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SWIMMING OUT TILL THE SEA TURNS BLUE/一直游到海水变蓝(Jia Zhangke 2020)
A rather draggy documentary by Jia Zhang-ke about four well known Chinese contemporary writers, one dead, and one woman, all of whom came from villages and lived through the Cultural Revolution or its aftermath. Mostly talking heads, and likely more interesting to locals, but with some touching moments.
Last edited by Chris Knipp; 10-03-2020 at 12:18 AM.
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I CARRY YOU WITH ME/TE LLEVO CONMIGO (Heidi Ewing 2020)
A gay immigration movie about a Mexican couple that makes its points forcefully. The timely themes and a radical modulation from actors to the real people at the end may explain inclusion in the NYFF Main Slate.
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MANGROVE (Steve McQueen 2020)
Another stunning segment from McQueen's "Small Axe" BBC mini-series, also to be on US's Amazon Prime in November. This is about the "Mangrove Nine" trial that led to "the first judicial acknowledgment of behavior motivated by racial hatred within the Metropolitan Police." Keen BLM relevance, and a great watch.
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RED, WHITE AND BLUE (STEVE MCQUEEN 2020)
John Boyega of Star Wars is excellent as real English person Leroy Logan, who joined the London police in the eighties to combat institutional racism from the inside. Arguably a harsher watch than either of the two other films in the five-film "Small Axe" BBC (and Amazon Prime) series films by McQueen included in the Main Slate and perhaps even more relevant than Mangrove.
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You may like to watch this virtual Q&A for David Byrne's American Utopia (2020) between Dennis Lim of FLC, Spike Lee and David Byrne. Lee's film based on Byrne's Broadway show growing out of his album was included in the NYFF's Spotlight series.
THE Q&A
Last edited by Chris Knipp; 10-05-2020 at 10:10 AM.
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THE TRUFFLE HUNTERS (Michael Dweck, Gregory Kershaw 2020)
It's the white truffles of Italy, and the cranky old men of Piedmont who hunt for them with their very specially trained and beloved dogs, an activity impinged upon by greedy capitalists, for these are rare tubers of great price, a very special delicacy. An artful, meandering documentary that will appeal to devotees of sophistication and oddity. And with its opera arias, very Italian, though from the American makers of 2018's The Last Race.
Last edited by Chris Knipp; 10-06-2020 at 08:46 PM.
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ATARRABI & MIKELATS (Eugène Green 2020)
A Basque fable of good and evil brothers, and recreated in modern dress by eccentric expatriate Eugène Green in teh Basque language. So, strange. But beautiful. From the maker of previous NYFF film Le Fils de Joseph.
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