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ONCE z' t "-1: .' MANUFACTURING : . -— ~ (John Carney, Ireland. 2006) 88min iv w .- : y z" z - - ' --: DISSENT: UNCOVERING , - - v ; '- 9- ~. ‘.-- v 1-. 0000 i , ~ ' MICHAEL MOORE n .. 1.. 1 . _ “(I . .. .. z. z, 2 (Deborah Melnyk/Rick Caine. ., .. . . ,. , . Thls BelfaEJT-U‘fl 'Yiil’,l’,;2l “,"ia'i’x’: I ’ . 1w 1 ‘ - canada‘ 2007) 74mm ... about a lovelorri maker at“: a C/w,’ an”. ' ‘ lrrlmlgrarlt Siriqlr: rrmther mo get 'iwizfa . '2‘.“ .' " »- 2 I together to thaw; rllll'ur,‘ l', a sort at ft r,- ' ":rw. o' ' luv/key 7hr; (,‘r/rrirlllfrrwrit}, ‘alir: CW f' T' w a ' :' 'rw : " "~ 1 Harisard of lllSil rock hark: Mn 3. r w ' Fra/iles €1I1l)‘;étf’,lll I)()iiiilllll‘)l If", (in: rim/iv: : i". ‘_ THE SERPENT lis antecedent}. cliertllfmlr; 1," r' r . r n4 " " (Eric Barbier, France. 2006) 119mm C(flllIJlllUilUll ()f t/alluy lilitI‘}r(I(/) it w' ’2' '1 ii ~ ~ 'w I . I ... attlturfr: arlri bittersweet basalt/h. ' r whlr,h probably accounts for Our u beconlllit; a sleeper hlt lll Alllfttlfjét followulg its AU(II(:ll(,(: Award .’./|ll at the Sundance Flllll Festival. CONNECTIONS l ' i a! ' ' ’ , ' i‘ ‘ tr ’ t ‘ ' ‘ r ‘ , . . . . . .iit l"t.‘.' i ' 'i . " 'l u ' r i 3 v ‘,v~ 3 .; r i i . i'I‘tli 21“'tw{'l I l l .' fl» ratil‘n'l» f’ ~ 'r;" ’ tri-zlllie't thi i” i' .t r i . w'v . . i a? 1'1»: '4‘ w lit. "in 7'l'”, .t'i t {it i,‘ in 1..~ ll L, k liltall .'."T"l i'i'f, gala-i ifl l {w ii ill :2 . t'» ‘tf‘titiliil (in? .',i'a,'itl,‘}i< ft]! f‘t,‘ l'lxuxi" ' {Jilin/1"” f' " "'1 ‘3' t. tiltl,!(,i\fi “at, ‘llrl‘ts. "it, itlltifrf thal‘ iltw T'W' Tati- t‘E'lt‘v' "' i- iw: As nme oins Life: The Films UllllH: that (I()()lll l{l(If?l‘i tlllll. (if'l‘fllllillli‘, allzl alum tlw: if) iwt .l" of Eddie McConne” screens at Il()\"‘.’(,“.’(,‘l. ()lii’ft‘ l3; all llpllflltit} all<l illitill‘lf'f.’ raft: MI his: aim nit tin, 'lt‘». the EIFF’ we highlight some of ()pflllimlr: (le)(,‘l'l(:ll(jti l.'.'hl<;h litrml lhat till?) list: I fr i".‘ll .4 Jr slit; luanlu tho» the film practitioners and humane f>t2llillll(3lliill ()l trlttr. lhat f; \.'l4:'.'.'t:l tr) smut/fr," 'wx. llili<.h ltl ,1 in. institutions who have fought to largely down I() Hallsaltl and his; (:0 “at; I;t:<i(2lilt’: llkf‘ ii‘r ‘3litijtt ,th hi: ‘lilli'; keep Scots mmmaker star Marketa |l(}|()‘.'£l la 1%) vualhltl ‘.'.'£ll\ (illti lirkflkl, hut h' McConneuvs work alive llltlSlClélll from Prague wlth ‘.'.’il()lll Hit? lllLl<;il llkt: Maxim: think: fill'lll a‘wru . Frames; il(>liIlll£lll l(?(i(?llil‘,' l(}(1()l(I(3(I (1.”. Ilirtltil'li‘ :ll f3ill‘.ll‘fl Tr; glut tl‘at 3:318“ £1|I)lllll()f(ill(:ii3i. will) create f;()lll(: lllit.’l‘.lf,".'.. A littlr: ll‘.t;l(: melt filmmaker McConnell was mentored lovely. alltl ll() (I()lli)i gullullité, i;(;l(3(:ll (:tinsululisliust; ‘.‘.r)lll(I iiél‘.'(: tin-ll by the Stir'ingshire documentary cholinetry. lMll/(‘Bfiflf‘fldtfll' ’ W useful hurt- it.) what (It:t]l€:(: ham fill» mmmaker Grierson in his early days I Cit/mm. ()JJ Mix), : likAl/‘ty. I .tatlpm filllllllakms ,M‘tilliafhta liffifflliitli 8 8:) Aug, (Kiwi/ii, )7 Ha if out)», stalkers Till:lllf;(fl‘.’(:fs Pi. hut this If; ‘S’lllH
in the profession. Much of Grierson's dedication to the idea of cinematic truth and lyricism can be seen in McConneIl's work.
2 Scottish Screen Archive ' Relatively unknown work like McConneIl's could not have been preserved over the years if it wasn't for the fantastic job that the National Library of Scotland does in preserving film of great Scottish historical and social importance.
3 Educational Films of Scotiand If you ever wondered who made some of the sometimes tedious. sometimes fascinating films that you were occasionally forced to watch at school, chances are it was McConnell. His best- known film for the EFS was an 18- minute 1973 film on Scottish based sculptor Benno Schotz.
4 Eddie McConnell Self-effacing in the extreme. McConnell is a difficult man to find much information about deSpite a long career in the media. So its is a _ good job that he is on hand for a 9 T
Q&A at this special event to give us , ; I, ’ the real Story Of his remarkable “fe- m Cult independent Canadian filmmaker Allan Moyle proved himself an able chronicler of the (PaU' Dale) 19905 with sleeper hits Pump Up The Volume (1990) and Empire Records (1995) but moved . 77/779 0’ Hi3 Wei 7779 57/773 0f mostly into television in the new millennium. He returns to the big screen with Weirdsville, a drug-fried caper Eddie MCCOnnel/i Fl/mnOUSG. 523 flick about losers Dexter (Scott Speedman) and Royce (Wes Bentley) who are on the run from their dealer. It’s 8030. 24 Aug. 2-4ODm, £6.50 fun, fast and furious and was a huge hit at this year's Slamdance Film Festival, an offshoot of the Sundance (£4.55). Film Festival in chilly old Utah.
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