Film Comment Selects (February 19th - March 4th, 2010)
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Be Good (*Opening Night Film*)
Directed by Juliette Garcias.
In German and French with subtitles.
Number of times I checked my watch: 1
No distributor, yet.
Like You Know It All (*Opening Night Film*)
Directed by Hong Sang-soo.
In Korean with subtitles.
Number of times I checked my watch: 3
No distributor, yet.
Nucingen House (*Opening Night Film*)
Directed by Raúl Ruiz.
In Spanish with subtitles.
Number of times I checked my watch: 6
No distributor, yet.
Survival of the Dead
Directed by George A. Romero.
Number of times I checked my watch: 1
Released by Magnet Releasing.
Opens June 2010.
Tales from the Golden Age
Directed by Hanno Höfer, Razvan Marculescu, Cristian Mungiu, Constantin Popescu and Ioana Uricarus.
Tales from the Golden Age,written and based on an idea conceived by Cristian Mungiu (director of 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days, features a series of five different segments each of which takes place during the ultimate years of Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu. Three of the stories, entitled “The Legend of the Official Visit,” “The Legend of the Party Photographer,” and “The Legend of the Greedy Policeman,” are the funniest among the bunch with plenty of absurd humor, clever comedy of errors, along with a few hilarious sight gags, i.e. a bunch of townspeople stuck on a carnival ride and must spin around constantly all night until the ride runs out of gas. Or in another segment, a family must figure out how to secretly slaughter a pig that they received as a prize, so they attempt to gas it. “The Legend of the Chicken Driver” and “The Legend of the Air Sellers,” though, take a more serious turn and feel a bit less interesting not nearly imaginative as the prior segments. Ultimately, Tales from the Golden Age gradually wears out its welcome as it sinks into dullness.
Number of times I checked my watch: 3
No release date yet.
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