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Day 6 - 14 February
Competition
Magnolia
by Paul Thomas Anderson
After
tackling the porn industry in Boogie Nights,
Paul Thomas Anderson embarks on his most ambitious venture
yet, the 188-minute Magnolia. It's a sprawling,
character-driven epic which might best be described as
a tale of unhappy families.
Also
in competition, Paradiso
- Seven Day with Seven Women. Rudolf
Thome, sexagenarian, who is represented in the Competition
for the first time (he is a five-time Forum participant),
has made a film that critic Norbert Grob has designated
"the first important German film of the new millennium."
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Three
Cheers for Mr. Ripley
Leo
may have left the building, but the stars were still out in
force last night for Anthony Minghella's competition entry
The Talented Mr Ripley.
Press
conference
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Streaming
video
The Mr. Ripley cast face-to-face with
the press: Matt Damon, Gwenyth Paltrow, Jude Law...
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Streaming
video
Homage
was paid to Gong Li, Berlinale jury president... |
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Competition
Magnolia
Dir: Paul Thomas Anderson. Cast: Jason Robards, Tom Cruise,
Julianne Moore. Cruise, a sex guru who conducts seminars
for men who need lessons in how to 'seduce and destroy',
is called back to his dying father's side. 189 mins.+
short Episodes In Disbelief
8 mins.
Paradiso
Sieben Tage mit sieben Frauen
(Paradiso Seven Days With Seven Women) (Germany)
Dir: Rudolf Thome. Cast: Hanns Zischler, Cora Frost, Adriana
Altaras. A composer invites the seven women in his life
lovers, wives and companions, to his 60th birthday celebration.
103 mins. +
short Vizio
Retrospective
Der
ideale Untermieter (Federal Republic Of Germany)
(1956) Dir: Wolf Schmidt. 98 mins. +
short Liebe 2002
Der
achte Tag (1990) (Federal Republic Of Germany)
Dir: Reinhard Münster. Cast: Katharina Thalbach,
Hans-Christian Blech, Hannelore Elsner. 99 mins.
Species
(US) (1995) Dir: Roger Donaldson. Cast: Ben Kinsley, Natasha
Henstridge, Forest Whitaker. 108 mins.
Gattaca
(US) (1997) Dir: Andrew Niccol. Cast: Ethan Hawke, Uma
Thurman, Alan Arkin. A man rebels against a sterile world
of genetically modified people. German/French subtitles.
112 mins.
The
Boys From Brazil (US) (1978) Dir: Franklin J Schaffner.
Cast: Gregory Peck, Laurence Olivier, James Mason. A Nazi
in hiding has a sinister plot to reconquer the world using
the DNA of Adolph Hitler.125 mins.
Une
Histoire Immortelle (1967) Dir: Orson Welles.
Cast: Orson Welles, Jeannne Moreau. A slow-moving piece
which was the next-to-last film Welles completed as
director. 60 mins.
+
short The Deep/Dead Reckoning/ Direction Towards
Death. 20 mins.
20.00
La
Mariée Etait En Noir (The
Bride Wore Black) (France/Italy/UK)
(1968)
Dir: François Truffaut. Cast: Jeanne Moreau,
Claude Rich, Jean-Claude Brialy. A bitter woman traces
and kills the five men responsible for her husband's
death. Eng. subtitles. 107 mins.
Homage:
Robert De Niro
Mary
Shelley's Frankenstein (US) (1994) Dir:
Kenneth Branagh. Cast: Robert De Niro, Kenneth
Branagh, Tom Hulce. De Niro stars as Frankenstein's
monster. 123 mins.
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Kennedy
Et Moi (Kennedy And Me) (France)
Dir: Sam Karmann. Cast: Jean-Pierre Bacri, Nicole
Garcia, Sam Karmann. Depicts the dynamics of a family
in which the father is undergoing a mid-life crisis.
Eng. subtitles. 86 mins. +
short 2 Divided by 3. 7 mins.
Yek
Rouz Bishtar
(One More Day) (Farsi)
Dir: Babak Payami. Cast: Leila Sa'adi, Ali Hosseini.
A man and a woman's daily meetings appear to be coincidental.
Eng. subtitles. 75 mins. + short Monette.
9 mins.0
Peppermint
(Greece) Dir: Costas Kapakas. A loving and playful
reminiscence of a man's youth, triggered by his
mother's funeral, where he meets his cousin again.
106 mins. +
short
G Dir: Rolf Gibbs. 5 mins.1
Rifleman
Of The Voroshilov Regiment (Russia) Dir:
Stanislav Govoruchin. Cast: Michail Uljanorv, Anna
Sinjakina, Vladimir Semago. A retired soldier takes
revenge on the men who raped his grand-daughter.
Eng. subtitles. 100 mins. +
short Pis' Mo V Ameriku Dir: Kira
Muratova. 21 mins.
Chill
Out (German) Dir: Andreas Struck. Cast:
Sebastian Bloberg, Tatjana Blacher, Barnaby Metschurat.
A twenty-something love triangle in Berlin 's
hip district of Prenzlauer Berg. Eng. subtitles.
90 mins. +
short Puta De Oros. 14 mins.
L'Ombra
Del Gigante (The Shadow Of The Giant)
(Italy) Dir: Roberto Petrocchi. Cast: Margherita
Buy, Arnaud Arbessier, Marisa Solinas. A captain
and his wife have been stationed in a fortress to
guard a mysterious prisoner. No one knows how long
the prisoner has been locked up, but he stirs the
emotions of those who are forbidden to see his face.
Eng. subtitles. 97 mins.
Drôle
De Félix (Funny Felix) (France)
Dir: Jacques Martineau & Olivier Ducastel. Cast:
Sami Bouajila, Pierre-Loup Rajot, Ariane Ascaride.
Felix decides to leave Dieppe to meet the father
he has never known. French, Eng. subtitles. 97 mins.
+
short Mon Frere.12 mins.
Night
Waltz The Music Of Paul Bowles
(US)
Dir: Owsley Brown. With: Paul Bowles, Philip Ramey.
Author and literary cult figure Bowles reveals
a lesser-known side of his artistic spirit. English.
80 mins. +
short Sparklehorse. 5 mins
Before
Stonewall (US) (1984) Dir: Greta Schiller,
Robert Rosenburg. 85 mins.
The
Virgin Dir: Diego Donnhofer. Cast: Joey
Kern, Kirsty Hinchcliffe, Glen Cruz. Follows three
people on their drug-fuelled wanderings. 90 mins
+
short One Night. 12 mins
Segunda
Piel (Second Skin) (Spain) Dir: Gerardo
Vera. Cast: Javier Bardem, Jordi Molla, Ariadna Gil.
A love triangle becomes deeply tangled. 106 mins.
Se
Quien Eres ( I Know Who You Are) (Spanish)
Dir: Patricia Fierreira. Cast: Miguel Angel Sola,
Ana Fernandez, Roberto Enriquez. A neurologist tries
to piece togther the past of her mysterious patient,
but when his former bosses begin to doubt his amnesia,
it puts him in danger, as he was involved with terrorist
attacks. 100 mins.
Paragraph
175 Dir: Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman. Relates
the history of the German anti-homosexuality law,
which was used to prosecute West German homosexuals
until 1969. 81 mins.
Fremdgehen
(Stepping Out) (German) Dir: Eva Heldmann.
Eng. subtitles. Centres on a female protagonist
who wanders the long corridors of a military barracks
in search of sex and pleasure. 64
mins +
short Subterranean (Homesick Blues)
10 mins.
Cremaster
2 Dir: Mathew Barney. The latest film from
the sculptor-video artist is actually the fourth
of a five-part series. 79
mins.
Forum
Tuvalu
(Germany) Dir: Veit Helmer. Cast: Denis Lavant,
Chulpan Hamatova. From the award-winning maker of
short films, a bizarre poetic fairy tale about passionate
love. 92 mins.
Guo
Hai Suidao (Cross Harbour Tunnel)
(Hong Kong) Dir: Lawrence Wong. Cast: Martin Kam,
Anthony Teoh. Eng. subtitles. 93 mins.
Cheung
Fo The Mission (Hong Kong) Dir: Johnnie
To. A failed assassination attempt on Triad boss
Lung brings five killers of diverse backgrounds
together. 81 mins.
Blumen
lieben oben (Germany) Dir: Erwin Michelberger.
83 mins.
Une
Journée D'Andréi Arsenewitch
(France)
Dir: Chris Marker. 55 mins. Buenos
Aires Zero Degree (Hong Kong) Dir: Kwan
Pun-Leung, Amos Lee. Eng. subtitles. 58 mins
Heimkehr
der Jäger (Austria) Dir: Michael Kreihsl.
Cast: Ulrich Tukur, Julia Filimonow. Franz copies
master paintings. He is unbalanced by small events
and, being a thin-skinned individual, is prone to
knee-jerk behaviour. 90 mins.
Wüste
(Germany) Dir: Ebbo Demant. A journey across three
continents in search of the spiritual power of deserts
in such places as Egypt, Jordan and the US.
Zoe
(German) Dir: Maren-Kea Freese. 79 mins
Running
Out Of Time (Hong Kong) Dir: Johnnie To.
Cast: Andy Lau, Lau Ching-Wan. English subtitles.
92 mins.
Jiang
Hu: Life On The Road (China) Dir: Wu Wenguang.
A documentary film about a group of country dwellers
who lead a sparse existence and are in constant
danger. Eng. subtitles. 149 mins
Shiro
(The White) (Japan) (1999) Dir: Katsuyuki
Hirano. A man and his bicycle are ready to take
an adventure 2, 328 kilometres long.118 mins
Pelon
Maanitiede (Geography Of Fear) (Finland)
Dir: Auli Mantila. Cast: Tanjalotta Raikka, Pertti
Szeholm. Tum accidently kills two thugs. 95 mins.
Kinpatsu
No Sogen (Across A Gold Prairie)
(Japan) (1999) Dir: Isshin Inudo. Cast: Yusuke Iseya,
Chizuru Ikewaki. An 80-year-old man has spent years
confined to his house due to a heart condition.
One morning he wakes up believing to himself to
be 20 again. 96 mins.
Ein
Mensch wie Dieter Golzower (German)
Dir: Barbara and Winfried Junge. The life story
of Dieter, who joins the army and dreams of sailing
the seven seas.122 mins.
Nabbie
No Koi (Nabbie's Love) (Japan) Dir:
Yuji Nakae. Cast: Naomi Nishida, Tomi Taira. A humourous
and sometimes eerie tale from the island of Okinawa,
with strong folklore and musical elements. Eng.
subtitles. 92 mins.
Seitsemän
Laulua Tundralta
(Finland)
Dir: Markku Lehmuskallio, Anastasia Lapsui. The result
of some long-term cinematic exploration of the lifestyle
of North Siberian Eskimos. 85 mins.
Homesick
(Japan) Dir: Mito Hineki. Cast: Okumura Kiminobu.
Set in late autumn in Hokkaido, illustrating people's
homesickness with black humour. 60 mins.
+
Rendez-Vous (Japan) Dir: Yamamoto Kosuke.
Cast: Murakami Jun. 55 mins.
Strastnoj
Bulwar (Passion
Boulevard) (Russia)
Dir: Vladimir Chotinenko. Cast: Sergej Koltakow, Nina
Usatowa. A successful actor disguises himself as Pushkin
and visits
a succession of girlfriends and aquaintances who talk
about their failures.108 mins.
New
German Films
Die
Braut (The Mask Of Desire)
Dir: Egon Günther. Draws a picture
of a famous German poet, as seen through
his wife's eyes. Eng. subtitles. 112 mins.
Südsee,
eigene Insel (Our Land In The
South Pacific) Dir: Thomas Bahmann.
When Albert's family holiday falls through
he schemes to hide in the cellar to save
face in front of the neighbours. Eng. subtitles.
92 mins.
Wege
in die Nacht (Paths In The Night)
Dir: Andreas Kleinert. After Walter loses
his job, he spends his nights with two young
people wandering the streets of Berlin.
Eng. subtitles. 98 mins.
Late
Show (Germany) Dir: Helmut Dietl.
A broadcast controller is desperate for
ratings and the money men are already considering
giving him the push. Eng. subtitles.
107
mins.
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Big
Cat, Little Cat! Animation. A likeable relationship
between felines which encourages people to tell
the truth. 64 mins.
Kruimeltje
(Krümelchen) (Netherlands)
Dir: Maria Peters. Eng. subtitles.119 mins.
Tri
Brata (Netherlands) Dir: Serik Aprymov.
Eng. subtitles. 119 mins. +
short Pugalo. 15 mins.
Mr
Rice's Secret Dir: Nicholas Kendall. A cancer-stricken
boy overcomes his fears and makes a miraculous discovery
which resurrects his will to live. 92 mins.
Sherdil
(Sweden) Dir: Gita Mallik. Eng. subtitles. 97 mins.
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