4 a d.gr.. ;n ,o.n t ,J.n . J;h?;;il;X"i4;Io get you a iob as a kifchen mildger at a high vorme downrorir resraumt lprouided"vou huue enoulherperience ir kitche*). In this dinare of pod-graduation blue", Eric Saperston'u"rght riliiv"k;rg!"I::fl,.1l:11 t:j:llth:.:I,ry a,Lins roi advice rrom a whote cisr or s,.."itur .h.r.t",1 *Li,itpeople lrke tomer l-tsl llirector Bill Sssiom, Am Richrds, Jimy Carter, Henry WnHer, Billy Crystal, th!Indigo cirls, md a whole lot more about whai they thinr he shourd oo wi$ hi. rj,e. It wrnr ione into thistrip that he realized thar he should be domenrhg thc advice given ro hir, -aiJ. *r;;i;j;.?*i i.;of othu recent grads mth nothing better to doadthe gmg seiout across the cmhy to see what their eldeis

::1d,p,i".** l" ,heir genenrion. THE JOURNEy collects all the advice rhey,re given md also doments

ilen't designed to trickilen t desrgned to. tnck prominent menbers o{ the NRA into saying ihey enjoy watcling iiidren die. Heapproaches all of his subiects wi$ reped. dpfrecjltilS -y -idoi rhir peopte nighr "be

witLing to shiiewithhim. Nowifonlvhecorrldlprmtnrn."o.,,rph;-#6ni-i.rL.\,!h,,,i.LLr-,only he could leam to appreciate his friendi in the vm with hlml

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THE O]IE HUNIIREIIBEST KI 11S EUERFor as lons as there have been movies, thele have been people dying in movies

Thank io"the magic of film, rve ve been desensitized to all sorts of horrendousll'

violent acts: dism"embement, decapitaiion aspht riaiion, shots through the heart,

hmpngs, flaylng'. berng drarvn and qualcred drosntng haring d 'h'l bedtrn8

h"uit rioed out"of rhe c-hest ot .ome unluch ?d\enturer. and thal r iu:t io name a

tew To celebrale arl ol tli' p'y.foni beharlior' r\e Al rmo Drarlhout decided 1o

DUt our heads tosether to compile the definitive list of the best kills ihat have ever

ieen ort on ,.ree"n und then put those clips up on the screen agairy back to back to

back io bloody back. lf you haven t been deiensitized yel lhis program-rvili take

care of that; we're goma do for vioience ivhat Shorvgirls did fu.breasts' We lvon't

bog you down witi plots or characters or set uPs or anvthing like that; rve're onlv

delivering the pay offs.

What makes a kill wolthy of being included in our list? Lots of things Some kills

made it on because theyle tunny tdwatch Others $'ere lust amazingly inventive Siill

others ae sinply the kinds of lmages that linger jn the bacL of-our nrglttuares .You'll

.ee shockinq i.ii'., hear-brealinB kili- nacl1 kill' graphic kjll' undcnrated kll'beautifulkili.vrnragetill..ardereloLhe-fle.rlirgLirdr'Llrvoucat'magine

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Anytime someone makes a list of the alllime greaiest an1'thing, there are

bound to be lots of people out there l4ro disagree. That means that there

u ill probabll be a bunch of y ou who rume out lo check otlt lhe 100 Besl hill'Erer'and leave feeiirg up'et thal you" very faro:ne cinemaLic Ull didnt

male our cut. \\e inderstand rhdr. and rather than iu'l n:it tor the

inevitable emails of complainl we'd like to try to make it up to you So

here's the plan:

The lasi nighL..ho\vrng uf 100 Be,l Kills Fver u itl be a Bring \our Orvn KilI

night. It . j,our chance io come in with a \ H5 or D\D copl o[ 1

our per'ona1

piik for greatest kill ever, and we'll pit the audience s choices against ou top

ien for tlie Ultinate Ki1l Showdownind the chance to determine the de{iniie,

no bullshit, 100% Greatest Kiil thoughts ever been on the silver screen lfvour kill beats our candidate for Best Kill Evet then You li be walking out of

ih. th.r,., wirh $100 carh pr;ze rn acldilion to vour elemrl braggirg righs

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SEpT 3: SUPERSONIC SUPERGIRLS 3-D 0gzla.etsiltimmlr,e0min,&35mrn)ln3D! Bnng$1{orglasTr:S-1.'^{9,'j.{loj*u'*win

the '70s there was a whoL ge*. ot StewiJ.ssr*ploitation novies. There rvas SWINGIiTIG STEWARDESSES, FLY ME, SWTDISH FLY GIRLT STEWARDESSES oN THE

LoosE, \ AUGHTy 5TEWARDESSEs, ts;;]l\aTiiwAbEssis *J ro,. l*pt. ,ouan t seem to get enough mile-tigh arhostess aci:l g3.8,bl T" rtt t*that started it all, THE STEWARDESSES 3-D was a HUGE hit. It played {or

Lems ani ymrs. l!!r-olr[et an pm'bably livlig m solid gold mansions now from.all the money

they made, And they deserue every pem1. SUpERSONIC SUPERGRLS 3-D is the sJquel to STEWARDESSE! md every bii as eood, for whatever that is worth l guess it's

hue tlat nobody ever went brot<e maeresimat nf $. ,nt.tt g.nce or tlr. n*.ri.* p"rrin. ff f huu. to seil you on this oni it s omiablv not for vou But if vou cm aPPreciate

rheperuersebeautyofthisnastyrtttegerii;.x'il;ffiililr.r,u.i'*Jr,*g*.youhoneymastedPeanuts wereSoin8up seeyouthere(Lrs)

sEpT t0: GoNFESSIONS OF AYOUNG AMERICAN HOUSEWIFE (1ezd,|osephSmo,X, 105mi+35mm)Nobodvmadeadult

suchothergratsasRu*t,t.y.r,pr"rrun**a-n.afryurug.ts*.fl*n.u$goit*udquuteremgnitio'n Suehewas,featuedinRE/SeuchsIncedibiyShmgeFilmbook

butevennostnrlt.filmufiaonudorrrr,*lriyffi.1*iiriitl'",r. n*riytr,.fu'*"i..iltoright"thitg"*o*wmnglvsmeningoneof hisbestfilrns samqmasterof the

kinky situabon, concocts u *hopp.' , louit iJr,fr. u.*.." , r,r.url, his #e, and her motlrer Yei itt thait<ind of pdiy. Bring a date;a raincoal or both (Lan)

SEpT I 7: SHANTY TRAMP (19G7 d. Ioseph Prietq R, 35mm, 75 min) A rural southemgotlic that really kilg you in. the teeth Asif Will'iam Faulkner'

Flamery o,Comor, Eudora Welry remessee wittiamimi Uary Cr.*r-**r.on u rtoppy, bitter three-diy drinking jag md this was fomd nilt tothe R?ewriter by the

crmle maid who came in to clem up all the vomit md spilled bourb*. y"r'd;;tdilil;. there's mough lncesf,"rejifrous mania dark secrets and Protestant guilt here

forahmdredregulrmouies. eutthisisio*grlrroui.. Th.storyofur.he.inf"*goJlo*h"h,"ri"gsnothingiutnoubleeverywhereshegoes Shecausesthe

downJalt of a aooked ,."uut p,.u.i,.r,'fulr.iy .ffi;;;;^;ilt;.i ; "i,;p;;;Jg?n.,ully

desttoys ih. moraifiber (however Ioosely woven) of a small muthem

rom. A kind of mmo, rurt.rpi..u *itl lr,.i,i"".r p.tr"**..i, ai".tl*, pr,"ffirphi, una sctipt rr6m the director of OLGA'S HOUSE oF SFIAME (Lars)

sEpT 24: EMANUELLE lN pRlsoN (1983d.BmoMatrei,& 90nilt35nn) Skinfliclcwentupscale,"way.upscale,"intheT0's.withJustJaeckin's

elossv Em-rnanuelle series sturing Sylvia Kristel. The movies were rlick enou$'and soft enough to k sli$ill more iesmctable'thar the usual sex filrns md audiences

iesoonded. Ticketsaleswentrhroughthercof. onerheaterheidEMMANuLLfl.*i"tnmr-vf,YEARS! 0ico'useitdidn'ttakelongforcheapjackexPloitationcoP]catst0

llliiiii, il.'ii.r"r"iil;;;ii;;;; ,h. ro"t-;t 'uo* *anuelte" series (note stighrJy diferent spelling all ripofs have onlv one l\4), starring luscious hrdonesian

model Laura Gemser a" a gtobe-uottng phi;;"rph.-t;. gets mto *ild.se;ii situatiois in exotic locationsl Thank to lulis Gemser's astonishing beauty and total

willingness to do mythmg at ,u, *. ro'*r, *."r. aeserved su-ccesses in bucl*lley gnn&ousm all ovs the woTld EMANLELLE IN PRlSoN, one of $e last o{ the series'

rcpresents a lasFgdsp attempt by ltallm"boior-r..J., s*o vrtt.j (BURIAL GR6U"ND) to combhe the flagging boro.ffie appeal of the Emmuelle mones, with the women-

in-pdson genre. Never krom for tus t."i..t ,.rumi, urn.l pll* aI] lur.hip, on th. irur.. s.*, go", n*offrilii, its all here 'only

the strong wilJ swive this one (Lan)

OCT l: STEETE JUSTICE (j987, d. Robert Boris, R, c5 nia 35m) Jingoistic movies for jmgoisbc times. Sereemt lohn Steele was a oneman-my in

Vietnam, a master of th. tighting urt, .ia i;;; * rrr ".ur.

-rigr,, .s,*,,t trtu .ori iniri-.*... twelve yeLs hter, th. *ar ii "ou*i" He's a drnk, pathetic loser until

he gets enough liquo, in hi, to *u[r. iir't'i . *r -irr]i

nrn-iLl o"ver, irs lusl changed locations Steele pads on some heary heat md gms one-man-my against the

new \tername5e memce, the e'l drug lords who lilled his drinking u"aay. whut f"i[*;i, u ,urr.r] ou.ith*top spectacle wirich unsuciessf'lly mmbines the height of

ambition as to qumiity or uiorrn . *iff. thJnui. "i

rpia.i.n .-o-ulagrel Th;;;i; ,*. thut it tu, g"rt.t tdn its parts. Golden crap, please do not rniss it (Iim)

OCT 8: THE UNDERTAKER AND HIS PALS (1967d TCP'SwicegryOFTrn'l'35n') Wt'reallprettvwellusedtogorebvnow Even

lvlerchmtlvorylilmsrefuJl ofbloodli*p,Li"**arui-beatingheartsberngwrcnchediiolently.frombmblirgncars'ribiages Tt'spartofourmlture Butput

vourself back in the mia-oo r, u ,o*,J.rltiltr",. "J'ir.' e roul. u,. th-r-.i., rou of flatujtox; bloodshed md"badly msfiring slapstick gags' mrst have seemed

t#ii[ii'iir',i|.';ffi;;.';iffi; ;'"ffiil;;il;:;;;"h;it"'urJ ',' io ^,ill

run. tt s still repuJsive {md snevously offensive to at Ieast two or the rive

semes) but rhis one-of-akind tale ot a "ooJked *l?iJ.i ti,ldt . g-g ofl.uil.u-boy*ho qtdt !1ttqq'i by teumg hdm nsh to a greasy spoon diner does have a

certain charm. ror imtance, the und;r;;il;;[;;;;-h"* ,rr.rir plt trrir, nuofrsrfiNbrv cAY, which gives iti certain John watelsi Kuchar Bros. Cmp quali$.

i"f,* , , di g.i"g. ildttack, md the tarrlr '60s wonen look like ilill ward caricatures come to glorious life.

O€T I 5: ZOMBIE CHIID (1977, d. Robed Voskania& & 35mm, 87 min.) Low-buclget even for.the notorious huckster Harry Noval ZOMBIE CHILD

nonetheless benefits {rom its barebones approach - which posits rt i" th. ;;;. g"th" thrlft cmi that lntludes Lemora: A Child's Tale of the Supemahnal md The

Haurhng of M. Novak *a v*r.^- roffi rrll rp r"l ,1. nir s modesttudlet m$ effective atnosphere, comnlete with shakv cmera work md a sinister moog

score. A babvsitter from the oty arrives in the bacl,woods to act as n*y ,o , ii"i"J tlt r. gtii"*.a Ros'alie, who siends her tgbs hanging out in the local cemetery

Tums out 5tile Rosalie has psychjc abiJiEe. *rat enabie her to move rr"ir.t. J..L. .".^"."e the dead, md these'unh*esstdpo*tts *y be responsible for a rash

;ikliffi;,il"*".ry.'wri* ,rr.lruiri*.,'r,*i **rg nosarre s. older drothu, ail hell breaks loose md the town finds itself the target of a shocking murdercus

rmoase. A senuire creep-fesr with ;;; jt;;;ft;;?;;, ,1" 6t. r-d^*Jt ;ws-a dabt to both carrie md Ni$t of the Living Dead, but nothing beats the

,torm/grave"sidepromiselromRosalietoherdeadmother:"lpronuseyou'theylJpay (tuer-LaJan$se)

OeT 22t FOOD OF THE GODS(1976d.Berrt.Gorclon)Writer/pmduce/direcorBertl Gordon(Mr.B.tG)hadasPecialg: gimtstuff Hugebald

men in movies like THE cvcr,ops ard rnE eMazd'lc corlossar rtlan seri.s; 6unt gtushoppss in THE.BEGINNING oF THE END; a grmt spider in EARTH vs'

THE sptDE& siart r..*g.r, , vriiaCr oF THE GIANTS; and gruot *;rp;;il"kt; inJ tutJ in. *ut u"u.iievable turd. I'm sure Bert Goidon is a nice guy but his

soecial effects look iike total shit. The tiniest child wou1ft be looled for a sec'ond. Take this rnovie for instance - a relatively big moderately expensive productio4 and

ifi";iA. Jrffi ffi;;;;;;;-h; ,x ;".; Matchbor crs for his big rat-attack sequence. when.we watch a movie like KING KONC or SEVENTH voYAGE oF

;idd#;"*i"ffii , in. ,1"-rr&lw. 6i *th; ;;.k r{ ;;-;uii$ *itn n rotht of our own imagination and wete happy to do so because we know that effects

masters like wilrs o Bri* -a nuy riurrylrl** ." .r.r"r ""ror*

*to* pu*tx*g work-is a labor"o{ love. l}'ev honor md respect their audiene and manage to

aeatemaqic-real mun.-outotauti#i;#;;d**ritlts. NotsowirhBertcoidon. sure,yourmouthwillbehmgingopendwingFooDoFTltEGoDSbut

il*"";iU8tr,"ir-.'iaresp.a. Youiustwontbeabletobelievehowawfrrlitis (Lrs)

OCI 29tAtt THE COTORS OF DARKNESS 0SzZ,a.S.rgioVatti"o,&16mm)(seereviewonpage24,CrnemuerteFilmFesiival)

Bm rn Shm$ar in the '20s fron the ashes ol Chinat imperial decline, the rnartial arts cinema blended fron is earliest,silent+ra, Iom,.modemity_(the love of speed, the use o{ special-effects tedrnology, frequent adaptations hor comlc books anaserialized novels) and folkloric haditon (Chmese_opem md aaobatia). Post-ilrlVll md the 1sa9 cortnunist nevolutioa thegeme's center 0[ grrufy shifted to Hong Kong. Ihe sharg]rai studio 1imi, remade in Hong Kong as shaw arothers. heipeapioneer the "new school" of MandairJmgrage wuia piar h the '00s, and jusr ro qui*ly led rie switch to lug fu wirenpubhc fmcy tumed to combat with strewy bodres as the'pmary weapon the'following decaae. .ls th. gungste, pLtu*;;,to Wmer Brothers, so was the martial arts mone to Shaw Brothers. ihis program, a ielection of Shaw"rnirtlal arts classia

10m 19!.61_981, sheds light on the studio's creative and box-office heyday; wien heroes and heroinr, ,or.rruuit.d ,u-tln,

9T ySd t|r:d,villains were legendary hmblenesg and loyali, were prized among all virtues, agtlity "irnrJ*abody was exalted pursuits o{ person or goal were armost arways'obiessive, and fighhng;ondrcush fe,#, o.r*rr".

dance. Shaw munled anong its lminanes the genre's most innovative direcors pdol to ire'sO**J.r ro.1 *'fiog Hu,Chang Cheh, Lau Kar-lemg and Chu Yum. Foi the past 20 yean, the achievements of these fil^.rL.tr h*, tre.ivio;.unheralded beyond ordes of specialists md lars beiause their works, like other Sharv filns, were kept out o{ ciicJlJtim.What with faded color, panning and scaming and atrooous dubbing those prints md videot pur tt ut aia ."rt g; ;Jy th.falteslrlnSslion ol$e,titms' grgrl:l mpao. This progran remJdies the situation by presenting newly p,e$rved rim,md archival prints, allin their origiral language with EngJish subtitles. (Cheng-Sim Lira'UtLAfih"ma fele'vislonArchive)

For the way it changed the look and feel ofmarhal arts, for its box offlce success, ancl for ushering in thefust wave of shaw Brothers actiory come Drink with-Me is arguabry the most significant Hon! Kongfilm evrr made. Everyone has seen Crourhing Tiger, Hidden iragon (CIHO) lit how manyif yoilcnew that come Drink with Me (CDl4M)war lts rrin i*pirutioniGaliant ladies of the s*ora 1r.lu'nti;

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J9 the swordplay genre of Chinese literature, md the most popular Chinese sileni

filns made in late{920s and early-30s shanghai -with titles such as Red Heroine,'The Valiant Girl, and aserial swordswomar of the wild River- showcased swordfighting women. But CDI{M featured thefust huly modem md convincing portrayal ofa xia ng wrth Chen! pei pei as Golden swalow (chengPei Pei played Jade Fox

'r cIHD). A chinese history buff and accornplished actor and art direcor, Kini

Hu had only directed one filn on his own before, and cDWM was his first experience with the nartijarts gerue, wu xia pian. cheng Pei Pei was also new to swordplay, which makes their achievementseven more remarkable. combining the moves of dance and Chinese opera in the calefully designedopen space of tht_ irm, and utilizing editing to conjure up some magrcaf hairprn skills, Hu l"a cr.,r^gaeate a memorable interior action scene, which will be reprised by Ang Lee and young star Zhang Ziliin.!THq. The_next big scene of CDWM takes piace in"a timple und is"simuttaoe"ousiyhaditional--Golden swallow is sunounded by a cirde of foes-and modem, with cameru ,ouurrnlchoreography and editing combinirg to generite a sword-fighting scene of great beauty and excitemenr..lhe hnmg ot lhese elements -where cheng pei I'ei jumps from rnside to outsidg chased by herpursuers- is exquisite, and the scene resonates with Hu's gmius. No director has ever displayed a ietterblend o{artand actioninfihn. (FantasiaFest 2003programGuide)

The first of many sequels, rmitators, and remakes (mosi notably Tsui Hark's superb rhe Blade)&re-Armed swordsmm is among those dassics of kung fu cinema that are hard to find and not tobe missed. The newly-restored 35mm pnnt will brillianily illushate why director chang Cheh wasoften called the ]ohn Ford of eastem cinem4 not only on a visual level but with

"his macho,

tortured self+acrificing characters as well. This approach profoundly affected a young John Woqu'ho was a disciple of chmg's, one-Armed Swordsman is assured its place in tlie annars olcinema history than}s to other elements, too: it was released under the barurer of the famous shawBrothen studio, cast with a legendary saeen idol in its star wang yu, and features a story of nearShakespearear proportions. If there can be such a thing as ',poetic dismernbermenf,, then One-Armed Swordsman uses it generously. Its cultural mpact, too, car hardly be undersiated, as itbroke all of the Asian box-office records at the time. Thii is a must-see film and a rare opportunityfor fans of the genre to see it as it was origurally intended. (Julien Fonfrede, Fantasia FiknFestival 2003)

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A nominal sequel to King Hu's coME DRINK WnH ME, GOLDEN SWALLOW takes its tide from the

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fi"ifrft" Uut, ii iine wlth direCor Chang Cheh's proclivity for male-centered stories, reorients the

olot momd a tormented swordsman. Although popular wuria star Cheng Peipei reprised her role as Colden

!*ri[*, ,f,. 6lm's hue protagonist is Silver"Roi, the brooding knight porhayed by Chmg s n-ew male star'

iimll; W;ey. e prJtotyp'. for tle conlicted heroes thit would domhate virtually all of Chmgs

subsequent frlms, Silver Roi is a psychologically complex figure,- drawn to. violence and driven by a.death

wislu white at the same time possesed of "a

po.ti. r.nriullity and powerfuJ romantic yemings._F !lt-g.tq,pi.Jfl,'""S,. scheme, these wming tendencies merrtably bmg aboul ihe character's down{all Chang's

iiiriori of fio'r nuoative prioriiles ii also reflected in the directors' di{fering approaches to thematics md

stvle. Hu's exDosition o{ Daoist md confucim mores in coME DRINK WrItI ME is here replaced by the

;;;;;ay'*8 t-g, a masculine codc of honor that Chmg erpresses ihrough,violent t1l:" ]]1T li

emulate; the stu;i;d rf,ythms and poses o{ Beiiing opera, Chang emphasizes rough viSor-not to menhon the

nirir., u*..o of uioleice, includirg bodily tuitii"g *a psyt'Lological hauma Nevertheless' both Chmg's

ir.*"*iul",i., Urlstered by the Jartial irts choreograpfy of Tong Kai and Lau Kar-leung, md Hu's more

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*outd prove equally inlluential on the futrire Hong Kong action cirema (Jesse Zigelsteir;

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Chang Cheh rrmsitioned fron the swordplay subgenre wth this ulha-violent revenge drma set

againit Lhe backdrop of early 20lhtcntury thina David Chiang and -Ii

I mg-Chmgs prefened

olirins of heroe- throughoui the 1970rappear here in their first filrn together' Di Long plays a

ii^n".a Sdiin* Oo.ro "perfomer

uhose muder at the hands of a corrupt local cabal launches his

*irt rioo, *hii*rolted irothera relentless, wraithlike Jiang-down the path of bloody rehibution. A

cJmcious depmture irom the mxia piar or swordplay fiJrn on wirich Chmg built his reputatiol

VENGEANC'EI heralded the rise of '70i kmg fu and iadically revised nanative md stylistic templates

at the Shaw Brothers studio. A somber, hagic paem to male honor, VENGEANCE! is energized by

Chang's unfailingly inventive representation of uioLn,. Chang combines expressive widescreen

,ar.r"u _qles, d;;*ic editing md breathtaking use of slow moiion to forge a stylized depiction of

r.yL.r "i*"*a ourcide Peiknpah's valedictJry Wstem The film.is awash in blood' bright red

ooils of it drawn mainly bv daggem and hatchets, although fueams do put in a brief appeilmcea

lrst for Chang, ,na p.t'hup' thJ ,red for his prot€te John Woo s later Smplay spectarulars lndeed'

w". *""fa p.y *pfr'.tt homage to \qNGEANCEI i; HARD-BOILED (1992), honoring specifica\ the

,X",g*li J,*i * which ii Long fights to his deaih against a horde o{ assasins. In this branna

"q".i u, Cf.*g furiously intercutsbiiongt flnal.monwts,.punctuated by a blinding worthy of

O.'aipur, *ittt *" a*aders equally dramatic, if hi$ly stylized, perfomance of death onstage-a rae

noa ti it**. Op.ru aesthetici from a direCor who generally spumed dassical hadition in {avor ol

hisownbrardof '^masarline"baroque. (JeseZigelstein,UCLAFilmmdTelevisionfudrive)

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1970s; he had excelled in melodrmas, iomedies md spy thriller spoofs in his prior cmeer-in-the Cmtonere

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the ,60s. INTIMATE CONFESSIONS 0F A'CHINESE-COURTESA]T- casts h bold relief Chu's

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generic conventiom. This remarkable, scabrous {i1m holds up the "peruerse" to such notional

iourtii urti chestnits m loyalty, sacrifice, revengg the relationship between mastff and disciple, and the

exattution of physicutity (aweinspiring feats of boiily agility and exertion)' It's an audacious md inspired flip,

o* thut giu.i iONIfgiSIOt'tS lti nut*tiue lolt and emotional potenry md. propels the film rnto hader-boiled

ioitory it un tn *.* trafficking in gauzy, soft<ore titillation (which'the fjlm does too). Imagine relocating the

mutdarts school-site o{ many i s.ene oi tortuous haining o{ would-be_waniorslo a brothel, ard hansposing

ttr. ,rurtiiurt, ..rt r to the brothel's madm and the marial arts disciple to a prostitute (u'ho must be forcibly

dri]ledinthesexualartsofservicingmen)'Imaginealsothatthemadamisalesbianwhoabductsvirgimto*"* t l" Utotft.f, tlat she both eriloit' md is lenuinely in love rvith he.r protdgde; and that the protegee only

fakes subsenience while secretly seeking bloody revenge agaimt all who have wronged her' no matter Uxe cost'

ffr. "fl..* i, Ur"que annospherics s[ired ;th a diff ;f tenor The frame is that of a murder mystery, with

*" *tirin o"fi.. i"i,.stiertion. fh. ,lrin ard dismembered are almost ali men l\ho wins or loses in love md

,rr. *lriJri, i, *ut a r.ith a dying hss. (cheng_sin Lim, UCLA Film and Television Archive)

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This widesaeen epic of love, loyaliyand beirayal is based on actual events suromding the assassination ola grnrral in the waning yeam of ihe Qing Dynasty (late 19th century). Arcording to the Jtory the gen..ul ,uskilled by one of his right-hand nen who was avenging a.brothei This retellirg finds David Ehiang manewcomer (hen Guandai as bmdit brcthers who be{riend the mercenary warior"Ti Lmg after trying io robhim. The stage is set for tragedy when Ti Long falls for Chen's neglected wife. BLooD BROTHERS

fp.reslp a !g uy lhmg toward ever$eater.psychologicar compreri{'. Tr Lmg is no longer a happy-go-lucky fighter (chen Guardai inherits that role), bui a broJdhg, tormented man. And as the ienate tiaj a"nafulcnmôf the love triangle, Jing Li gets to play a rore with more dep*r than alnost any other womm in aChmg Cheh filrn While her chmacter is {prcally porhayed as a heartless temptress in other versions of thestory here she is as conflicted as the men aromd her Nevertheless, the filrn's ittention constantly rehrnu tothe men. From one tortured hero in 0NE-ARMED swoRDsMAN (1967) to two in VENGEAI{CH (1920),Chmg now has three protagonists, the better to indulge his passion {or the sadornasochistic display of tlemale body mder duess. This threesone u,hose devotion grows into jealousy, treachery ani ievengeprefigures John woo's BL'LLET IN TT{E HEAD 0990), ard indeed" woo served is m assistart director JnBLOOD BROTIIERS. - (David Pendleton, UCLA Fihn md Television Archive)

THE 36TH CHAMBER oF SHAoLIN is the most popular saeen version o{ one of the key foundation

Tyqs ofthe kmg.fu subgeme: the story ol the-dissemination of the top*eaet conbit techdques

developed at the shaolin Temple to the populace at rmge. An ebunient iau (ar-fai plays a reailile

{Sure tong-.sin1e hansmuted

.into legend, a Han Chinese comnoner on the run from the ging

Qrnasty's Mmchu oppressors (including a growering Luo Lie) who seelc refuge at shaolin. rhe fiimlsabsorbing accomt of his initiation into the two-fisted mysteries take, up u go"od tLird of tlr. .*ingtime. The shaolin s$le is known for its emphasis on the extemal and the'phy"sical but as depiced her!

t OTng process is very much m imer.voyage of discovery: The'noni.e must work his waythrough a series of torturous "chambers," designed to build #ength and serf-discipline, beforewinning permission to acquire actual fighting slirt. The newly mintei monk, now knom as sm De(Three virtues) soon demonshates the huth o{ the adage that "ihe mind is also a nuscle,'; he rnvents anew weapor; the three-section stafi to comter a rival's 'buttertly twin swords,, style. In this tradition-bomd milieu, howevel, innovation is always a diceyproposition: San De is drummed out of the corpswhen he suggests opening a "36th Chamber" to teich sliaolin techdques to the masses. Manv of thepupils the relucmt apostate acquires in the final reel went on to become {med martial hero., in thui,om right. some of their descendent disciples are still at work today in the Hong Kong movieindustry.- (David Chute, fihn critic)

quasi-sequel applies a light touch to the "warrior-in-training" subgerue and ably showcases director Lau Kar-lemg's. considerable talent for kmg fu comedy. Lau Kar-fai reprises his starring role, but rather thm a full-fledged kmg fu master, he portrays a con nar merery impersonating a shaorin"priest. when Mmchu thugstiuash him somdly mdexpose his imposture, he reireats to the fabled monastery, where the nonls assign hiira series.of merual iobs while.steadfastly refusing to teach him martial arts. Expelled fron the temple, he ietumsto his village ard discovers that, to his great surprise, he now pos.rrur rupurb fighting skills. Indeej he realizes

$t!:33-plf{tr18:ry in the temple actually constituted in obtique form of lmg"tu trainingl RXTLTRN TOTliE 36TH CHAMBER is a delightful self-parody that pokes fun at the very convenions Lau Kl-lemg was soinshumental in establishing. The farned 36 Chambers are here only incidentally depicted, while the"cluelesshero is almost enhrely oblivious to the education-by-osmosis he receives at Shaolin. Aiestament to Lau's refusalto facilely recyde the formula of his past success, the fi1n cleverly subverts expectations while fulfilling thenmative and action requirements o{ the classic revenge plot. Along with the slapitick kmg fu films of sailmoHung md iackie Chaa RETURN To rHE 36TH CHAMBER helped usher in the vogue for"mutial arts comedyin the 1980s Hong Kong cinem. (lesse Zigelstein, UCLA Film md Television Archirie)

A freewheeling follow-up to the origiml, immensely popular THE 36TH CHAMBER oF SHAOLIN (197s), this

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' ' cnmses to live in a trailer park and write, direct, edit and produce Iilms with the residents of his trailer commiry

,,1 cm,t possibly conceive where I would ever else see this movie, which is a shane because the film is also literally a movie that has to be seen to be believed md I'm afraid it's

not going to be s€en by as many people as it should be -which would be a real crime." - New York Underground Film Festival

WHO FLUNG pOO is m eccentric painter who collects homeless people's lecal matter at the cmrpgromds and tums them

into watercolors. He only paints chicken pot pies and he ms aromd tom ina gorilla mask. His wi{e Gioria is a sex shop

employee who cheats on hi- *lth his pmle officer Cha Wee Wee. She talk Who llmg_Poo nio putting his painting caleer

on irold md getting her prcgnart just s that she can star in pregnmt pom films. So with the help of m old pom director in

Who Flung Poo's narcotics anonymous class, they set out to rule ihe world of pregnmt pom'

ln order to help our

readers prepm for the

post-Trailer Tom Q &A with Giuseppe

Andrews, the director

recently allowed the

Alamo's own Heroiand Kier-La the

opportmity to ask hina few questions that

they had brewing

HM: I think the first thing I'd like to as( just to get it out of the way for your Q & A

after the flick would be:

"What the fuck?'

GA: there needed to be a definiiive hailer pak movie a new drunken language and

heros with beards. a respome to the pom movement md romance novels a mother

fucker

HM: Cml. then the other most obvious question that lve got for you is the very

simple, "How?" And that cm be split into mmy diffmnt questiom How'd you. get

vou acton to do all thatl How d you come up wilh $e'enlence I wmt to pul Lheir

lshole md my asbhole togelher, $en fart it the 'ame hme and male the earti

move"?

GA: first of all...i'm not some mother Iucker who iust made a fiLm about a hailer

oark md $en rm back to a condo...i live thic life i ve alu ay' ltt ed lhi' ]ife i was

iaised in trailer part in florida my mom gave hirth to me on a tratler iloor"when i

was little the orily peopie i hmg ircmd rivere ihe seruor citizens in lhe park md i

How far would you go to defend your hailer..would you go to war? Trailer Town is a sexual interpretation of imer r:clerct i\ut out{f-

*ort.o^.A6Ji. u"trailer park run by a soap opera itar ihe old comedians cm't work due to addiction problm Ti''er * r,*r' md try

to come up with the filtluest, most oflemive routiros they cm in m ef{ort to shike out at mainshem society, rdth $.er o:-: :rlere being

*f,".."f *. Wfr* sr[, the eldest of the trvo comedims ieceives m eviction notice for having too mmy lvild Partr$ le '.ad :o hs hailer

roof with a rifle and jeclares that he is a victim of an alminum holocaust. (from Andrews" own desoiPtion) Ardn*: I r:e rc time in

f.tnngt1t".uai.i..tnowwhatTrailerTownisabout:thedefendersoftrashandthesordidpleasuresofsexmdaIrro:* Fromihe

.*iuil"tour, ru.irt, îsogynist'1007,

disabled' senior citizen with a predilection Ior mal entry who teaches ccr.f, :.r'r.: r a tmi for

scoring poon, to his'kinda"strmge ' brother who makes love to his own hrrds whiJe reciting pomographic love p=r: :c :: --:rer Tonn is

La-r-iig *itf. ur,f*gettable chiracters md iropired diaiogue sudt as 'you allowed me to alienate your 6s sr'. :r iJs- Tie actom

uarv in ski."s Uut tJr the mo"t part rhey seemioo dndclr too crazy io do mlthing but act naturally And one :ti:: :::' :e eq *tat

e"l"-.rlr p"*S ,hesc people ;n; $e ieal refreshing beauty of Tnils Town is that it's irony-free. Let me be r.cr: :. -

:r lTnt this

our,o.umfuy *uiatr this'guy up, because so long as dialogue andcharacterization are pemitted to take prcedenct rr:: ;:rre:icral plot',

Ardrews is one oi the best screenwiters out there. (Kierla Janisse)

would always be thinking about wild frmy shit i lvould :ic:-- * :15 'lll or sy...so when i moved into this park i became best friends titi". r: =:--: :rcro md

their friends u'ho all became the cast of hailer iom....Bil; - -':-: s*'n ir the

park with a full size bath in his trailer and he'd lei me ia: : ::: i:t every

night...cause when i first moved in tlus park i was iiving befn: :r :a: : -iier ir a

to;l shed...so the batl was great md Bill would be hmgmg ou: ':: S:. rd i d be

thinking o{ scenes in the tu6..when i got out we'd fi Lm them . r; i :* r:= dre lintscenes.is{arasindividuallinesgo...ijustgofoaplacehher:1'r:: 'irt'i'iijutcomes..i am interested in new ways to talk to each other "i ":: ": :: .'j alk to

each other throu$ poems md letters md ryhmes just on $e ;=*-- r:l're asks

you how you're doing md you start teiling them tluou$ a pc:- :i:,€ or rou tell

ihem to give you a minute and you write a letter then come r::< r.: =ld it to

them...l believe in a new way to get shit across to one mothe:. :e iioge intrailer town is a new lmguage..that's what i iike about rasta ner, :- i: alane uP

with a new wav to talk to each other that somds wild lvhen m r:.-- ::s hvo

rastas talking...i rvill be doing hailer town 3 at the be$mhg oi re; r:: r.d ior a

certain amoui of time in &e film everybody will be talking like rr'- :.::-

KJ: Do you see your acting as a meam ol finmcing you om i;-'' -: :m as

though mmy oi your acting roles are so mainshem compueC il r--: *mnalinteists, how do you reconcile the rwo? Do you like having th,e c:::: Ie r to

speah or do you wish you had roles infilms closer to your om *ri::.;-CA. yes i act to fimce my films...when i act i just 8o into acthg nsi: r.; do the

wori i ve been hired tor.of course tle erperience [ee]' beher acir:': -: -;ethhgyou Jike rather than sonething that sickem you bui i don't-tlLbl ah':: ;' i hen i m

not acting or auditionhg my nina is thhting about- nothing but nr r crl 'md

seftinq my worl relca"ed md hrming people on to them md lettlr: :--r loow

ilere'ia new knd oi filrn out $ere.. i just finished hailer iown 2 dd rthn lou se

it you wrlJ {ruther mdersland my quest to fuck witl lamguage md cate my

orn..trailer town was m erperienie i'll never forget. .md i hope the Peolie who se

it never iorgei it.. mv lilm i' ihe real merira

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OCT 6, 7:00 & 9:45: SOYLENT GREEN (RichardFleisher,USA1e7335m,e7min.) InTHTOMEGA

N{AN, Charlton Heston played the last human on Earth, wandering m enpty city alone. Two years later he'd have exactly the opposite

problem - fighting for room in a city o{ 40 nilLion. Ihe yeu is 2022, and Heston is Detective Thorr! a Nw York cop investigating the

murder oi a dlrector of the Soyleni Corporaiicn, a powerful food processing company responsible for the manuJacture of vegetable

colcentrate biscuits. Thorn is impressed by the wealth ol t]re victin (in this future, "rich' means being able io afford Iming water md

sirawberries), which enables comlorts ihat he and his roomate Sol (Edwud C. Robimon) cm only drem of. In such m overpopulated

world, it's only to be expected that life is cheap. People crowd like refugees, living hom hand to mouth; atbactive yomg women ile rented

out with aputments and reierred to as 'fumjture. The whole film is downbeat; the future is not only oowded but also polluted (everything

outdoors ii filned through a green haze), economically repressed, neuly bereft of al1 natural resourceg and suffering lrom the Gremhouse

effeci. Director Richard Fleischer doesn't show us huge mob scenes {apart from one rioi sequence) or $md Views of m out-of-control

deraying megalopolis, but instead gives us the seme of such a futuie by iorushg on elements of daily life ihat have inevocably changed cu ,onsequenci. Robinson s Sol, who is poiniedly the 'soul' of the filn, is our emotional and philosophical comection to the unspoiled past -

his memories are supposed to be ours - md provides the fiLn's most touchiilg moments. It's a rile 61n that nakes death (by euthmasia) a

oleasant and nore priferable alternative than living, but in SOYLENT GREEN humanity has reached a dead endr it posits thai at a ertain

ievcl, there are no solutlons. Also stming Leigh TaylorYomg, Chuck Comors, and Joseph Cotten. (Shme R Burridge)

OCT 8, MIDNIGHL FREE!: THE UNDERTAKER AND HIS PAIS \1s67 d.T.c.P.

Swicegood, 53 min, R, 35mm) We're all pretty rvell used to gore by now. Even Merchant lvory filns ue full of blmdy decaPitations

and still-bcating hearts being wenched violently from bumbling vicars ribcages. It's pri ol ou dture. But Put youself back in

the nid-60's, a ionsiderably more naive time. A movie Like this one, fulI of gatuitous bloodshed md badly misfiring siapstick gags,

must have seemed lil<e horseman of ihe apocalypse #1 to the unwitting theatergoers who stumbied into its initial m. lt's still

repulsir,e (anrl grievously ofleroive to at least tlvo of the five senses) but this one-of-a-kind tale of a oooked undertaker with a gmg

oileatherboys wfio pads his ircome by selling human flesh to a greasy spoon diner does have a certain cham. For irotmce, the

undertaker ii, let s sei, how shall I put this, ASTONISHINGLY CAY which gives it a certain iohn Waters/Kuchm Bros. cmp quality.

Thcre s a great garage soundhack, and the tarty '60s women look like Bill l{hrd caricatures come to glorious life.

OCT 9 & I I MIDNIGHT: EBOTA SYNDROME (HemmYau, Hong Kong,1ee6, 35m, e8 nin.)

Tleman Yau's follorv-up to the notorious Category m true-cdme gore flick The Untold Story sees him teming up again with

HK cult acior Anthony Wong in what has been labeled one of the most reprehemible films ever made. When Wong is caught

screwing the boss's wife and consequently pissed on md threatened with castratioo he murders nearly everyone in the rmmand escipes with his liie. The fiLrn junps ahead a decade, rqith the exiled Wong now working at a Chinese restrumt in Africa

where he is corotantly berated by his employers. The customers pay the price, as Wong spits in the drinls and shmelessly

masturbates into rarv meat yet to be servid. Mren Wong is sent out to buy some discount pigs ftom a Zulu hibe, the filrn

rockets frcm poor taste to jaw-droppingly offensive: not realizing that the tribe is suffering from a deadly Ebola outbreak, Wong

,up", u young ,uor* as ihe lies aling on the riverbank. As luck would have i! Wong is immune to the disease, but his spi!blood, saliva,iwcat and semen are a[ Contagrous as hell - a wild card he employs to get back at everyone in the restawant. He

serves dre remaim of infected proties to the customers in the guise of African Bms, (thus the tilm's inclusion on the cmibalfilm fest roster), md freely rapes every womm rvho has the mislortune of meeting the shiity character A gross-out film in

visceral, verbal md moral terms, The Ebola Syndrome desewes a nod for sheer audacity. (Kier-La ]anisse)

OCT l0 MIDNIGHT: RETURN OF THE tlVlNG DEAD(o*o'su*ortusA1e853sm,e1mh.) Don't be iooled by the title, "RETLT{N OF THE LMNC DEAD is not a sequel. The premise of this complete}y reimagined

rvorld lnhabited by zombies is that Romero s originai film was based on a true story that the govemeni milaged to tov_er up.

So the zombies thit attack the imocent gang of teenaged punls and stereotypes are ihe sme living dead tiai attacked all those

peopie in the fannhous so many years ago. ROTLD is LOADED with gore, camibalism, the 60's md punl rock- We love it!

OCT 13, 7:00 THE COOK, THE THIEE HIS WIFE AND HER TOVER(l,eter Greenarvay, UK 1989 35m, 125 nin.)This film, a wildly exuberant, bitingly satirical exmination of excas, bad iaste, mdgreat acting, is ihe kind of over-the-top experience thai will have tinid movie-goers ming (not jusi walkhg). for the erjts.

ioughly tw-o-thirds of the film takes plaie inside the fine French restauan! Le Hollmdais. With a dungeon-like kitchen ihat lmks

[kelt was snatched out of Terry Gillian's Brazil this is a fmtastically bizare place to eat dimer Regular denizem o{ the

restaurant, rvhich include, of couse, the cook; thief (also the owner of the restauant), iris wife and her lover (a regular rustomer) mequallv bizarre. As visceral as it is visual CIWHL conhadicts the salmp that revenge is a dish best sened cold. In honor of

Gieenaway's cmibal classic, the Texas Culinary Academy will make Big Meat Eaters 0l us all with their fmtmtic once-in-a-

lifetime Cmnibal Feastl

OCT l3:9:45 TENDER FLESH (ar,qw"lcometoArrowBeadr,d.LaurenceHarvey,USA,lgT3,35m,85

min.) Laurence Harvey (Ihe Mmchurim Cmdidate) directed starred in and co-produced this sordid tale that would become

his last screen appearince. Now, Laurence Haruey had always seemed a Litile strdge, but I don't think myone expected this: a

filn n'hose ads ionsisted of ihe tagline "he killed more than he couid eat." A teenager escapes from a car cash and fuds herself

on Arrorv Beac[ where she e.comters a photographer (Harvey) md his sister They olfer a roon for t]re night, but she finds

herself being stalked by the man, who is seeking to prey on her f1esh. It turm out he was marooned on a desert islmd during

the Korcar i{ar, and rvas forced to eat the bodiei o{-his co-pilots to survive. He thus acquired the taste Ior hmm meat which

[e has had to indulge cver since. A]i in all, a bizarre movie and m even more bizarre final appeamce by Larence Haruey

Warner Brothers disowned the film, md other thm a brief stint on the exploitation cirruit in 1976, it has remained relatively

uroeen, despite its now legendary ult status. Also stars a young Meg Foster (she of the weird eyes) as the hippie chick Havey

wants to tuin into dimei At CineMuerte 2000 Tender Flesh rvowed audiences to the poht where they exited the theatre

singing the theme song in unison: "Who can tell us why, why rve have to die?"

It's big screen reality, baby, md you ren't ready for itl The Alamo Drafthouse is temingup with KNVA, Austin's WB affiliae, to bring you the $€atest thing to happen to dating

shows since Rodger Lodge. CHEMISTRY 101: HOOKING UP IN THB NEWMILLENIUM is pan gme show, part reality dating show, md your chmce to fall in love(or at least make out) on mmen. Every month, we're going to take 3 people out on mall-expense paid date, follow them aroud with video cameras, md then bring the daters

into the theater for a live 'moment of truth' where one of the tlree will be told theyrrc

going home alone, Every month, you'll get to watch a series of profile tapes md you'llget to decide who's going out 0n the next dtte. And €very month, yOu'll get to test your

wits against ou dating experts in the Hmk Up linal Exam. Think you cm spot a virgrn

in a crowd? Cm you guess which pick up line will prove to be the most successful?

Don't worry, they'll all be multiple choice questions, and we'll be providing the number 2pencils for your scantron. At the end of the night, if you end up with the highest grade inthe thater, you'll be going 0n the next date with whoever the audience decides to send

you out with! It's like the trashiest late-night TV show you can think of, except we don't

have censors breathing dom our necks, so you'll get to see ALL the too-hot-for-TVactionl The girls going wild! The guys getting crazyl Even the camemen! That's right,h the Alamo's version of blind dating shows, you,ll see everything. And you ju$ migltbe responsible for helping two people find each other md fall in love.

Wele already looking for profile tapes of anyone who wmts to go out on one of ourfabulous free dates, too! Ifyou think you've got what it takes to find love on camera,

ail you have to do is bring a VHS profile tape in that tells us all about yourselfin 2

minutes 0r less. Do you enjoy long walks on the beach? Tell us all about it! you

could win the chance to go on a blind date, and that'll be m experience you neverforyetl Goout,filmyourselftalkingaboutyoursel{anddropyourprofiletapeofiwithone of the meagen at the Alamo Domtown any weekday between I and 6 pm. Makesure you give m all your contact infomation on the tape, as well, including your fullname, phone number, and email address. Othemise we won't know how to g€t intouchwith you,see. (Hemi)

Do you know Jack? Do you pursue trivial things? Do you thini< you're prepred for MONDOTRIVIA? Take you time. Don't mswer until you're sure that you've got it right. Mondo Trivia isn'teasy. Mondo Trivia isn'tjust some guy reading questions offofa crd at your local pub. Mondo Triviais even better than playing NTN at the bowling alley.

Mondo Trivia is the best damed trivia show ever Period. We'Il have questions that make you laugh,questions that make you think, questions about sports, questions about celebrities, md questions tiratare completely uanswerable. Mondo Trivia is more thm just questions, though.

Mondo Trivia also will have video segnents that'll have you guessing what the outcome of variousstunts will be. Picture two kids standing in a peaceful suburban cul-de-sac, each holding a baseballbat. when we start pitching balls to these two adorable children, will you have the skills necessary tofigure out which kid will break a neighbo/s window first? will you be able ro tell us which neighbor'shouse will be the unlucky one?

We'll be using audio md video clues, too, ofcourse. The Alamo is a multi-media kind ofvenue, youklow How mmy seconds of music would you have to hear before you could identify Milli vanilli'shit, Girl, You Know lt's True? For bonus points, would you be able to tell us who actually wote thesong?

Just in case you can't wait until October 2nd, here re some practice questions to get your brainworking:

Where in the world is the town ofFucking? (Austria)

Why was Betsy Nelson accused of stealing a basketball fiom a sporting goods store in Arlington,Virginia? (She was pregnant)

On March 2, 1978, Charlie Chaplin's coffin was dug up and stolen (with him in it) and held for rmsom.In what European country did authorities finally recover Chaplin's remains? (Switzerland)

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"l look ai ii now md i think it's the work o{ a madma4 quite frankly." (Alan Paker) Playing out )ike Guys Ard Dolls meets The

Goonies, the ingenious iwist to this movi€ is that every character acts iike a fully-developed adulL but no-one in $e cast is over the

age of 14! Superbly shot, with some catchy Lifile musical numbers, Bugsy Malone is Puker at his best, md one of the best nusicals of

the Seventies. (A.t, DVD Review) Parker' s hown Ior some pretty mbitious musical projects, but Bugsy Malone seemed like a half-

baked idea even {or him. That' s not to say it' s bad - on ihe contra4r, the film's absud casting gimick worlc, and lends it irotmtcult appeal. With laconic Dmon Runym-style delivery mob boss lat Sam s nailation opens the pichre, which is set in tle nidst of

m all-out prohibition-era gmg wa. When Fat Sam' s rival lry League gmg invents new weapon caLled a splurge gun - basically mefficient nem ol pie-iossin& the wommizing Bugsv Malone (Scott Baio) is hit up t0 operate as a gopher md niddle-mm in Sam's

attempts to appropdate tle coveted weapon. The film is a veritable tieasue-hove of remakable kiddie taien! md the young casi

cmies the film effortlessly. The hmoi has something of a Muppet Movie sensibitty with its choreographed slapstick sequences, mdthe prepubescent cast pretending to be aduits isn't quite as disconcerting in iiself as Jodie Fosier' s chmged perfommce m gm moll

Tallulah (or the little black kid pretending tc be Paul Willim !?). Almost 30 yers later, ihe liln still holds up, with inspired set

design, costuming md muslcal compositioro that place it mong the finest of mug '70s momalies. (Kier-La Imise)

Ai tle time of this prindng the dates md fiJms are not 100,{o se! but towmds the end of Ociober, Iook for mothertluee week series of incredible fmd/filn pairings conceived by Virginia Wood, food critic Ior the AustinCluonicle. Ihis October vre will the celebrating our fi{o year mivetsary ol this exhaordinry collabotation."When we begm plaming the Eal Drink, Watch Movies iiln Festival as one of the events io celebraie theCluonicles 20th miversary, we were caughi up in what a cool idea it was md how much {m it Hould be. We

knew from the begiming we wmted it to be a benefit for the Capitol Area Food Bmk but when I disossed ouplm with CAIB deputy director Dm Pruett, the five-night film feast took on a whole new meming. When Pruetttold me about the {ood bmk's seriously lorv supply of nonperishable food items heading into the holiday reason

(see feature story for details), I realized the tining of the film festival would give everyone who paticipates the

opporturity to be a irue hiend in CAIB s time of need. So for tfuee nights in laie Ociober/eilly November, local

foodie fiim fans cm feast on cinema very tasiy with great meals sened by iop local restaumis in the comlort of

the new Almo Drafthouse Cinema North. The menus sewed dwing ihe movies will match ihe food on the

screm as much as possible md offer a real eniertaiment value for the ticket price. I\trere else could you see a

movie, enjoy a delectable meal with beer md wine md make a signficmt, very necessry charitable donation at

the sme time? Check out the menus below md make your reservations now at m.draJthouse.com." (\trginia

Wood -Amtin Cluonicle)

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Before he conquered space or whizzed us tluough time, filrnmaker George Pal aeated animated short films such as the

world had never seen before nor seen since. Like the alchemists of old, he trmsmuted pieces of ivmd into fluid, movingbeings. Ams undulated, legs arched, feet shuIfled, md faces bloomed in eight-minute busts. George Pal was a pionerin the {ie1d of animatio4 anrl created his orvn conbimtion of puppetry md mimation which he called "Puppetoons",

The Puppetoon Movie is a fond compilation of some o{ George Pal's best-loved md just plain best Puppetoom. The

selection covers a rmge ol storylines. Musical revues like "The Phitps Broadcast of 1938" and "Philips Cavalcade" evoke

inages from Busby Berkeley filrns (fiJrning musical nmbeis from overhead) as well as the marc\y of l{amer Bros.

animated ciltoom with twisting iimbs md dmcers $owing out of the Iloor "Together in the Weather" tells the tale oftwo climatecrossed lovere, Punchy md |udy, forever separated by their roles as weather forecasters. "Tubby the Tub4"presented here as the cromlng achievement in dre Puppetoon canort shows how m orcheshal prop foud his voice

and shared it with the world.

At the heart of the Celtic olture lies nagig mystery, and occasional mayhenl celebrated as often in 6lrn as in books and music. h honor ol its

10th miversary, Coroadh na Caeilge, the GaeLic League of Austin presents the first Celtic Reels night at the Alamo Drafthouse, with two Irish

films to be shown. Keep watching our site because we are plming to bdng in some very special guest stils in association with the filmsl

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Sci-fi fm re a very special breed o{ people. They hoard their copies of Kmmdl The Ldt Boy on Earth with a certah endeaingshme, md get caught up in seemingly incoherent conversatiom about Rudy Rucker md theloutl Dineroion with their sci-frbretluen. Bul beneath the veneer of geek is almost always the obligatory clic whose vision is m far-reaching as its fmhion seme (StaTrek was, after all, the first natioml show to star a black chick in a miniskirt). Fashion and design re mof sci-fi's most acessiblemd miversallpappreciated quallties; from the future-cities o{ Metropolis ad Just Imagtne to the slick costuming of Plmet of theVmpires md_Flash Gordoq sci-fi is consistentiy the perfect malgmation of styie andiubstflce. Not only that,

"but sci-fi reeks of

sex. And nowhere is this nore shamelessly apprent thm in Jacques Boyreau's low-budget sci-fi exhavagrua, Candy Von Dewd.Cmdy Von Dewd takes place in a barren futrre where 'Rocket Leroy' expeditions ile sent out into space med with theexperimental potency drug Vakuta-16 to seek out 'seedable' life foms (which leads to quite a bit of intergalactii froJicking md all themulticolored latex that entails). The film canies inl'lumces from science fiction filns of the '50s through '70's, but has a Jertain 'beat'semibility that sets it apat from the established canon of sci-fi homages/puodies. In musical tems --md the film moves along at alysergic musiml pace - it's [ke Scott Walker md Serge Gaimbourg collaborating on John Carpenter's Dmk Star Briming-withsexual energy md boasting the incredibly mative deplolment of its admittedly modest budge! -mdy

Von Dewd marks a retum tothe khd of exploitation fiirns that matter (Kierla Jmisse) Before Cmdy Von Dewd, sm m may of vintage sci-fi hailersl

Fli&er is a bi-monthly filrn lestival in Austin, TX that leatues short filns by area filrnmakers md all other enthusimtswho dare submit via mail! Submissiom m free, screenings ae always only $5. Flicker submissioro mst Odginate onfilm (Super 8, 16m, md fikns tmfercd to VHS) AND Be mder 15 minures in length.

There is NO submission fee, but please include retum postage if you wmt your film back. There is NO submission fom;just send in you film with you name, contact info, ri$e, ruming time and original film fomat! For more bIq clickm.flickeraustin.com-

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Mars Restaurmt in conjmction with the wircs of Domaines & Estates presmt Ishtu at tle AlmoDraJthouse Cinema Lake Creek. YES, this film quite possibly gmered nore negative publicopinion thm the likes of Monica Lewimky & "NUCULAR WAR" combined...but...have you reallysren it? I mem REALLY seen it?l!! Better yef have you seen it, smg it, md tasted it with greatfood and wine? NO? Well, now's you chmce! Join us for great food prepaed by Che{ JohnBullin$on md Mars Restaum! wines poured by Domaines md Estates md m Ishta sing-a-long before the filrn. Put you best headbmd o4 became this one deserues every bit of a recondjudgment.

If you enjoy the great midnight movie progmin& but live out in the 'bubs md don't wmt tomake the trek into downtow4 we have a soiution for you. Every lriday md Safurday at AlmoLake Cree( we are bringing midnight movies from the Almo domtom, complete with wackypreshow videos md vintage hailers. The calenda's schedule is m follows:

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