AMFEST
October 28 - November 1
Home Cinema
Karavannaja, 12
Amfest set himself a difficult task: to show the Russian public to the best movies, which for various reasons in our country is not shown or go unnoticed.
As a result, American cinema is associated with Russian viewers exclusively with the Hollywood blockbusters that either do not reflect everyday American life, or make it quite poorly.
The mission of the American Film Festival - to create a better understanding of the cinematic image of America than the standard set, which invited audience of multiplexes.
festival opens a pair of films - producer project of David Lynch. This, in general, all told, in addition, that one of these projects expected unpredictable, and the second - predictably expect.« Observation » - the first in 15 years of film Jennifer Lynch, daughter David and relish the author's black comedy "Elena in the box." Her new film is even more absurd to bed; by genre is a game of cat and mouse involving vicious psychopaths in the best traditions dad and with his actors (Bill Pullman, Julia Ormond, Grace Zabriskie).
« My son, what have you done? »- co-production Two geniuses, Lynch-the producer and Herzog, director; filmed on a knee modern paraphrase eshilovskoy "Oresteia" with inspirational Michael Shannon the role of the classical hertsogovskogo madman. Herzog is able to shoot inside America like no other. From a pathological attention to domestic syuru and passion to the strange Americana, which often are not able to feel the directors, who were born and raised in the "land of the free and brave the monastery."
Next a couple of films combined figures of their creators - the young Texan producer Adam Donaghy and veteran New York actor Steve Buscemi school. Cinema "Lone Star State" has long been awash in euphoria permanent renaissance. To "AMFEST" You can see two of the most impressive producer Portfolio 30-year Donaghy - romantic and domestic sketches in the tradition of mumblcore « Audrey disaster » Frank Ross and existentially fantastic parabola Clay Layforda « Earthling ». In the center of the first film - the perennial question "to be or not to be the love of two no outstanding obitataley large City, arranged directorial vers libre Ross and sounded delightfully meandering jazz soundtrack by John Medeski (the trio Medeski, Martin & Wood, and a musician on the last album "AuktYon and Leonid Fedorov).
At snack moviegoers are invited piercing benefit Ellen Barkin as an actress, tied to the profession and in crisis of identity against the backdrop of brooding black and white and sad loufay-folk (« horseradish year » Cam Archer)
cherry on the cake AMFEST - rockumentary about the Canadian tour of The White Stripes summer of 2007 «The White Stripes in the northern lights." Duo Jack and Meg Whites now almost impossible meet in one room, not something that the venue - Jack for a long time ago and was carried away by their optional project The Raconteurs, and The Dead Weather. But now to see The White Stripes on the scene, you can go to the movies.
Zakroetsya festival of documentary stop - an unexpected critical social research Adrian Grenier « Teenagers paparazzo ». Grenier - the star of one of the most popular American television series "Entourage." His character - a smart kid every evening, overlooking the streets of Hollywood to hunt for movie stars. Ingeniously decided to turn a standard standoff star / paparazzi (Victim / Hunter "), Grenier fell on the tail of his pursuer and became a chronicler of the exploits young fighter tabloid front. In the orbit of adventure odd couple gradually drawn into an impressive list of residents of Beverly Hills, the highest echelon, headed by Paris Hilton, Matt Damon and Alec Baldwin which, together with a selective staff of sociologists and cultural commentators, and try to move the film to unravel the mystery of social and psychological conditioning phenomenon of the creation of an idol and voluptuous spying for him.
festival schedule and complete information on the films can be found at www.amfest.ru
Text: Leonid Alexander
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