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And so begins this year’s List- sponsored Anita Loos Retrospective of films. written by or adapted from the work of the grand old dame of American screenwriting. First up is legendary silent film director DW Griffiths’ one true masterpiece from 1916. Intolerance. A cinematic epic on the subject of intolerance from the fall of corrupt Babylon onwards. Loos contributed her own unique witty. title cards to proceedings. The film will be shown with live piano
accompaniment by Forrester Pyke.
Future highlights in this retrospective include the wonderful 1936 disaster llick San Francisco and. of course. Gentlemen Prefer Elondes.
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At this year’s EIFF, Irvine Welsh, son of Edinburgh and author of Trainspotting and the short story collection If You Liked School, You’ll Love Work among others, will be discussing the films that matter to him and showing his own short film, Nuts
5 words to describe the film you have at the EIFF RaCIsm and testiCUlar cancer comedy.
4 of your favourite cinemas In the world Cameo.
Edinburgh; Rio Dalston, London; IFl, Dublin; Castro. San Francsco.
3 people you would love to work with
i‘i'erner Herzog. Paul Schrader. Ray Winstone.
2 films you want to see at the Festival
Hal/am Fee. The Counterfeiters.
1 thing you would love to change about film festivals it you were bestowed with the power to do so?
I'd have 24-hour, repeat screenings.
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5pm, E 70. 50 (E 7. 35).
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FESTIVAL FILM
>1: Berlin Alexanderplatz: Remastered Rainer Werner Fassbinder's momentous 15- and-a-half hour version of Alfred Deblin's novel gets a rare outing. A treat. See feature, page 52. Filmhouse, 623 8080, 16—22Aug, 6pm, £30 (no concs). Individual screenings £6. 50 (£4.55).
:1: Hallem Foe David Mackenzie's energetic. clever and funny adaptation of Peter Jinks' voyeuristic Edinburgh-set novel kicks the EIFF oft in style as this year's opening gala screening. Stars Jamie Bell, Sophia Miles and Jamie Sives will be walking the red carpet on the night. See review, page 53. Cineworld, 623 8030, 15 Aug, 9.30pm 8 9.45pm, £10.45 (£7.60).
:5: The Man from London The hugely influential Hungarian filmmaker Bela Tarr returns with this glacial but compelling version of Georges Maigret Simenon's novel about one railway signalman's existential descent after witnessing a crime. See Tilda Swinton feature, page 48. Fi/mhouse, 623 8030, 16 Aug, 7pm, £7.95 (£5.50).
:E: The Monastry: Mr Vlg and the Hun (pictured) Moving Danish documentary about the relationship between unloved 82- year-old bachelor, whose dreams of turning his castle into a nunnery are about to come true. and Sister Amvrosija, a young Russian nun. Cineworld, 623 8030, 16 Aug, 6pm, £7.95 (£5.50).
2% Teeth Pretty special US horror/comedy detailing young Christian fundamentalist Dawn's (Jess Weixler) bizarre rite of passage to secular/sexual enlightenment. See Jess Weixler feature. page 51. Cameo, 623 8030, 16 Aug, midnight, £7. 95 (£5.50).
>l< Intolerance The List- sponsored Anita Loos season gets under way with ow Griffith 's fantastic 1916 moralistic epic. which Loos wrote all the title cards for. Filmhouse, 623 8030, 16 Aug, 1pm, £6.50 (£4.55).
For venue addressee see index page 96
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