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Arts Alert
Wednesday, Aug. 23
by Cathleen Bond
For film buffs, the term Cinemateque resonates way back to French cinema in the 1950s. George Franju (a completely original filmmaker who was deeply
influenced by German Expressionism), joined forces with Henri Langois and formed the Cinemateque Francais. The purpose of the Cinemateque was to
promote critical literacy and advance cinema as an "art form and a vital means of communication."
Well the Cinematheque Pacifique is following a
similar mandate, and this month they've opened up the filmic floodgates from
the east. I've seen about half of these films and let me tell you this much.
They don't make movies like this in good old predictable Hollyrock. Here's
what they're featuring at the Chinese Film Festival for the rest of the week. Go there and blow your mind:
Floating Life
Australia 1996. Director: Clara Law
Thursday, August 24 - 7:00 pm
Murmur of Youth
Taiwan 1997. Director: Lin Cheng-Sheng
Thursday, August 24 - 9:00 pm
Life on a String
China 1991. Director: Chen Kaige
Friday, August 25 - 7:00 pm
Eat Drink ManWoman
Taiwan 1994. Director: Ang Lee
Friday, August 25 - 9:00 pm
Red Cherry
China 1995. Director: YeDaying
Saturday, August 26 - 2:00 pm
Jou Dou
China 1990. Director: Zhang Yimou
Saturday, August 26 - 5:00 pm
Red Dust
Hong Kong 1990. Director: YimHo
Saturday, August 26 - 7:00 pm
Song Of The Exile
Hong Kong/Taiwan 1990. Director: Anne Hui
Saturday, August 26 - 9:00
Film by Hu Bingliu
Sunday, August 27 - 2:00 pm
The OpiumWar
China 1997. Director: Xie Jin
Sunday, August 27 - 5:00 pm
Raise the Red Lantern
China/Hong Kong 1991. Director: Zhang Yimou
Sunday, August 27 - 7:00 pm
Farewell My Concubine
Hong Kong/China 1993. Director: Chen Kaige
Sunday, August 27 - 9:00 pm
Pacific Cinematheque Chinese Film Festival
Until 27 - Vancouver
(604) 688-8202
Get Fused!
I just surfed over to the FUSE magazine site and I've gotta tell you. This month's edition looks like a real winner. They've got a review of Stan Douglas' show at the Power Plant. (He's
a dude who truly defies artistic categorization.) Plus there's a piece on
Oliver Hockenhull's digitally contrived artist's project, a study of class
and culture in Toronto's Portuguese community and a brief survey of online art by
Kathy Kennedy. There's another review covering Michael Balser and Andy Fabo's
show Stamina at the Red Head Gallery, as well as a pretty durned interesting
debate called "Is Gay Passe?" Grab a copy of Fuse for all this and more!
Fuse
Fine Tuning
Francois Truffaut co-wrote this miniseries for French TV,Belle epoque. The first two parts air tonight on Bravo TV, starring Kristin Scott Thomas stars as Alice, a beautiful woman pursued by an industrialist and his young protege.
8 to 10 p.m. on Bravo TV.
Drop me a line.
Archives: We've got news and reviews in our previous Arts Alerts
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