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From: oscar@utcsrgv.UUCP (Oscar M. Nierstrasz)
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Subject: FESTIVAL OF FESTIVALS
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Date: Sat, 20-Aug-83 16:03:49 EDT
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Posted: Sat Aug 20 16:03:49 1983
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For those of you who can afford the time off and a trip to Toron-
to,  the  8th annual Festival of Festivals is coming up real soon
(Sept 9 to 17).  This will be the third time that I've  bought  a
pass to totally burn out on movies for a week (up to 4 or 5 films
a day).  I have found the festival to be *very* worthwhile, and I
recommend it to anyone who is able to attend.

A full pass is $95 (Can), $70  for  students  and  seniors.   The
Video  series  is  $30.   Single tickets are $3 and $4 (daytime &
evening).  (There are also Gala passes @ $50, but these are  gen-
erally a waste of time, since you can see the same movies without
the "stars" after the gala.) This year you can also get 6  admis-
sions  for  $20,  useful for those who don't want to go the whole
hog.  Write to:

	Festival of Festivals
	69 Yorkville Suite 205
	Toronto
	M5R 1B8

In the past years I have been able to see many unusual films that
have never been picked up for general distribution in North Amer-
ica.  Even in Toronto where there is a fine selection of films to
choose from on almost any night of the week, you will never see a
movie that simply isn't available.  Some of the highlights:

GALAS:

"Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence", dir. Nagisa Oshima ("In the Realm
of  the Senses"): David Bowie & Ryuichi Sakamoto in a POW camp in
Indonesia during WWII.

"Vertigo": re-release of the 1958 Hitchcock classic.

"La Lune Dans le Caniveau", dir J-J Beineix, with  Gerard  Depar-
dieu: from the director of "Diva" (!).

"Carmen", dir Carlos Saura.

DOCUMENTARIES

"Volcano: An inquiry into the life and death of  Malcolm  Lowry",
dir Don Brittain.

"Chicken Ranch",  dir  Nicholas  Broomfield:  about  a  legalized
brothel in Nevada.

"God's Angry Man", dir Werner Herzog: about California TV preach-
er W. Eugene Scott.

"Filmmaker: A Diary by George Lucas", dir Lucas: about the making
of Coppola's "The Rain People" (1968).

CONTEMPORARY WORLD CINEMA:

"Der Stand der Dinge", dir Wim Wenders: winner of the 1982 Venice
Film  Festival  Golden  Lion;  from the director of "The American
Friend".

"Angelo, My Love", dir Robert Duvall: (I didn't know  Duvall  was
directing!) About a gypsy boy...

"The Eyes, the Mouth", dir Marco Bellochio.

"De Vierde Man", dir Paul Verhoeven: New Dutch Cinema.

SCIENCE FICTION REVISITED

A retrospective (organized) by David Cronenberg, including:  "The
Bed  Sitting  Room"  (Richard  Lester),  "Duel" (Spielberg), "The
Fearless Vampire Killers, or Pardon Me but Your Teeth are  in  my
Neck"  (Roman  Polanski),  "Hour  of the Wolf" (Bergman), "On the
Beach" (Stanley Kramer) and "L'Age D'Or" (Bunuel).   (and  *lots*
more!)

There is also a BURIED TREASURES series and a VIDEO series.   You
may be able to get the (free) Sneak Preview schedule (where I got
this info from) by simply writing the address above.

I highly recommend this film festival as an excellent way to ruin
your health.  Do it now!

                              Oscar Nierstrasz @ utzoo!utcsrgv