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Tribeca dispatch #9

7 May 2006 | ioncinema | See recent ioncinema news »

- [Pierre-Alexandre Despatis suffers for his cinema. Now covering his second edition, our official festival reporter and multi-function human cyborg will provide us the sights (plenty of cool pics!), the sounds, the reviews and the occasional interviews of the still very young 5th edition of the Tribeca film festival. Below are some of Pierre-Alexandre’s reviews in easy to read, insightful capsule form. Enjoy!] Mist In The Palm TREETribeca's selection of experimental films has been a wealthy bunch this year. This anti-film by Carlos Molinero and Lola Salvador relates the biographical flashes of Santiago Bergson and focus on a few events that that marked his life. As his daughter notes, "It's as if he never existed"-- no one remembers him! Of course, Bergson never existed and even his daughter is played by three separate actresses living in three different places. The poetry of the film is very reminiscent of Chris Marker's La Jetee with remarks like "I have photographed the future" and a very interesting montage of still images and archival footage dating from the first half of the century. The film is composed of 6 segments. While some are better than others, overall the film, and especially the third segment which imitates a silent film with inter-titles, is purely exquisite. The …

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Tribeca dispatch: Grinning Cat

28 April 2006 | ioncinema | See recent ioncinema news »

- [Pierre-Alexandre Despatis suffers for his cinema. Now covering his second edition, our official festival reporter and multi-function human cyborg will provide us the sights (plenty of cool pics!), the sounds, the reviews and the occasional interviews of the still very young 5th edition of the Tribeca film festival. Below are some of Pierre-Alexandre’s reviews in easy to read, insightful capsule form. Enjoy!] The Case Of The Grinning CATThe tone of the film is set precisely with the film’s first sequence. It's actual footage of a group of random people who received an e-mail asking them to go to a park and all open their umbrellas in unison! Such urban graphic artists who 'enhance' cities with their art are also the ones responsible for the most famous icons is the “Obey” graffiti’s found just about all over the place. In France (and in NY for the duration of the festival--see the pictures), a grinning cat started to appear on many buildings. As the narrator says, "at night someone was risking his life to put a smile over the city". In the film, the pro-peace cat is used as an excuse to look at French and international politics over the past few years. It's very entertaining ... like when you read a Garfield cartoon, …

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Tff 2006: Non-Competitive Selections

18 March 2006 | ioncinema | See recent ioncinema news »

- [ This is part two of our continuing Tribeca Coverage. You can read about the competitive sections of the festival in part one. ] Another day, another major announcement by the Tribeca Film Festival (Tff). The selection of a few non-competitive sections has been announced. The 60 films in the â€.Spotlightâ€., â€.Discoveryâ€. and â€.NY Specialsâ€. have been announced and represent a wide selection of established and new filmmakers from 16 countries. The Spotlight section contains new works by Chen Kaige, Claude Chabrol, Guy Maddin, Chris Marker and Sydney Pollack!! * * * Spotlight The Spotlight category was created to present distinctive out-of-competition films with established and international talent. From revisiting the New York soccer craze of the 70â€.s, to a daughter's unique and heartfelt tribute to her father, to an overweight and under-loved actor in search of his soul mate, the Spotlight category reflects the full spectrum of human emotions in 18 films from eight countries. The Spotlight category includes narratives and documentaries by or with some of the worldâ€.s highest profile film talent such as Chen Kaige, …

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