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From the producer of "Easy Rider," Dennis Hopper stars as Sgt. Jack Fallen in this Cannes Official Selection. Returning home from the Vietnam War to accompany a friends body across the country via train, Fallen enters a hallucinatory reality of memory, war, and desire. Also starring Dean Stockwell and Taryn Power.
Prague Nights
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In the vein of horror anthologies like Bava's BLACK SABBATH, the long-unseen PRAGUE NIGHTS is a gorgeous and supernatural vision of ancient and modern Prague: caught between Mod Sixties fashions and nightmarish Medieval catacombs, and filled with Qabbalistic magic, occult rituals, clockwork automatons and satanic visitors.
In the first tale, director Jiří Brdečka's stunning "The Last Golem," a young rabbi (Jan Klusák) struggles to fashion a massive, silent giant out of living clay - until he's distracted by a mute servant girl (Lucie Novotná). In the second episode, "Bread Slippers," an 18th-century countess (Teresa Tuszyńska) indulges her passion for sweet cakes, adulterous affairs, and secret kisses with pretty maids - until a mysterious visitor (Josef Somr) whisks her away to an abandoned mansion, where Fate has a different kind of dance in store for her. In the final story, "Poisoned Poisoner," a ravishing murderess in the Middle Ages dispatches lecherous merchants to the tune of upbeat 60s Czech Pop songs (scored by the renowned Zdeněk Liška).
Alice in Wonderland
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An adaptation of the 1886 musical “Alice in Wonderland: A Dream Play for Children” by Henry Saville Clark and Walter Slaughter.
"James Fotopoulos’s adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass by way of Henry Saville Clark and Walter Slaughter’s 1886 musical Alice in Wonderland: A Dream Play for Children—is an extremely curious object in its own right, and its premiere New York screening is a must-see. If you doze through a few of its ninety-nine minutes, your dreams will be the better for it ... In terms of avant-garde genres, it could be classified, to borrow a term from P. Adams Sitney, as a trance film."
- Amy Taubin, ArtForum
James Fotopoulos - Shorts Collection #1
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A compilation of 2003 short films from experimental filmmaker James Fotopoulos, including Celestial Visions, Crescent Moon, Sea Storm and Knowing and Being 1.
James Fotopoulos - Shorts Collection #2
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A compilation of short films from experimental filmmaker James Fotopoulos spanning 2004–2012, including The Temple, Hidden Objects: Appendage, Thick Comb and Nautilus.
James Fotopoulos - Shorts Collection #3
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A compilation of short films from experimental filmmaker James Fotopoulos spanning 2015–2021, including Beauty and the Beast, Orestes, Pinocchio and Faustus.
Rem Koolhaas: A Kind of Architect
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Rarely has an architect caused as much sensation outside of the architecture community as Rem Koolhaas. His outstanding creations, such as the Dutch Embassy in Berlin and the Casa da Música concert hall in Porto, are working examples of the Dutchman's visionary theories about architecture and urban society. A Kind of Architect is an engaging portrait of Koolhaas that takes us to the heart of his ideas. Directors Markus Heidingsfelder and Min Tesch have made a visually inventive, thought-provoking film about the architect, prompting Koolhaas to state, "It's the only film about me that I have liked."
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