FESTIVAL FILM
LISTINGS
Poland. l988)9.15pm. Kieslowski's deceptively simple but powerful film about a young peeping-tom infatuated by his desirable neighbour was a big hit at Berlin earlier this year and preserves his status as one ofthe European cinema‘s modest forthright talents. I FlLMl’lOUSEI
Bad Taste (Peter Jackson. New Zealand. 1983-7) 11.30pm. Hungry zombies arrive on earth in search of a food as good as . . . HUMAN FLESH! Hysterically edited. blood-engorged cult fave-to-be shot for thruppence-ha'penny by sick but dedicated New ZealanderJackson.
SUNDAY 20
I FILMHOUSET Lunchtime Animation- Vera Neubauerzpm.
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FourJust Men (Walter Forde. UK. l939)2pm. Early Iialing thriller capturing the country‘s nervous state in the run-up to World War II. I FILMHOUSEI
Dekalogs 9 and 10 (KrZysztof Kieslowski. Poland. 1988) 2.30pm. Two of the episodes from Kieslowski‘s remarkable series inspired by the Ten Commandments. The first centres on a middle-aged man obsessed by his wife's infidelity. the second has two brothers brought together as a result ofthe death oftheir father.
I CAMEO
The Philosopher (Rudolph Thome. W.Ger. 1988) 3pm. The hero ofthe title is naively seduced by three women working in a clothes shop. The women claim to be his goddesses— parody. irony. deadly seriousness?!
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Blue (Silvino Narizzano. US. 1968) 4pm. Terence Stamp‘s appearance in Edinburgh for the screening of Pasolini‘s Theorem gives the Film Festival a chance to screen this fascinating psychological western. one of Stamp‘s favourites from his own films.
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Guardian Lecture- Percy Adlon 5pm. Derek Malcolm talks to the charming German director of Sagarbaby.
Bagdad (‘afe and Rosalie Goes Shopping.
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Young Film-maker ot the Year- Programme One ' 6.30pm. (See panel).
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Where the Sun Beats Down (Joaquim Pinto. Portugal. 1988) 7pm. The sexual awakening of a young student visiting his sister and brother-in-law on their farm.
I CAMEO
Gone with the Wind (Victor .
Fleming. US. 1939) 7pm.
Thethree-Kleenex classic
celebrates its 50th birthday. now restored to the full lustre ofthe original 1939 release print.
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Theorem (Pasolini. Italy. 1968) 9pm. A study ofthe bourgeoisie - ‘people who
elicit a certain human
sympathy". with Terence Stamp seducing all the
members in a middle-class
household and walking into screen history asthe first full frontal male nude. Bravely. his presence is also expected at this screening.
l FILMHOUSEt Scenes From the Class Struggle to Beverly Hills (Paul Bartel. US. 1989)
11.30pm. Jaqueline Bisset
stars in Bartel‘s sexual farce executed in the classic French tradition. Two men temporarily sharingone rooftake bets that they can seduce the other's boss over a hectic weekend.
MONDAY 21
I FILMHOUSET Lunchtime Animation— George Dunning 1pm. The Yellow Submarine man. I FILMHOUSE 2
Inquest and Trunk Crime (Roy Boulting. UK. 1939). 2.00pm. Two rather macabre stories from brothers famous for their comic films. The first one sees a coroner perverting the course of justice. while in the latter a young man drugs a fellow-student and puts him in a trunk.
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The Spider's Web (Bernhard Wicki. W.Ger. 1989) 2.30pm. CANCELLED due to subtitling problems.
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Young Filmmaker oithe
Year- Programme 2 6.30pm.
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The Needle (Raschid Nugmanov. USSR. 1988) 7pm. A young man is horrified when he meets up with an old girlfriend and finds that she‘s fallen in with a group of drug-takers. A first feature up for the Chaplin prize.
I CAMEO
Killing Dad (Michael Austin. UK. I989)7pm. After abandoning the family twenty-three years before. a father sends a letter asking ifhe can return. His wife is delighted. but his son horrified. There is only one way to prevent dad from re-assuming his role in the family. Scottish Television‘s first cinema feature film stars Denholm Eliott. Julie Walters and Richard E. Grant.
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Pigsty (Pasolini. France/Italy. 1969) 8.30pm. Extraordinary linking of two stories: one. a primitive . mythical tale of cannibals in a volcanic desert. the other. a middle-class family in the industrial city of Bonn.
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Speaking Parts (Atom Egoyan. Canada. 1989) 9pm. More sex. lies and videotape from the acclaimed director of Family Viewing. A screenwriter checks into a hotel and immediately attracts the attention (sexual and otherwise) of an aspiring actor.
I CAMEO
Jacknite (David Jones. US. 1989) 9pm. Robert De Niro plays a troubled Vietnam veteran (oh. come on . . . )who falls for his friends sister. Superior psychological study from the British director of Berrayaland 84 Cliaring Cross Road . at first sight an unlikely choice for a project like this one . . .
TUESDAY 22
I FILMHOUSEl Lunchtime Animation- Paul Dreissen lpm.
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French WithoutTears (Anthony Asquith. UK. 1939) 2pm. Terence Rattigan‘s I936 play about four young frolicsome chaps in a crammer on the Riviera must have seemed like dewy-eyed nostalgia by the time ofthe film‘s release just after the outbreak ofwar.
I FILMHOUSE1 Forevermore: Biography of a Leach Lord (Eric Saks. US. 1989) 2.30pm. The Film Festival brochure informs us that this is ‘a highly imaginitive and
unusual semi-fictional documentary which deals with the subject oftoxic waste in a gripping manner.‘
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Student Seminar No 1 4pm. I FILMHOUSE 2
Young Filmmaker ofthe Year- Programme 3 6.30pm.
I FILMHOUSEI Celia (Ann Turner. Australia. 1989) 7pm. Nine year-old Celia experiences many traumas for such a young girl. Murder. paranoid fantasies and even Communism are the ingredients for Anne Turner‘s brilliant Australian twist on our halcyon images of childhood.
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When the Whales Came (Clive Rees. UK. 1989) 7pm. Two children befriend an old man on the island of Bryher (in the Scillies), and learn ofa mysterious legend that is to beach a school of whales. Paul Schofield and Helen Mirren star. I FILMHOUSE 2
Notes tor a Film About India and Notes for an Airican Oresteia (Pasolini. Italy. 1967—70) 8.30pm. Two documentary-essay films on filmmaking from Pier Paolo.
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Ariel (Aki Kaurismaki. Finland. 1989) 9pm. Finnish road movie from one ofthe Kaurismaki brothers who dominate the country‘s film production. After his father‘s suicide, a son inherits his dad's prized white Cadillac and proceeds to head forthe wide open highway.
I CAMEO
New York Stories (Scorsese. Coppola. Allen. US. 1989)9pm. Three shorts from three of America screen masters. Marty redoes Dostoyevsky; Francis reverts to his childhood; Woody reverts to his so-called ‘funny‘ period.
WEDNESDAY 23 g
I FILMHOUSEt Lunchtime Animation — Leif Marcussen lpm.
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Old Mother Riley MP (Oswald Mitchell. UK. 1939) 2pm. Based on an
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Irish washerwoman character the film‘s star Arthur Lucan brought to the stage. OMR looks after the under-privileged. and rises to become (gasp!) Minister for Strange Affairs. A political fable for our times.
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Time otViolence (Lyudmil Staikov. Bulgaria. 1988) 2.30pm. Epic story ofthe forced Islamization of 17th century Bulgaria. with much lopping off of limbs in a ferocious appeal against religious intolerance.
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BFI New Directors 4.15pm. Future filmic talents could well be found in this programme of short films made under the auspices ofthe British Film lnstitute‘s New Directors Project.
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Young Filmmaker oithe Year- Programmed 6.30pm.
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Lite is a Long OuietBiver (Etienne Chatiliez. France. 1988) 7pm. Semi-farce based on a baby-switch between a middle-class family and a clan of lowlives. a huge box office hit on home ground where it even out-grossed Roger Rabbit. I CAMEO
Ladderot Swords( Norman
Hull. UK. l989)7pm. A circus hopeful with a dancing bear is abandoned by his wife.
and worries his mysterious
past is catching up with him when a detective appears on his trail.
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The Earth Seen irom the Moon. What are the Clouds? and The Sequence ot the Paper Flower (Pasolini. Italy/France. 1966-9) 8.30pm. Three short comic films concerned with the theme of innocence.
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Yaaba (Idrissa Ouedraogo. Burkina Faso. 1989) 9pm.
Literally.‘Grandmother'.
the film centres on an encounter between an ostracist old woman and a small boy with a fertile imagination. Joyous African feature which was warmly received at Cannes this year.
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Heathers (Michael Lehmann. US. 1989) 9pm. The four most popular girls at Westerburg High all have the same name (hence the title). but two ne'er-do-wells outside their clique are hatching a dramatic plan to remove them from the scene. Blackly chic parody of teen angst movies that looks set for cult success.
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Nosferatu (F.W. Murnau. W.Ger. I921) 11.30pm. F.W. Murnau's chilling silent version ofStoker‘s Dracula with the remarkable Max Schreck in the role of the vampire will be presented with an evocative live score by Adrian Johnston.
THURSDAY 24
I FILMHOUSEl Lunchtime Animation- Ladislas Starewicz 1pm. I FILMHOUSE 2 Arsenal Stadium Mystery (Thorold Dickinson. UK. 1939) 2pm. Shot with members of the London club‘s 1989 team. this detective story casts Leslie Banks as a police inspector called in to solve the case of the league championship. Or something like that. I FILMHOUSEl I. The Countess(Pctcr Popzlatez. Bulgaria. 1989) 2.30pm. A drug addict formerly oppressed by a domineering father tries to overcome her problems. Powerful. haunting tale exploring the difficult path to personal freedom. I FILMHOUSE 2 Student Seminar- N02 5.30pm. I FILMHOUSE 2 Young Filmmaker ofthe Year- Programme 5 6.30pm. I FILMHOUSEI Piravi(Shaji.lndia.1988) 7pm. Based on a real story about a student who died in police custody during Ghandhi's repressive rule ofthe 70‘s. Shaji‘s confident first film straddles visionary and realistic cinema. I CAMEO American Roulette (Maurice Hatton. UK. 1988) 7pm. ‘The romance of politics and the politics of romance‘ are promised in Maurice Hatton's film about a Latin American dissident in exile menaced by hit squads in London. I FILMHOUSE 2 The Decameron (Pasolini. Italy/France/ W. Ger. 1970) 8.30pm. The first of Pasolini's ‘Triliogy of Life' imbues Boccaccio's medieval tales with a shockingly uninhibited sexuality that‘s as much a personal vision as an attempt to recreate historical truth. I FILMHOUSE 1 Where Do We Go From Here? ( Rangel Vulchanov. Bulgaria. I988) 9pm. European angst-ridden version ofA Chorus Line finds a group of 26 young hopefuls auditioning for a place in a drama academy. Strangely entertaining offering which also probes the relationship between individual and state.
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