It's the 1960s. Woodstock consummates the ''flower power'' generation and U.S. Congress witnesses an all-time high in protest marches. But things were a little different in Ecuador with a strict…
1998
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It's the 1960s. Woodstock consummates the ''flower power'' generation and U.S. Congress witnesses an all-time high in protest marches. But things were a little different in Ecuador with a strict military discipline and a much more violent clash of political parties. This is where we find Galo Galvez, a charismatic Communist Party leader whose life luster is not deterred by his inability to walk. However, his party is narrowminded, and one probably can't even cut the bureaucracy with a Ginsu knife. To confound things, Galo's fiancee, Margamaria, defines their relationship by control.
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What happens when the U.S. military opens a base near a small town in another country and sends tens of thousands of G.I.s over the next 40 years? Just what you might expect. There are a lot of marriages. The U.S. set up bases in Newfoundland at the beginning of WWII and maintained them for more than 40 years. The Canadian brides tell their personal stories.
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Families. Aren't they splendid, odd, and dysfunctional conglomerates?
Baby It's You is the soul-searching story of acclaimed filmmaker Anne Makepeace and her husband, Peter, who investigate the idea of family in its most complicated and in-depth terms. The couple allows the camera into the most private moments of their lives as they try to make a family after the age of 40 via a fertilization clinic. Through this touching story, we are allowed into the true, deep, and hidden secrets of not only their lives, but also their family's as well.
--Angela Fugundes
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Winner of three Academy Awards and eight nominations after its release in 1977, Fred Zinnemann's Julia, based on Lillian Hellman's memoirs, certainly deserves the title ''classic''. Julia covers those years in the 1930s when Lillian attained fame with the production of her first play The Little Foxes on Broadway. Not surprisingly, the film centers on Hellman's relationship with her lifelong friend, Julia. It is a relationship that goes beyond mere acquaintance, and one for which the word ''love'' seems appropriate.
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Revolutionists of the world, UNITE!!!!!! Nothing can stop the crazy antics in this film about a group of wacky anarchists who use their uncensored Public Access TV show to satirize America's institutions until the right-wing owner of a televangelists network buys the station. Under protest to win back the station, the cast stages publicity stunts, mock takeovers and freestyle nudity events. The film features a variety of skits and hilarious game show segments to draw attention to social issues, including the abuse of power, censorship, health care, AIDS and the legalization of marijuana.
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Based on the novel by Felix Bayon (who co-wrote the screenplay), Adosados explores the ''nonsense of suburban life.'' Andres is an accountant dedicated to reporting the truth, both at work and at home. He and his wife, Paula, have committed to a ''coherentO'' relationship; that is, a relationship based on fidelity, respect, and most importantly, the truth. Despite this, a simple outing with his dog, Bobo, leads to a disturbing vortex of lies upon lies, sucking him in, altering his life dramatically, and even jeopardizing his family and personal safety.
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They're creepy and they're kooky." We all know the song. Fresh off his stint as cinematographer for the Coen Brothers, Barry Sonnenfeld's directorial debut keeps in line with the original Charles Addams cartoons, but adds the quirkiness which has become known as his own unique vision. The ghoulish family still lives in the familiar Gothic mansion we remember from the series, next to its own graveyard, on a blasted heath where nothing grows except for dead things.
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Each year, the San Jose Film Commission honors Bay Area film and video artists with a spectacular awards ceremony. Cinequest is honored to treat our audience to a sampling of the 1997 Joey Award Winners.
Season:
1998
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Tu Nombre Envenena Mis Suenos (Your Name Poisons My Dreams) is a murder mystery. Built like a puzzle, the film cuts through two decades of war and two stories of love, beginning with a meeting between mathematics professor Angel Barciela (Carmelo Gomez of the film Tierra screened at Cinequest VII) and police officer Francisco Valduque (Angel de Andres). Both men are on their way to attend the funeral of a man named BuendO-a, whom they had interrogated in 1942 when they were police officers working together on an alleged suicide.
Season:
1998
Director:
Pilar Miro
Cinematography:
Javier Aguirresarobe
Cast:
Emma Suarez, Carmelo Gomez, Angel de Andres Lopez, Anabel Alonso, Toni Canto
Producer:
Rafael Diaz-Salgado, Jose Luis Olaizola, Fernando de Garcillan
Language:
Spanish with English subtitles
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More than ever, it seems, in spite of the red flags and other warning signs surrounding them, fame and celebrity continue to be lusted after like some modern-day Holy Grail. But, as Walter Hill so ably demonstrates in his rough and tumble Wild Bill being famous isn't always what it's cracked up to be. Set against the back drop of the Old West and through the legendary character of James Butler (Wild Bill) Hickock, Hill shows us time and again what an uncontrollable force inadvertent or cultivated notoriety can easily become.
Season:
1998
Director:
Walter Hill
Cinematography:
Lloyd Ahern II
Cast:
Jeff Bridges, Ellen Barkin, John Hurt, Diane Lane, Keith Carradine, David Arquette, Christina Applegate, Bruce Dern
Producer:
Gary Daigler, Lili Fini Zanuck, Richard D. Zanuck