lnstead. [ticker focuses on the laughs. employ ing the tactic he ll\L‘tl \\ ith great success on his hit llllli\ :li'rp/riiir'.’ and .Vu/u’i/ (iiui: the scattergun tire of endless slapstick jokes. l'(i(' Renfre“ Street. (ilasgoyy. 'Rembetiko i ll! t('o\la l'ct‘t‘i\. (ireecc. 1083i lll5 mins. Documentary about (ireecc‘s \et'\ion of the blues. Part of the (ircck l'illlll l‘cstiyal. (il‘il‘. (ilaxgou; l‘ilmhouxe. lidinliurgli.
Roadblocks ithci iSta\ rox loannou. (ireecc. Illtllli 98 mins. loaniiou. a documentarist. turns to drama to tell the tale of Kurdish refugees tra\e|ling through (ireccc to reach ('entral liurope. Part of the (ireek l‘ilm liestiyal. l‘ilmhouse. lidinhurgli. Screamin’ Jay Hawkins: I Put A Spell On Me tllk‘l lNiL‘ltol;t\
'l‘riandafy llidis. (ireece. Ztltll l 102 mins. Documentary about the legendary cra/y blues man. Part of the (ireck l-‘ilin liestnal. l‘ilmhouse. lidinhurgh.
The Seventh Son Of Love uhci lVattgL‘lh SL‘I’let'h. (it‘L‘L‘L'L‘. lelll l I34 mlttx. l’eriod romance set iii 1933. the year of the Asia Minor disaster. Part of the (ireek l‘ilm liestixal. l‘iltttliouxc. lidinhurgh.
Shallow Hal t 12 l .0. illohhy and Peter l‘arrelly. l'S. will i (iyxyneth l’altrou. Jack Black. Jason .»\lc\ander. ll,l nuns. Black (\ti good In Hts/I /'li/('/ll\ I l;tl\t‘\ ltl\ lll'\l starring role as Hal. an immensely \ltallim man \iho only e\ er dates hcautiful \soinen. All that changes \yhen Hal gets trapped in a lilt \\ ith a self-help guru \\ ho hypnotiscs him into oiin being able to see a person‘s 'inncr beauty ‘. Shortly afterixardx. Ha! falls in lo\ e u itli a meet-natured nurse \\ ho is immensely ohcw. but \\ ho appears only to Hal as slimline l’altrou. (ii\ en the l‘arrelly brothers‘ penchant for gl'thx out comedy. Slut/Inn llu/ turns out to he. at heart. a wry meet tilin. though it lacks hell} laughs. (ieneral release.
Shanghai Triad l lSi 0.. t/hang Yimou. llong Kong/('hina/l‘rance. 1095i (iong l.i. Wang Xiao Xiao. l.i Baotian. lllh’
Piano Concerto
Fearful Symmetries
mins. .\ young boy becomes a triad hoss‘ underling and \\ itnesses the ongoing conflict hetyieen the gangs as \\ ell as the lL‘tttPL‘\lllUll\ romance between the godfather and his quick-tempered moll. 'I'here's plenty of gloss. but not a lot going on underneath the superficial sparkle. It's certainly \iatchahle. but [hang is rather in need of a neyy direction. l‘ilinliouse. lidinburgh.
0 The Shipping News l ISi coco (Lasse llallstrom. l'S. 2002i Keyin Spacey. Julianne Moore. Judi l)ench. ll7 mins. Annie Proulx's l’ulit/er l’ri/e-yyinning
nm el ahout a depressed middleaaged father \\lto takes his daughter off to his family‘s ancestral home in barren .\'e\\ foundland after the unfaithful u ife lthough love of his lifei is killed iii a car wreck. is an eccentric black comedy. but also a ran, melancholy yarn. \Vhat hope. then. for arch sentimen- talist Hallstrom not leay‘ing Proulx's mas- terpiece lloundering‘.’ .\'one it \xould seem. yet against the odds Hallstrom delivers a \yatertigltt piece of drama. directed and acted \\ ith beautiful restraint. particularly by Spacey \\ ho play s the depressed protag- Ulilxl ()uoy le. See r‘c\ ieyy. (ieneral release. Short Cuts tthci tVai'iotts. (ireece. 2001 i (sit mins. Anthology of auard-u inning short films. Part of the (ireek l'ilin liestnal. l’ilmhouse. lidiiihurgh
Small Wonders ithci (Various. Scotland. 3002i 7'0 mins. Short film \liU\\L‘il\C from lidinhurgh l-"ilm ck Video Access ('entre's local lilmmaking scheme. 'l‘here \\ ill he a thA is ith the directors after each film. and the \\ hole thing l.\ introduced by rising \litl' liu en Breinner. l-‘ilmhouse. lidinhurgh. Solaris tl’(ii (Andrei 'l'arkox sky, l’SSR. l‘FZi 165 mitts. lliat‘lx'm sky's epic “as intended as a socialist response to Kubrick's 3011/. but some critics ha\ e lambasted it for its cod psychology and tired melodrama. ()lltct‘x helie\ C ii iii lk‘ his mos! accessible film and is charged \\ ith a genuine poignancy and depth. ('ritics eh'.’ lidinhurgh l‘ilin (iuild. lidinhurgh.
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3. OFFICIAL SELECTION VENICE 20001; From the director of ‘TIME REGAINED’
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(Comedy of Innocence) English Subtitles PG Based on the novel “The Boy With Two Mothers” by Massimo BONTEMPELLI
MACI Productions Maitine and Antoine de ClERMUlli-lOPlHERRE With llils HUGUN Edith SE08 lauie de ELERMDlll-iflllllfflflf
with the special participation ol Denis PUDALYUES screenplay adapation and dialogue by Francoise DUMAS and Raoul RUIZ
photography Jacques BUUOUIH sound Jean-Claude BHlSSUN sets Bruno BEAUGE editing Mireille HAllllflll sound editing Beatrice ClEfllCU
mixing laurent DHEYER original music by Jorge AHRIAGADA Willi the participation of [IAllAl + and of the llational Centre of Cinematography iiiith the support of the PHUEIREP
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