| TITLE:: | TIME:: |
| SACRIFICIO | FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 4:30PM / LOS FELIZ 3 |
| Dir.: ERIK GANDINI AND TARIK SALEH, LOS ANGELES PREMIERE, VIDEO, SWEDEN, 58:30 | |
| On the 9th of October 1967 at 1:10 om, Sgt. Teran stepped into the room where Che Guevara was kept and shot him. After a year of guerrilla warfare in Bolivia together with a small group of 52 comerades, the legendary co-founder of the Cuban Revolution was now dead along with his dream of uniting Latin America through armed revolution. The person who more than other has been doomed in the history books as guilty of Che’s death is his former lieutenant, Ciro Bustos. When captured, Bustros drew Che’s portrait for the Bolivian army, which helped to lead to Che’s capture. Since then, Che’s protege has been living in silence. He now appears for the first time in a documentary film, and his version of the events raises questions about how history is written. | |
| SAIGON, USA | THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 7:00PM / LOS FELIZ 3 |
| Dir.: LINDSEY JANG, ROBERT C. WINN, 2002, VIDEO, USA, 56:40 | |
| A compelling view of the evolving identities among the Vietnamese-American community of Westminster, CA. When a shopkeeper puts up a picture of Ho Chi Minh, all hell breaks loose--and the passions behind the protest movingly evolve. The trauma of dispossession from one’s homeland the possibilities of new beginnings are presented with humanity, wisdom and universal truth. | |
| SAM AND JOE | THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 7:30PM / BARNSDALL GALLERY THEATRE |
| Dir.: JASON RUSCIO, 2002, VIDEO, 93:00 | |
| Sam & Joe tells the story of two people unwilling to evolve. Why, when a better alternative is presented, do we sometimes refuse? Do we feel unworthy, or do we go back to what is familiar because we truly believe change is possible? With Sam and Joe, a couple who have been together for nine years, the truth probably lies somewhere in between. Though they barely share a moment of screen time together, their tragedy is revealed through parallel action and jumps in time. Additionally, the handheld camera is used to give a more voyeuristic point of view. As if, despite the lack of screen time, the other is always present. | |
| SAVE THE GREEN
PLANET! (Jigureul jikyeora!) |
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 9:30PM / VISTA THEATRE |
| Dir.: JANG JUN-HWAN, 2003, 35MM, KOREAN, 117:00 | |
| This first-feature directed by Jang Jun-Hwan won the prestigious best-feature award at the Puchon Film Festival. Save The Green Planet is a dark fantasy about a simple man who believes that the world is on the verge of an alien invasion, and sets out to save the world. Drawing extensively from B-movie traditions, the film has become one of South Korea’s most critically-acclaimed debut films in recent years. | |
| SEXGUNSMONEY@20 | THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 12:00AM / LOS FELIZ 3 |
| Dir.: ORESTES MATACENA, VIDEO, USA, 115:00 | |
| Five 20-year-olds hang at their favorite coffeehouse. Though all are of upper-middle-class stock, they eschew hard work and education in favor of instant gratification of material--and visceral--desires. When they steal a private art collection, the group thinks they’re set for life. But when things turn deadly wrong, life itself becomes precious, and one member comes to learn that the ghosts of our past are not so easily shunned. At turns gripping, funny, and fearsome, Sexgunsmoney@20 dares not be seen. | |
| SIRENS OF THE 23RD CENTURY | SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 12:00AM / VISTA THEATRE |
| Dir.: JENNIFER M. KROOT, LOS ANGELES PREMIERE, 35MM, 86:00 | |
| In the 23rd Century modeling and cosmetics have been outlawed by a fascist government regime called The Men’s Plainness Advocacy, but a small, feminine group of Beauty Renegades fight back -- led by a fearless and epic Amazon. Although things get sticky when the Amazon falls in love with a runaway Princess who is promised to marry a tyrannical congressman. Sirens of the 23rd Century is a neoclassical, sci-fi, fairytale satire set in a dystopic, but wildly colorful parallel universe. | |
| SLEEP IN A NEST OF FLAMES | SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 10:00PM / BARNSDALL GALLERY THEATRE |
| Dir.: JAMES DOWELL/JOHN KOLOMVAKIS, 2000 FILM, USA, 118:00 | |
| Charles Henri Ford’s 1933 novel, The Young and the Evil, was a scandal: For the first time, it presented gay characters in a non-judgmental way. Through his experience we are offered a sweeping view of the 20th century’s art and literary worlds--from Gertrude Stein’s Paris to Andy Warhol’s New York. Among the entertaining and insightful interviews are Paul Bowles, Allen Ginsberg, Ned Rorem, Philip Johnson, and Edmund White. This one-of-a-kind film includes a special section written by William Burroughs. | |
| SNAKE SKIN JACKET | SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 4:30PM / VISTA THEATRE |
| Dir.: NORMAN GERARD, WORLD PREMIERE, 1997, 35MM, 92:00 | |
| Sex, mystery, and some pretty cool clothes rule the roost in this dark comedy about graft and greed, and how transparent some appearances are. When a collector of Hollywood memorabilia will stop at nothing to get the snakeskin jacket worn by Marlon Brando in “The Fugitive Kind,” things get ugly--and who’s zoomin’ who gets trickier as each day goes by. | |
| SOUNDS OF MEMPHIS | SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 7:00PM / LOS FELIZ 3 |
| Dir.: JEFF SCHEFTEL & ALLAN HOLZMAN , VIDEO, 59:00 | |
| The city of Memphis in the mid-20th century became the perfect petrie dish for concocting new music. Blues emanating from the Mississippi Delta, country music spilling down from the surrounding hills of Nashville and a thick overlay of black Gospel music proved to be the perfect recipe for the birth of rock n roll. In this fascinating one-hour documentary, producer Jeff Scheftel avoids the trap of many historical films by mixing interview footage with period recordings, photographs and film clips from sources such as the archives of the Center for Southern Folklore to tell the story of the city’s unique musical heritage. Then again, the interviews with the likes of Ike Turner, Scotty Moore and Sam Phillips and some 30 other figures are entertaining To wit, “Memphis was a haven for the black man [circa 1930-1950]. If you were black for one Saturday night on Beale Street, you never would want to be white no more,” says Rufus Thomas. And, “Elvis Presley couldn’t have happened anywhere else on earth. He would have been arrested most places,” says Jim Dickinson. | |
