Hi, Dharma! (DVD)
This Korean comedy finds a group of thugs seeking refuge from a nasty gang war in a Buddhist monastery. Soon tiring of the ascetic existence of their hosts, the thugs begin to get restless, and soon their rowdy behavior is wearing the monks` patience thin. Deciding to have some fun with their impolite guests, the monks devise a series of games for the thugs designed to curb their obnoxious behavior.NR"
Director: Kwan Park Chul
Before Stonewall (DVD)
This is the story of the gay community and how they have strived to be accepted. focusing on the events that led to the fevered 1969 riots at a New York City gay bar (Stonewall Inn), and many other milestones in the brave gay movement for acceptance...NR"
Director: J. Scagliotti|Robert Rosenberg|Greta Schiller
Dreams (DVD)
Akira Kurosawa`s DREAMS consists of eight short films based on actual dreams of the director. The first sequence, Sunshine Through the Rain, features a young boy sneaking off into the forest on a rainy day to watch a procession of enchanted foxes. In The Peach Orchard, a slightly older boy witnesses tree spirits performing a delicate dance. Weary travelers in The Blizzard face the elemental wrath of a snow enchantress, while The Tunnel finds a military officer haunted by the ghosts of his dead regiment. In Crows, an art aficionado literally walks into the paintings of Vincent Van Gogh (played by Martin Scorsese). Mount Fuji in Red and The Weeping Demon are both fantastical cautionary tales about the hazards of nuclear power. Finally the gentle Village of the Watermills brings the film to a quiet, pastoral end.
A highly personal project, DREAMS evinces its labor-of-love atmosphere in every sequence. As with all Kurosawa productions, each short film is meticulously designed and beautifully photographed. While many of the middle sequences are eerie and surreal, the first two films and the finale ( Sunshine Through the Rain, The Peach Orchard, and Village of the Watermills ) are gorgeously lush and serene.NR"
Director: Akira Kurosawa
ACTORS: Akira Terao, Chishu Ryu, Mieko Harada, Martin Scorsese
Keep the River on Your Right: A Modern Cannibal Tale (DVD)
This extraordinary documentary is the story of 78-year-old Tobias Schneebaum, a seemingly mild-mannered man who has lived an amazing life. Schneebaum grew up in Brooklyn, studied to be a Rabbi and a painter, and in the 1950s decided to travel to Peru. There, he journeyed deep into the Amazon to live with an isolated native tribe. After a year in the jungle, Schneebaum returned to civilization with stories that he recounted in his book KEEP THE RIVER ON YOUR RIGHT, including a raid on another tribe that ended with murder and ritualistic cannibalism. This documentary follows Schneebaum as he lectures in New York and on a vacation cruise to New Guinea, as well as on a return trip to Peru, where he meets natives who still remember him after over forty years have passed. Schneebaum is one of the most complex and fascinating individuals ever seen in film: a gay, Jewish New Yorker who abandoned everything for an entire year and wandered out into Amazon jungle. This film also includes appearances by Schneebaums childhood neighbor and friend, Norman Mailer, and footage of Schneebaum`s appearance on The Mike Douglas Show, which shocked audiences and guests alike.R"
Director: David Shapiro|Laurie Gwen Shapiro
Oedipus Rex (DVD)
Pier Paolo Pasolini`s dreamlike rendering of Sophocles` ageless tragedy about a man who unknowingly kills his father and marries his mother. Shifting between stark Moroccan desertscapes and contemporary Bolognian settings, Pasolini incorporates eclectic strains of both Western and Eastern culture into this unique and startling version of a classic tale.Unrated"
Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini
