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Well. that's what Italian writer-director-star Benigni has done in fashioning a poignant comic fable about the resilience of the human spirit and the power of the imagination. A humane and moving film. (ilasgow: ()deon City Centre. Showcase. Edinburgh: I'ilmhouse. ()deon. Paisley: Showcase.
Little Voice 1 l5) (Mark Herman. UK. I998) Jane Hon'ocks. Brenda Blethyn. Michael (.‘ainc. 97 mins. The sensational Horrocks recreates her acclaittied performance in Jim Cartwright‘s I992 hit play as a repressed Northern girl who reveals a remarkable gift for impersonating great pop divas. Stirling: .‘vlacRobert.
Lobey Dosser Event Celebration of the life of cartoonist Bud Neill. creator of Lobey Dosser featuring a screening of lint/gin Repaired Shunt/(11.1 — A ll’ukt’ l'im‘ Burl Neill and an exhibition of artwork 111 Cafe Cosmo. (ittests include Russell Hunter and Una McLean. (ilangw: (il’l‘.
Loved (l511lil'itt Dignam. US. 1999) William Hurt. Robin Wright Penn. 97 mins. District Attorney Hurt is com inccd that a man in a case he is trying has physically and psychologically manipulated each of his partners into attempting suicide. The defendant‘s wife has 111st been killed when she ran 111 front of a car' a former girlfriend is confined to a wheelchair. while another. Iledda 1\\'right I’enn). brought her swimming career to a halt after a similar ‘accitletil'. \lCtiiorise the illitne. becatise
w itliotit some sort of prepared synopsis. Dignam's film remains deliberately impenetrable. See review. Iidinbui'gh; Iiilmhouse.
Made In Britain 1 181 1:\|att Clarke. UK. I983) Tim Roth. 78 mins. Sout‘ed by bitter racism and the conservative credo - work hard. do well. get a job ~ fiercely intelligent |()-yeat‘-oltl skinhead 'I'revor slicks two fingers tip at the system at every opportunity. Unfortunately. the system uses its own violent methods to deal with the 'hooligan'. Screenings are followed with talks by The Lisl's editor. Alan .‘Vlorris‘on 1(ilasgow) and Filmhouse director Ken Ingles (Iidinburgh). (ilasgow: (iI’I‘. Iidinburgli: I-‘ilmhousc.
Madeline ll’)1[)aisy \‘on Scliet'ler. US. 1998) Frances McDormand. Nigel Hawthorne. Ilatty Jones. 89 mins. Madeline 1s a hybrid of the “adorable pt'e-teen childt‘ens' heroine. As intelligent as Matilda. she's also as precocious as l’ippi l.ongstocking and. like Annie. she's an orphan. \Vell-intentioncd but desperately dull. (ilasgow: Showcase. UCI (.‘Iydebank. lidinburgh: ABC Multiples. UCI. Iiast Is’ilbride: L‘CI. I.args: liarrfields. Paisley. Showcase.
A Man And A Woman ll)(i)1(‘ltllltlc I.elouch. I-‘rance. I9(1(1).lean-I.ouis 'I't‘intignant. .-\nouk Aimee. 11).”) mins. ‘I'his clnc love story of a racing driver and a script won both the Best lioreign l‘ilm ()scar and the I’aline I)'()r. 'Ihe theme song has become a kitschy loungecoi'e favourite. Iidinburgh; Iiilmhouse.
Man With A Movie Camera 1P0) (Dnga Vei‘lov. USSR. I939) 91) mins. \7erlov 's poetic account of the state of the Soviet Union employs vai‘iotts experiments with 111111 form — superimposition. split screen — 111 an exploration of the city scape. lit The Nursery perform a new score atid there‘s a discussion alter the screening. Edinburgh: I‘ilmhotise. Stirling: MacRobei't.
The Mask 0f Zorro (1’01 (Mat-1111 Campbell. LES. I998) Antonio Iiatidei‘as. ('aiherine Zeta Jones. Anthony Hopkins. 137 mins. .-\s a piece of old-school matinee hokuin. T/lt' illuvk ()f Zorro flashes its blade with the best of them. but it's also clever enough to draw 111 a new audience by plundering every inanilestatioii of the action-adventure formula. Iidinburgh: ()(lcon.
Mighty Joe 1l’(i) tRon Underwood. US. I998) ('hai'li/c 'I‘hei'on. Bill l’;l\lt)ll. I H Illllts. Whichever way you cut it. .‘llieliti Joe is last another big monkey movie Despite infinitely more sophisticated effects than its I949 predecessor. this version is far less involving or entertaining ~ its so predictable you would think the monkey wrote ll. (ieneral release.
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