ENGLAND!
Germany, 2000. Director: Achim von Borries
Baise-Moi (Rape Me)
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Tues., June 12, 7:15 p.m., Harvard Exit
Thurs., June 14, 5:00 p.m., Pacific Place
Don't take anyone to this movie if they insist they don't like foreign films—it will confirm their worst suspicions. It's dark and confusing; the characters have bad skin and wear ill-fitting clothes; the main character is dead the whole time; and not much else good happens. But if you can get beyond all that, the somber, downbeat England! is about a Ukrainian dying of radiation exposure from Chernobyl who flees to Berlin to meet his friend (the dead one), but instead meets another guy who wants to be an artist, along with a mysterious restaurant owner and his lovely wife. And then there's this Virgo on the bus. . . . A.V.B.
ESCAPE TO LIFE: THE ERIKA & KLAUS MANN STORY
Great Britain/Germany, 2000. Directors: Andrea Weiss, Wieland Speck
Sat., June 16, 4:00 p.m., Harvard Exit
Sun., June 17, 11:30 a.m., Broadway Perf. Hall
A mishmash of historical footage, dramatizations, photographs, interviews, and narration (the latter supplied by Vanessa and Corin Redgrave), this docu-drama remembers the talented daughter and son of Nobel Prize-winning literary titan Thomas Mann. Two of his six children, Erika and Klaus, set themselves apart from their siblings with constant creativity and queer identities. In permissive '20s Berlin, they began pursuing their passions—latching onto various lovers and trying a hand at novels, literary magazines, plays, films, and cabarets—until they fled Germany in the mid-'30s to escape Hitler. Both were apparently fascinating individuals; too bad the same can't be said for this episodic, unfocused film, which overearnestly tries to tackle too many phases in the kinetic lives of its subjects. U.S. premiere. David Massengill
EVERYBODY'S FAMOUS!
Belgium/Netherlands, France, 2000. Director: Dominique Deruddere
Sat., May 26, 6:30 p.m., Pacific Place
Sun., May 27, 11:30 a.m., Pacific Place
SIFF SEZ In this dark comedy about an Everyman's dream of being famous for at least 15 minutes, a devoted dad hits upon a plan to win success for his lumpish daughter: He drugs and kidnaps a well-known pop singer. For the singer's safe return, the father demands that her agent give his offspring a chance to sing on national television. Best-laid plans go hilariously awry, and fame arrives from an unexpected quarter. (Official Netherlands Oscar submission: Best Foreign Film)
EXPLODING OEDIPUS
U.S.A., 2001. Director: Marc Lafia
Cast: Bruce Ramsay, Juliana Hatfield, Charlotte Chatton
Wed., June 13, 7:15 p.m., Harvard Exit
Fri., June 15, 2:30 p.m., Egyptian
SIFF SEZ When his father has a near-fatal heart attack, Hilbert descends into a surreal journey of self-discovery. Passionately experimenting with bisexuality, drugs, and art and testing his memories against home movies, he comes to realize that he can, in a sense, rewrite his past by confronting the future. World premiere.
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