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Buñuel
and Surrealism
Luis
Buñuel: L´Age d´Or (1930)
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In
the course of 70 years, the first films of Luis Buñuel
(1900 - 1983) have not lost a bit of their intensity. Un
Chien Andalou (1928), a manifesto of surrealistic aesthetics
Buñuel made together with Salvador Dalí, and
L´Age d´Or (1930), a depiction of Freudist ideas,
created an enormous sensation when they came out.
Las
Hurdes - The Land without Bread (1933) is a unique surrealistic
documentary, a startling depiction of people living in immense
poverty on the mountains. Paired with Las Hurdes is
Simon of the Desert (1965), a film made in Mexico,
that follows up the themes Buñuel introduced in his
early films.
| LUIS
BUÑUEL 1 |
| Wed
8.3. Tullikamari Pakkahuone 20.00 |
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1.
UN CHIEN ANDALOU, France 1928
2. L'AGE D'OR, France 1930
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| LUIS
BUÑUEL 2 |
| Thu
9.3. Tullikamari Pakkahuone 16.00 |
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1.
LAS HURDES - TIERRA SIN PAN , Spain 1933
2. SIMÓN DEL DESIERTO, Mexico 1965
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J.
S. Bach and Short Film
In short films, the music of Johann Sebastian Bach is much
more lively than you would except the music of this robust
composer to be. This is because Bach’s music mainly accompanies
animations.
Bach's
music has served as the basis of A Divided World (1948),
a documentary by the Swedish Arne Sucksdorff. A Divided
World depicts animals’ fight for existence in the grip
of wintery weather. The two other films in the same series
are a Canadian animation, Spheres (1969), by Norman
McLaren and Rene Jodoi and a Czech film made in the spirit
of Kafka, J. S. Bach - Fantasia G-minor (1965), by
Jan Svankmajer.
The
direction debut of the influential man in Finnish film,
Aito Mäkinen, was A Concert - Bach´s Music in Ateneum
(1963). Equally interesting is the sci-fi animation,
Moon Story (1975), of the Hungarian Sándor
Reisenbüchler.
A
= animation
D = documentary
F = fictive
E = experimental
| J.S.
BACH AND SHORT FILM 1 |
| Thu
9.3. Tullikamari Pakkahuone 20.00 |
1. Ivan Kiss: B.A.C.H., Hungary
1986, A
2. Wolfgang Urchs: DIE PISTOLE
/ THE PISTOL, Federal Republic of Germany
1963, A
3. Jacques Giraldeau: DOWN THROUGH
THE YEARS, Canada 1964, D
4. Urs Graf: EINE LINIE IST EINE
LINIE IST EINE LINIE / A LINE IS A LINE IS
A LINE, Switzerland 1971, A
5. Jan Švankmajer: J.S. BACH FANTASY
IN G MINOR, Czechoslovakia 1965, E
6. Tamas Czigany: MATÉ PASSIO /
ST. MATTHEW´S PASSION, Hungary 1965, D
7. Juri Norstein: SKAZKA SKAZOK,
Soviet Union 1979, A
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BACH AND SHORT FILM 2 |
| Fri
10.3. Tullikamari Pakkahuone 16.00 |
1.
Oskar Fischinger: MOTION PAINTING NO. 1,
United States 1947, E
/ A
2. Guy Smerwin: DA CAPO, United
States 2000, D
3. Norman McLaren, René Jodoin:
SPHERES, Canada 1969, A
4. Ernst Reinboth: WATT, Federal
Republic of Germany 1983, E
5. Sándor Reisenbüchler: UGRÁS A
LEHETETLENBE / MOON STORY, Hungary 1975,
A
6. Aito Mäkinen: KONSERTTI - BACHIA
ATENEUMISSA, Finland 1963, D
7. Mikhail Aldashin: ROZHDESTVO
/ THE NATIVITY, Russia 1996, A
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Student
films by the masters
Three of the most famous student films of all time will
be shown at the Tampere Film Festival. Two Men and a
Wardrobe (1958), Roman Polanski's breakthrough
film made at the Lodz film school, is an absurd story about
the dullening effects of society. The Steam-Roller and
the Violin (1960) by Andrej Tarkovsky,
who studied at VGIK in Moscow, is a visually lyrical story
of a friendship. István Szabó's
experimental Concert (1961) was produced at the Budapest
film school. These three films were made when socialist
governments were not yet placing as strict restrictions
as a few years later.
Other
films in this screening are also products of famous film
schools: Jan Sverak's Oil Guzzler (1988),
Nick Park's A Grand Day Out (1989),
and Marie Paccou's Tampere Film Festival Grand
Prix winning animation A Day (1997).
Tampere
and Third World
| TAMPERE
AND THE "THIRD WORLD" 1 |
| Fri
10.3. Tampere-talo Studio 18.00 |
1. Gerrit van Dijk: MUSIC FOR THE MILLIONS,
Netherlands 1986
2. Mikael Wahlforss: STALAG GUATEMALA,
Finland 1984
3. Jorge Furtado: ILHA DAS FLORES,
Brazil 1989
4. Angelina Vásques: GRACIAS A LA VIDA,
Finland / Chile 1980 |
| TAMPERE
AND THE "THIRD WORLD" 2 |
| Sat
11.3. Tampere-talo Studio 14.00 |
1. Hubert Sauper: KISANGANI DIARY,
France / Austria 1997, D
2. Hekki Partanen, Riitta Rautoma: FUSTATIN
LAPSIA, Finland 1985, D
3. Malik Kajumov: PARANDZA, Soviet
Union 1977, D
4. Santiago Alvarez: 79 PRIMAVERAS,
Cuba 1969, D
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During
its 30 years, Tampere Film Festival has featured a number
of superb documentaries which have helped to further our
awareness of developing countries. This year, several of
these impressive films will be screened, including 79
Springs (1969) by the Cuban director Santiago Alvarez,
a documentary of Ho Chi Minh and the winner of the first-ever
Grand Prix at the Tampere Film Festival.
The
Colombian film Brickmakers (1972) and The Children
of Fustat(1985) by Finnish directors Heikki
Partanen and Riitta Rautoma are documentaries
about the use of child labour. Island of Flowers
(1989) from Brazil finds the essence of capitalism at a
dumping-ground. Finnish-Chilean Gracias a la vida (1980)
depicts the first encounters of Finns and Chilean refugees.
Another
film receiving a second screening is Kisangani Diary
(1997) by Hubert Sauper, a documentary about
Hutu refugees which is bound to make the audience restless.
M.A.
Numminen All Night Long
M.A.Numminen
Goes Tech-No (1995)
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The
Finnish underground veteran Mauri Antero Numminen is celebrated
with a screening of the cinematic side of his oeuvre very
early on the Sunday of the festival week, at the exact moment
of Numminen's 60th birthday.
The
best-known Numminen films are M.A. Numminen Sings Wittgenstein
(1993), directed by Claes Olsson and featuring
M.A.'s vocal performances, ...Goes Tech-no (1995),
...Meets Schubert (1997). The first of Numminen's
own short films from 1963 is a presentation of various ways
to drink water. Later M.A. became known as a friend of bars
and beers, as documented by Matti Hartikainen's Baarissa
on totuus (1992).
The
programme of the M.A. Numminen all-nighter includes a lot
of additional off-the-wall entertainment: Perkele! Kuvia
Suomesta (1971) by Jörn Donner, Hurjan
pojan koti (1987) by KJ. Koski, Tini Sauvo's
animated opera Kukon ja kanan sauna (1991), and Polkupyörällä
ajaminen on tarpeellista (1999) by Sökö
Kaukoranta.
A
= animation
D = documentary
F = fictive
E = experimental
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NUMMINEN ALL NIGHT LONG |
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Sat 11.3. Tullikamari Pakkahuone 22.00 |
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1.
Claes Olsson: M.A. NUMMINEN TURNS RABBIT - JÄNIKSET
MAAILMANKARTALLE, Finland 1999, F
2. M. A. Numminen: VESILASI, Finland 1963,
E
3. Helena Vapaa: THE GENERAL FORM OF A TRUTH-FUNCTION,
Finland 1991, E
4. Claes Olsson: SATUMAA - UNTO MONOSEN
ELÄMÄ JA TANGOT, Finland 1999, D
5. Eila Kaarresalo: AMPUMARATA, Finland
1969, F
6. Jörn Donner: PERKELE! KUVIA SUOMESTA,
Finland 1971, D
7. Claes Olsson: M.A. NUMMINEN SINGS WITTGENSTEIN,
Finland 1993, D
8. Sökö Kaukoranta: FAHRRADFAHRENIST NOTWENDIG
/ POLKUPYÖRÄLLÄ AJAMINEN ON VAARALLISTA, Finland
1999, F
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9.
Claes Olsson: M.A. NUMMINEN MEETS SCHUBERT "STÄNDCHEN",
Finland 1997, D
10. Matti Hartikainen: IN CAUPONA VERITAS
- BAARISSA ON TOTUUS, Finland 1992, D
11. Claes Olsson: M.A. NUMMINEN GOES TECH-NO,
Finland 1995, D
11. B. Antti Peränne: TEHDÄÄN, TEHDÄÄN!
/ DO IT, DO IT!, Finland 1988, A
12. Tini Sauvo: KUKON JA KANAN SAUNA,
Finland 1991, A
13. Sakari Rimminen: PUNAHELTTA, Finland
1985, D
14. K.J. Koski: HURJAN POJAN KOTI, Finland
1987, D
15. Risto Jarva: BENSAA SUONISSA, Finland
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Die Zehnte Trash Nite aus Hamburg
Friday night like they do it at Hamburg Short Film Festival:
trash films and loud music chosen by the audience. A video
Dj will make your wishes true. Live music by Hü Schenkel
& The Pygmies.
Commercials
and education for general public
This
screening includes both nostalgia for the 70's with incredible
Finnish vintage TV commercials and educational inserts,
and the cutting edge of today with the Lions winners of
1999 Cannes competition for commercial films, directed by
Luc Besson and Tarsem, among others.
Imagina
Prix Pixel 2000
The
Imagina festival is held in France, Paris and Monaco, in
Feabruary 2000. Tampere Film Festival has a screening of
the best new computer animations in the world, Prix Pixel
2000 Prize Winners.
Music
Documentaries
Nick
Wickham: This Way Up (1998)
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THIS
WAY UP, Nick Wickham, United Kingdom 1999,
At the start of ´98 R.E.M. entered the recording studio
without their founder member and drummer, Bill Berry. With
intimate access, This Way Up traces the mounting
internal and external pressures on one of the world´s biggest
bands through the year 1998 and the recording process of
their latest album.
R.E.M.
UPTAKE, United Kingdom 1999, 30’
The new three man R.E.M. come together with supporting musicians
to play a selection of new songs from their album "Up".
Tracklisting: Daysleeper, Lotus, St My Most Beautiful, Suspicion,
Sad Professor, Parakeet.
BORN
TO LOSE (THE LAST ROCK´N´ROLL MOVIE), Lech Kowalski,
United States 1999,
A documentary film of punk legend Johnny Thunders. The film
covers his career from the beginning with the New York Dolls
until his last solo recordings and his death in 1991.
New
documentaries
JAUNI LAIKI SKÉRSIELÁ / NEW TIMES
AR CROSSROAD STREET,
Ivars Seleckis, Latvia 1999, 85 min
Ivars Seleckis returns to the suburbs of Riga to meet the
same people that he filmed at Crossroad Street in 1988.
During the ten years a lot has changed - Latvia has become
an independent state. Says the director: "Crossroad
Street is a palm of Latvia, where you can discover the life
lines and destination of the entire country."
Michael
Apted: 42up (1999)
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42
UP, Michael Apted, United Kingdom 1999, 142 min
42 Up is a series of documentaries which started in 1964
when he interviewed 14 British school children at the age
of seven trying to answer the question: "Is a persons
fate sealed at birth?"
The
series that ensued has returned to those children every
seventh year to chart their brogress through life. Of the
originals 14 subjects, 11 remain.
Director
Michael Apted has managed to build a career out of many
genres, includind documentary, television and features.
The latest of them is The World is Not Enough, the
new James Bond -movie.
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