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Movies move onto the Fringe
Cult film line-up for the Dominion. Words: Miles Fielder
The Film Festival isn't the only festival screening films in Edinburgh this August. Robert Silman. of Tambar Productions. which company has mounted six Fringe shows. has hooked some screen time at the Dominion Cinema on Wednesday 22 August for Pioneers Of The American Fringe. Pioneers comprises three films. from three filmmakers. exiled. blacklisted and underground. The films are Shakespez'ire l/Val/ah. directed by James Ivory who turned his back on Hollywood in 196:3 before his profitable Merchant—Ivory collaborations in the 80s and 90s. The Servant tpicturedi. made by Joseph Losey who was blacklisted during the McCarthy witchhunts. and Heat. probably Andy Warhol's most well-known foray into cinema. And elsewhere not on the Film Festival. the Pleasance is
Doing what comes Naturally
Nude tourists in city centre shocker. Words: Mark Fisher
In a bid to inject some off-beat energy into the final week of the Fringe. Natural Theatre Company ,' will be turning up on every corner dressed in the silliest costumes it can dream up. The Bath—based company. where Hilary Strong. the 3 last director of the Edinburgh
Fringe. once worked. WI” be
cropping up around town in guises ranging from nude tourists and coneheads to k ssing coppers. In the last twelve months the company has done more than 5.200 performances in Europe. Russia and China. To find out where the Edinburgh appearances will be. call 079M 7550 5/19.
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screening films too. Daily. at 1pm. in the courtyard. a series of comedy classics. Everything from Laurel and Hardy to i‘vlanhattan. With/rail And / to Life ls Sweet. Dr Strange/eve to Toy Story. Furthermore. audience are encouraged to vote on their favourite merry-making film. which will be screened on Bank Holiday Monday 27 August.
Finally. the Bongo Club joins a popular trend we've witnessed over the festival in recent years: live music accompaniment to silent film classics. Berlin-based percussion artist Steven Carling plays live to Charles Chaplin. Laurel and Hardy. the surrealism of Man Ray and LLiis Bunuel and Nosferatu 20—27 August.
So you don't need to attend the Film Festival at all to see festival films. However. we do think you should do both.
I don’t like “killing onthe Esplanade”, to put it bluntly.’
Tattoo organiser. Brigadier Melville Jameson. on his omiss‘ion of full-scale military pageants.
‘If it said “organ” we would buy it’
Darren Se/tman from The Avalanches explains his old method of choosing records.
‘Like Stars In Their Eyes, then? Damn near indistinguishable.’
The Guardian characterises the Festival.
‘I don’t sleep that much now because I don’t like to wake up in the morning and see what God just did to me overnight’.
Festival first-timer. Joan Rivers. on coping With old age.
‘Nothing I do is supernatural. I do not use stooges, assistants or plants - well, the latter briefly in the 605.’ Mind reader Marc Salem lets slip his hippie past.
‘I swear the next person who asks me “How’s Bouncer”, I’ll knock their block off.’
Mark Little repays the millions of Neighbours fans who made him famous.
‘l’m more interested in the part of Tommy Sheridan that says, “The poll tax was a very good idea”, or the bit of Helen Liddell that says, “Of course, Scotland should be independent’. The bit that says, “You’re lying, you don’t believe this”, when they make a speech.’
Playwright lain Heggie. author of Wiping My Mother 's Arse. explains his approach to human psychology.
‘The whole thing should be set on a cruise ship.’ Comedian, Chris
Addison, otters some
tips for improying the Fringe.