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Welcome to Nollywood and This is Nollywood
Two recent films will help everyone interested to get information and some insight into the phenomenon of ‘Nollywood’ – the nigerian video feature film industry – a not so recent, but increasingly developing cinema of its own standards. The 2006 production This is Nollywood by Franco Sacchi describes itself as a documentary film that captures ...
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In the Valley of Elah
Finally I got curious enough to take a look at the film, – In the Valley of Elah -which here in Germany gets fairly good critics, but is said to have bumped in US and UK. First of all .. it is a film definitly worth seeing – not at least due to his main ...
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looking at some of the many Berlinale resumées
.. looking for some final Berlinale essentials? .. ok here are some more official statements translated and put online via signandsight .. with further links to go. The reviewer of the linked article likes especially a corean film, which indeed sounds kind of promising – but the never forget the latest film ‘RR’ of James ...
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… focusing on the ‘local’ …
Ok, .. Berlinale is on .. and finally I am looking that far out that I at least get some glimpses of the whole spectacle. Sure the newspapers were full of The Stones visit, Patti Smith planing to visit Brecht’s grave and just yesterday Madonna’s appearance made the actual players of the event – the ...
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Documentary: House of Saud
These days I had the luck to see the documentary ‘House of Saud’ by filmmaker Jihan El-Tahri. A BBC/ARTE/PBS/NHK production, which first has been aired in 2004.Saudi Arabia—one of the United States’ most important allies for more than sixty years—is home to vast oil fields and a wealthy, often extravagant, monarchy. Until 9/11, most Americans ...
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highly recommended: Persepolis, the movie
Persepolis, the animation film after the books by Marjane Satrapi (see earlier post), starts to be around, and after seeing it myself I just recommend to go and see yourself …. YouTube link … and more here .. and to leave no more words, but just agreeing on this salon review.. People who have no ...
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occupation 101
Described as a must to see: ... almost a year ago the film occupation 101 got its first – very positive – reviews (see imbd, my space ) by interested and some occasional movie goers on festivals. The documentation focuses on the palestinian-israeli conflict, and was done as their first film project after a visit ...
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Hamburg Lessons
Finally I found an english online review which relates to the recently much reviewed film ‘Hamburger Lektionen’ (Hamburg lessons) by Romuald Karmakar. This film makes a certain way of thinking visible: .... by opting for extreme asceticism. The only thing you see in the actor Manfred Zapatka. Wearing a black suit and dark shirt, he ...
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control / out of control
Currently a film about the legendary post-punk group Joy Division gets a lot of attention in Britain and elsewhere, which now swaps also slowly over here: On May 18, 1980 the world was the target of two natural disasters. Mt. St. Helens blew her top, spewing a pyroclastic cloud miles into the air and laying ...