It’s a bit long, this post. But if you’re doing nothing this Saturday, at around 1pm or so, then do bring yourself to Titus Brandsma, a place somewhere in Lantana, E. Rodriguez (Near Betty Go Belmonte St.) where in they’ll have film showings of non-mainstream movies. Thank your lucky stars too that the people behind this movement are sooo brilliantly brilliant–film education by means of after-film discussions–that they’re giving this thing every Second Saturday of the month for FREE.

Here’s this Saturday’s Schedule:

17 April 2004

Violence

As Alejandro Amenabar illustrates in his debut feature, “Thesis”, violent acts grab everyone’s attention, can affect or desensitize people and can be a bane of a society for ages.

The common denominator of the movies is a shred of violence:

Man Bites Dog

Remy Belvaux, Andre Bonzel and Beno�t Poelvoorde, France, 1992. 88 minutes.

In MAN BITES DOG, a serial killer (played by codirector Poelvoorde) tags along a reporter and cameraman (portrayed by Belvaux and Bonzel respectively) to meet his loving family, hang around with his doting friends and share with them his craving for cold-blooded murder.

Is this cinema-verite, documentary-style feature a commentary on violence lurking behind the killer’s peaceful neighboorhood? Or is it just one sick joke? You be the judge.

Direction/Production: Remy Belvaux, Andre Bonzel and Beno�t Poelvoorde. Screenplay: Vincent Tavier. Cinematography: Andr� Bonzel. Editing: Remy Belvaux, Eric Dardill. Musical Score: Jean-Marc Chenut, Laurence Dufrene. Cast: Beno�t Poelvoorde, Remy Belvaux, Andr� Bonzel, Jean-Marc Chenut, Alain Oppezzi

Bowling for Columbine
Michael Moore, USA, 2002.
120 minutes.

A shootout at Columbine High caused ripples across America and maverick filmmaker Michael Moore examines the disturbing incident in BOWLING FOR COLUMBINE.

Is the shocking happening a reflection of USA being a gun-loving country? Or is there a hidden fear that causes paranoia among Americans during the last few centuries?

Moore is the man for the job, as he’s from a gun-toting state, a multiple winner of shooting competitions and a member of the National Rifle Association.

2002 Academy Best Documentary Feature (win), 2002 Broadcast Film Critics Association Best Documentary (nom), 2002 Cannes International Film Festival 55th Anniversary Prize (win), 2002 French Academy of Cinema Best Foreign Film (win), 2002 IFP Independent Spirit Award Best Documentary (win), 2002 L.A. Film
Critics Association Best Documentay (Runner-up) (win), 2002 National Board of Review Best Documentary (win), 2002 National Board of Review Best Documentary (win), 2002 Writers Guild of America Best Original Screenplay (nom)

Direction: Michael Moore. Production: Charles Bishop, Jim Czarnecki, Michael Donovan, Kathleen Glynn. Screenplay: Michael Moore . Cinematography: Brian Danitz, Michael McDonough. Editing: Kurt Engfehr. Musical Score: George Fenton, Mauricio Venegas. Cast: Michael Moore, Charlton Heston, Matt Stone, Marilyn Manson, Dick Clark.

Hate/La Haine
Matthieu Kassovitz, France, 1995.
90 minutes.

Matthieu Kassovitz takes the viewers on a day’s trip around the Arab-residing district in Paris in HATE (LA HAINE).

Stripped off the romanticism and charm that other movies painted on the French capital, the young and talented filmmaker focuses on the simmering rage and intolerance brought by a Rodney King-like incident (read: racial discrimination).

1995 Cannes International Film Festival Best Director (win), 1995 European Film Academy Best Young European Film (win), 1995 French Academy of Cinema Best Editing (win), 1995 French Academy of Cinema Best Editing (win), 1995 French Academy of Cinema Best Film (win).

Direction: Mathieu Kassovitz. Production: Christophe Rossignon, Gilles Sacuto. Screenplay: Mathieu Kassovitz . Cinematography: Pierre Aim. Editing: Mathieu Kassovitz, Scott Stevenson. Musical Direction: Dominique Dalmasso. Cast: Vincent Cassel, Hubert Kounde, Sa�d Taghmaoui, Francois Levantal, Edouard Montoute, Karim Belkhadra.