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Daily:
Day 11 - 19 February
Competition
Any
Given Sunday
by Oliver Stone
At
the Golden Globes, Jim Carrey made no effort to mask
his disappointment at winning the Best Actor in a
Comedy award he would have rather won for Best
Dramatic Actor. Not
only is his performance in The Man on the Moon
as Andy Kaufman , the stand-up comic, brilliant, but
Carrey also conveys the character's tragic side.
Also
in competition: La
Chambre des Magiciennes
When
the ARTE TV network offered director Claude Miller the
opportunity to make a film for the Petites Caméras
series, he jumped at the chance. With a small team, two
digital cameras and a generous shooting schedule he could
finally fulfill a longtime wish adapting Siri Hustvedt's
novel, "The Blindfold."
And
homage screening: Dora-Heita
Kon Ichikawa's 74th film one of the most pleasurable
experiences to be had anywhere in this year's Berlinale
should have been made 30 years ago. His
partners were Akira Kurosawa, Masaki Kobayashi and Keisuke
Kinoshita, all now dead. Dora-Heita was
written by all of them and intended as a collective project.
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Berlinale
birthday boy
Last
time Milos Forman was at the Berlinale, he won a Golden Bear.
This year, Oscar nominations (or the lack of them) were preying
on the veteran Czech director's mind. He professed "shock"
that Jim Carrey's performance as comedian Andy Kaufman in
Man On The Moon had been overlooked by the Academy.
Press
conference
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Streaming
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Milos Forman received flowers for his b-day at the press
conference.
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American Psycho was represented by Christian Bale and
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Competition
Any
Given Sunday Dir: Oliver Stone. Cast: Al Pacino,
Dennis Quaid, Cameron Diaz. An almost documentary
look at the floundering attempts of a professional
American football team to eke out a successful season.
English. 163 mins.
La
Chambre Des Magiciennes Dir:
Claude Miller. Cast: Anne Brochet, Mathilde Seigner,
Annie Noël. Intimate, claustrophobically intense
drama set almost entirely in a room in a neurological
clinic. French. 80 mins.
Dora-Heita
Dir: Kon Ichikawa. Cast: Koji Yakusho, Yuko Asano,
Bunta Sugawara. A new magistrate has to bring three
local heavies to justice. Japanese. 111 mins.
Retrospective
Die
Insel der Verschollenen 1921. Dir: Urban
Gad. Cast: Hanni Weiße, Erich Kaiser-Titz,
Tronier Funder. An early German version of the much-filmed
novel The Island Of Dr Moreau by H
G Wells. On a South Sea Island, a mysterious doctor's
experiments include creating monsters by combining
human and animal body parts. 90 mins.
The
Island Of Dr Moreau (US) 1977. Dir: Don
Taylor. Cast: Burt Lancaster, Michael York. A shipwrecked
man discovers an island where a mad doctor has turned
animals into human beings. German/French subtitles.
104 minutes.
Terror
Is A Man (US) 1959. Dir: Gerry De Leon.
Cast: Francis Lederer, Greta Thyssen, Richard Derr.
89 mins.
Blade
Runner (US) 1982. Dir: Ridley Scott. Cast:
Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young. A group
of 'replicants' hijacks a spaceship and comes to
earth to meet their maker. Director's cut. 117 mins.
Making
Mr Right (US) 1986. Dir: Susan Seidelman.
Cast: John Malkovich, Ann Magnuson, Ben Masters.
A scientist builds a robot replica of himself to
go on a long mission into space. 100 mins.
Homage:
Robert De Niro
The
Untouchables (US) 1987. Dir: Brian De
Palma. Cast: Kevin Costner, Sean Connery, Robert
De Niro. Al Capone's crime organisation has Chicago
in a vice-like grip, until a new band of law enforcers
takes him on. 119 mins.
Once
Upon A Time In America (US) 1984. Dir:
Sergio Leone. Cast: Robert De Niro, James Woods,
Elisabeth McGovern. The violent story of 'Noodles',
who escapes poverty through crime. 226 mins.
Panorama
Chrissy
(Australia) Dir: Jacqui North. A family faces
a major challenge when the eldest daughter can
no longer hide the fact that she has Aids. 52
mins.
Die
Königin
(The Queen) Dir: Werner Schroeter. With:
Marianne Hoppe. The portrait of Marianne Hoppe,
one of the most fascinating German actresses
of the 20th century. German, English subtitles.
100 mins.
Mala
Noche
(US) 1985. Dir: Gus Van Sant. 80 mins. + short
Five Ways To Kill Yourself
Elze Is Giljos (Elze's Life
Love Was All She Had) (Lithuania) Dir: Algimantas
Puipa. A chapter from the history of German-Lithuanian
relations in the town of Nehring. English subtitles.
139 mins.
Die
Königin (The Queen) Dir:
Werner Schroeter. With: Marianne Hoppe. A portrait
of Marianne Hoppe, one of the most fascinating
German actresses of the century. German, English
subtitles. 100 mins.
Peppermint
(Greece) Dir: Costas Kapakas. Cast: Georges
Corraface, Giorgos Gerontidakis, Annie Loulou.
A loving and playful reminiscence of a man's
youth. English subtitles. 106 mins.
My
Mother Frank Dir: Mark Lamprel. A woman
finds salvation in education, at the same university
as her 18-year-old son. 96 mins. + short Mabrouk
Again!
Verdammt
in alle Eitelkeit (From Here To
Vanity) Dir: Lothar Lambert. Cast: Eva
Ebner, Carl Andersen, Stefan Stricker. Sylvia
Heidemann has saved the money to become a
diva on the screen. German, English subtitles.
80 mins. +
short Finimondo
The
Third Miracle Dir: Agnieszka Holland.
Cast: Ed Harris, Anne Heche, Armin Mueller-Stahl.
A priest discovers that a nun who is to be beatified
has a daughter. English. 113 mins.
Dlug
(Debt) (Poland) Dir: Krzysztof
Krauze. Cast: Joanna Szurmiej, Robert Gonera,
Agnieszka Warchulska. Two Poles want to start
a scooter business, but when they are blackmailed
by the Mafia they are driven to extreme and
illegal measures. English subtitles. 102 mins.
Zurück
auf Los (Back To Start) (Germany)
Dir: Pierre Sanoussi-Bliss. Cast: Pierre Sanoussi-Bliss,
Mattias Freihof, Dieter Bach. A tragi-comedy
about homosexual life in Eastern Europe. English
subtitles. 92 mins. +
short Die Farbe des Himmels
Die
Markus Family (Germany) Dir: Elfi
Mikesch. Cast: Markus Anatol Weisse. English
subtitles. 80 mins
Glamour
(Hungary) Dir: Frigyes Gödrös.
Cast: Károly Eperjes, Antal Cserna.
The story of a Hungarian family living through
the turbulent years of recent European history.
Hungarian, Eng subtitles. 115 mins.
Pramen
Zivota (Spring Of Life) (Czech
Republic) Dir: Milan Cieslar. Cast: Monika
Hilmerová, Michal Sieczkowski, Vilma
Cibulková, Karel Dobry. A young Czech
girl arrives at the Isolde sanatorium, unaware
that she and many others are a vital part
of the Nazi eugenics programme. 107 mins.
Contact: Filmexport Prague
Pantaleon
Y Las Visitadoras (Captain Pantoja
And The Special Service) (Peru) Dir: Francisco
J Lombardi. Cast: Salvador Del Solar, Angie
Cepeda, Monica Sanchez, Pilar Bardem. Pantaleon,
a captain in the Peruvian army, is a happily-married
man who is ordered to organise the 'visitor
service', a special brigade of prostitutes to
service the sexual needs of soldiers assigned
to the Amazon jungle. Spanish, English subtitles.
137 mins.
Morir(O
No) / To Die (Or Not) (Spain)
Dir: Ventura Pons. Cast: Carme Elias, Vicky
Peña, Anna Lizaran. A series of seven
individual stories, ending in the death
of the main characters. English subtitles.
92 mins. + short Godzilla Versus The Netherlands
Kinyufusyokuretto
Jubaku
(Spellbound) (Japan) Dir: Masaro Harada.
Cast: Koji Yakusho, Tatsuya Nakadai, Jun Fubuki.
The 1997 bank scandal is the basis for this
action thriller. English subtitles. 114 mins.
Mr
Death: The Rise And Fall Of Fred A Leuchter,
Jr Dir: Errol Morris. A documentary
about America's number one execution specialist,
who prepared a report claiming to prove that
no one was put to death by posion gas in Auschwitz.
91 mins.
Forum
Ruang
Talok 69 (Thailand) Dir: Pen-ek Ratanaruang.
Cast: Lalita Panyopas. The day after Tum (top Thai
star Panyopas) loses her job because the bank is
'down-sizing', she finds a cardboard box stuffed
with banknotes on her doorstep. One forged passport,
one airticket to London and several corpses later,
she's ready to kiss her old life goodbye. English
subtitles. 115 mins.
Eine
Reise nach Genf (A Journey To Geneva)
(Switzerland) Dir: Irene Loebell. The story of Austrian
writer Fred Wander, who fled from the Nazis to Geneva
in 1942. 61 mins
Hans
Warns Mein 20. Jahrhundert (Hans
Warns My 20th Century) Dir: Gordian Maugg.
A fascinating tour through the 20th century seen
through the eyes of a German sailor. English subtitles.
105 mins.
Neustadt
Stau Der Stand Der Dinge (Germany)
Dir: Thomas Heise. A look at Germany at the beginning
of the new century. 90 mins.
Norae-Ro
Taeyang-Ul Ssoda (Shoot The Sun By Lyric)
(Korea) Dir: Cho Jai-Hong. English subtitles. Based
on a Korean myth: two suns appear, subjecting people
to agony, until a monk begins to sing and peace
returns. 90 mins.
A
Sudden Loss Of Gravity (US) Dir: Todd Verow.
Cast: Brenda Velez, Devery Doleman. Traces multiple
stories through the colourful fringe of a quiet
northern town. 90 mins.
La
Voleuse De St Lubin (France) Dir: Claire
Devers. Cast: Dominique Blanc, Denis Podalydès.
A mother is tried for stealing meat from a supermarket.
80 mins.
Wotenick
(Germany) Dir: Axel Kalhoun. Documentary on the
plight of Demmin, a district with 10,000 unemployed
people. 60 mins.
A
Comme Adrienne (Belgium) Dir: Boris Lehman.
Cast: Adrienne Boulvin, Edouard Higuet. 115 mins.
El
Valley Centro
(US) Dir: James Benning. Exploring the lifestyle
of a modest but growing rural community. 90 mins.
Russlands
Wunderkinder (Russia's Wonderchild) Dir:
Irene Langemann. Documentary. Four children display
incredible maturity while performing the most difficult
of piano pieces. Russian, English subtitles. 98
mins.
Stakleni
Topcheta (Bulgaria) Dir: Ivan Cherkelov.
Cast: Ivan Ivanov, Jana Karainvanova. Reflects our
desire for love, our fear of death, our need for
God, and the foolishness of a non-spiritual life.
97 mins.
Bariwali
(The Lady Of The House) (India) (1999) Dir:
Rituparno Ghosh. A spinster who gave up all hope
of finding a husband after her intended groom died
from a snake-bite two days before their wedding
day many years ago finds a ruthless film-maker irresistible
and waits in vain for his return. 150 mins.
Benjamin
Smoke (US) Dir: Jem Cohen, Peter Sillen.
A hard-living gay Atlanta singer from the seventies,
known as 'the mouth of the south', recounts his
raucous life and introduces his new musical creations.
English. 90 mins.
Los
Libros Y La Noche (The Books And The
Night) (Argentina/Spain) Dir: Tristán
Bauer. Cast: Walter Santa Anna, Héctor Alterio.
Portrays the life of one of Latin America's greatest
writers, who went blind just when he was appointed
director of the National Library. 82 mins.
Monday
(Japan) (1999) Dir: Sabu. Cast: Shinichi Tsutsumi,
Yasuko Matsuyuki. A man wakes up in a hotel room
and can't remember how he got there. A packet of
purification salt falls out of his pocket
the salt you use after wakes and funerals to get
rid of evil spirits. English subtitles. 100 mins.
De
Grote Vakantie (Netherlands) Dir: Johan
Van Der Keuken. When Van Der Keuken heard that he
only had a few years to live, he and his wife decided
to spend the rest of their time on a film, as a
chronicle of their own view of the world. English
subtitles. 150 mins.
New
German Films
Deutsche
Polizisten (Germany) Documentary.
Dir: Aysun Bademsoy. The story of three
Yugoslavs and two Turks in the German police
force. 60 mins.
Wotenick
(Germany) Documentary. Mecklenburg-Pommerania,
in the Federal Republic of Germany, is a
'socially demoted' area. 61 mins.
Zoe
Dir: Maren-Kea Freese. Zoe is 26 and lives
only for the present. English subtitles.
79 mins.
Fremde
Freundin (Unknown Friend)
(Germany) Dir: Anne Høegh Krohn.
Cast: Karoline Eichhorn, Inga Busch, Birol
Uenel. Ellen is free at last after serving
five years in prison. English subtitles.
83 mins.
Oi!
Warning (Germany) Dirs: Dominik
and Benjamin Reding. Cast: Sascha Backhaus,
Simon Goerts, Sandra Borgmann. 17-year-old
Janosch leaves home to join his mate in
Dortmund. English subtitles. 90 mins.
Kinderfest0
Manolito
Gafotas (Manolito Four Eyes) (Spain) Dir:
Miguel Albaladejo. A family lives in a working-class
Madrid neighbourhood. 90 mins.
Zukkoke
Sanningumi-kaito X Monogatari (The Adventures
Of The Hilarious Trio) (Japan) Dir: Tsutomu
Kashima. Three friends try to find out what the
mysterious Mr X is up to. English subtitles. 100
mins.
Mr
Rice's Secret Dir: Nicholas Kendall. A cancer-stricken
boy overcomes his fears and makes a miraculous discovery
which ressurects his will to live. 92 mins.
Rang-E-Khoda
(The Colour Of Paradise) Dir: Majid Majidi. Breathtaking
imagery shows how a blind boy still manages to experience
nature's beauty. 88 mins
Tri
Brata (Three Brothers) Dir: Serik
Aprymov. Three boys live in a Kazakh steppe village.
Their austere existence is enlivened only by the
stories of an old man. English subtitles. 77 mins.
+ short Pugalo
Blinker
Dir: Filip Van Neyghem. Depicts the lives of a likeable
family characterised by mutual acceptance and the
way they allow space for each highly individual
personality to thrive. 92 mins. + short En
Djevel I Skapet
Dokhtari
Ba Kafsh-Haye-Katani (The Girls In The
Sneakers) Dir: Rassul Sadr Ameli. A 15-year-old
girl torn by intense emotions. After her mother
deeply hurts her and she discovers her boyfriend
doesn't share her feelings, she leaves home. English
subtitles. 110 mins.
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