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RED
BANK INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2003
October
3rd–5th |
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Friday, October 3rd
Location: Count Basie Theatre
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Program 1![]() |
The General |
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The
General
with live accompaniment by the Museum of Modern
Art's Ben Model.
USA 84 min
Clyde Bruckman, Buster Keaton
RBIFF celebrates Buster Keaton's 108th
birthday with the master comic's greatest film, The
General, set to live musical accompaniment. The two
things engineer Johnny Gray (Buster Keaton) loves most
in the world are his Southern belle sweetheart and his
locomotive. When Northern spies steal the latter, the
intrepid Confederate single-handedly takes on the entire
Union army in order to get it back. Against a backdrop
of magnificently photographed Civil War battle scenes
unfolds one of the great chases in movie history. Set
almost entirely aboard moving trains, Keaton's The
General is physical comedy refined to elegant
perfection. |
Program 2.gif) |
Martin and Orlaff – (mature) |
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Martin and
Orloff
USA 87min
Lawrence Blume
When Martin seeks therapy to
treat his habitual depression, he hooks up with Orloff,
a shrink with dubious credentials and an even more
malleable notion of sanity. Hijinks, madcap wackiness
and laughs galore ensue, as do several appearances from
the likes of Janeane Garofalo, Andy Richter, David
Cross, Amy Poehler, Tina Fey, Rachel Dratch, and Kim
Raver. Part surrealist manifesto, part Dada headtrip,
Martin and Orloff, by Matt Walsh and Ian Roberts (of the
Upright Citizens Brigade), is off its rockers.
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Program 3 |
Power Trip |
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Power Trip – (Jersey
Fresh)
USA/GEORGIA
Paul
Devlin
Amidst pervasive corruption,
high drama and hot tempers, an American power company
tries to keep the lights on in the former Soviet
Republic of Georgia in this black comic documentary.
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Program 4 |
City of God |
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City of
God
BRAZIL/FRANCE/USA 130min
Fernando Meirelles
Welcome to the world's most notorious
slum: Rio de Janiero's "City of God." A place where
combat photographers fear to tread, where Police rarely
go, and residents are lucky if they live to the age of
20. This is the true story of a young man who grew up on
these streets and whose ambition as a photographer is
our window in and may be his only way out. A MIRAMAX
release.
"A Powerhouse! It moves with whiplash
velocity. Sometimes a movie comes along and just floors
you, its images burn so deeply. 'City of God' has the
scent of a classic."
-Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
"Filled with frenetic visual rhythms, its mood
swings synchronize with the zany, adrenaline-fueled
impulsiveness of its lost youth on a rampage. Experience
this devastating movie."
-Stephen Holden, NY Times
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Program 5 |
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari |
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The Cabinet
of Dr. Caligari
with live accompaniment by Rotting Moldy
Flesh
GERMANY 72min
Robert Wiene
An
RBIFF tradition continues. The Cabinet Of Dr. Caligari
is one of the most famous films of the silent era, and a
must see – don't miss this opportunity to experience it
along with original score performed live by local super
band Rotting Moldy Flesh. "See the sleepwalker, floating
down the street, ripped from some nightmare! A street of
misshapen houses with brooding windows, streaked by
dagger strokes of light and darkened by blots of shadow!
You will immediately feel the terror in the movements of
that floating grotesque!" – from the original
advertising for the film.
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