A Night with Animations from Russia Japan and elsewhere and the BIG feature of Jan Svankmajer's
Surviving Life (Theory and Practice)
20h40, Slovakia, 109 min, czech with english subs
Eugene is an old clerk, seemingly happy in his marriage and boring
office job. But this changes when he starts to have very vivid and
bizarre dreams featuring a beautiful woman dressed in red.
Instead of trying to get rid of these dreams, Eugene wants to experience
MORE of them, so he enlists the help of a psychoanalyst to try and
explain what's happening. Their efforts are successful and Eugene gets
to spend more time with the red woman, but he dangerously risks becoming
addicted to his dreams and the alternate life he lives within them...
20h15:Hong Kong 1980, 95 min. DIRECTOR'S CUT, english subs
Dangerous Encounters is punk-rock cinema through and through. Now
when I say "punk-rock," I don't mean the trendy fashion; you won't find
any lose hanging suspenders, towering mohawks, Doc Martins, or spiked
bracelets here. When I say "punk-rock," I am talking about the bona fide
ethos, the "I don't give a damn about anything or anyone" attitude
embraced by the film's narrative and director. Dangerous Encounters is one of Hong Kong's most infamous films. It was the victim of
government censorship because of its political content not its strong violence, both at home and abroad, and is considered by
many admirers to be one of the most nihilistic films ever made. Number 67 of top 100 Movies from China.
Three
reckless teens go out for a joyride... no spoilers!
Tsui Hark, legendary Producer and director, created with his first film nothing less than a MASTERPIECE. Gritty, cruel and in a immense tempo he shows a degenerate Hong Kong where four youngsters and even more bad caucasian villains come toghether for a bunch of dollars. Not many movies have deconstructed the condition of the human existance in a corrupted world of capitalism stronger than "Dangerous Encounters of the First Kind".
KINO ANDERS 5 of 5 STARS, STRONG VIOLENCE!!!
22h: Hong Kong 1983, 103min, english subs
When the movie begins, a Chinese boxer gets his ass handed to him by his
opponent (played by Bolo Yeung of Enter The Dragon) and winds up laying
in a hospital bed, unable to see. He asks his brother, Chan Hung, to
travel to Thailand and get revenge for what happened to him. Along the
way, he's summoned to a Buddhist temple where his life becomes
intertwined with that of a dead monk.
This movie
freakin' rules. Words can barely describe the awesomeness of this film.
Totally unique, like nothing you've ever seen before. Some people says it's weirder than EL TOPO.
KINO ANDERS tells you NOT MISS THIS!!!
Produced by the legendary Shaw Brothers the movie stars martial arts masters Bolo
Yeung (Enter the Dragon, 5 Fingers of Death, Heroic Ones and Lung Wei
Wang (Invincible Pole Fighter, Master of the Flying Guillotine).
starts 20h30, Soviet Union 1986, 83min. with english subtitles
Widely regarded as one of the best 10 postapacalyptic movies ever.
Deeply disturbing and depressive ...
The world after the nuclear apocalypse. Pale light lits the scenery of
total destruction. The surviving humans vegetate in wet cellars under
the nuclear winter. But somehow human spirit still sees somewhere the
dim light of a new and better future. The next generation starts the
walk towards a new life...
"This is quite an obscure picture, even by Russian
standards... It is dark (literally), morbid, disturbing at times... It
requires quite an effort to watch. But it is one of those quite numerous
Russian films that leave a deepest impression on the viewers by making
them THINK. It is one of those brilliant "what if.." ponderings, never
really giving you a final answer, or even if suggesting anything,
leaving it open for the viewers to make their own conclusions. Perfectly
cast (faces DO match the setting!), perfectly performed, and even the
"special effects". imdb
starts 22h, Japan 1982, 106 min. with english subtitles
Burst City is set in a barren, futuristic Tokyo
of highways and wastelands, where a rowdy group of punk bands and their fans
gather to protest the construction of a nuclear power plant. Riot police
and the factory owner's yakuza friends soon move in to break it up.
However, the arrival of a pair of mysterious, metal-clad bikers and a
revolt among the disgruntled construction crew makes for a situation
that spirals dangerously out of control...
Directed by Sogo Ishii (Electric Dragon 80,000V, Gojoe, Angel Dust),
Burst City boasts an impressive lineup of early 80's Japanese punk
bands, including The Stalin, Battle Rockers, The Roosters, and Inu. An
eclectic mix of Mad Max-style imagery with yakuza elements, filtered
through a punk sensibility, Burst City reveals the seeds of many of the
developments in contemporary Japanese cinema and beyond. Brimming with
incredible energy and first-rate rock 'n' roll, Burst City is a lost
masterpiece of extreme cinema that has influenced everyone from Takashi
Miike to Shinya Tsukamoto.
"Completed in 1979, ARREBATO is
probably the most famous Spanish cult film of all time. It’s been
largely inaccessible in the years since its extremely limited original
release and so has developed quite a mystique..."
Synopsis:
Jose is a filmmaker putting the finishing touches on his latest
production, a schlocky vampire picture. Feeling supremely dissatisfied
with his vocation and heroin addicted girlfriend Ana, he arrives back at
his apartment to discover a package from his friend Pedro. It contains
a reel of super 8mm film, an audiotape and a key to Pedro’s apartment.
Flashbacks show how these two men, both of whom share an extraordinary
passion for filmmaking, met at Pedro’s family home where Jose was
location scouting. Pedro, who’s never without his super 8mm camera,
believes life is only worth anything if it’s caught on film.
Furthermore, he’s tapped a hidden power inherent in film images that
causes him to experience a mystical state of “Arrebato,” or rapture.
Before long Pedro becomes addicted to this sensation, eventually
cutting himself off from the outside world and devoting his life to
filming himself in bed. His camera in turn grows increasingly powerful
as it saps more and more of Pedro’s life force, eventually developing
the capacity to turn itself on and off and, more alarmingly, literally
erase objects—and, inevitably, people—from existence
The Story:
A Spanish architect interested in movies decided to help Zulueta
financially. The planning was a 15-day filming. However, it was shot in
real interiors owned by Zulueta and other friends, like Jaime Chavarri;
and most of collaborators used drugs like heroin, that drove the
planning and the budget to be highly increased. Pedro Almodóvar dubbed
one of the female characters, but he was not credited. The relationship
between the director and the producer was poorly damaged. Moreover, the
film had a lot of problems to be commercially released due to its
experimental and underground style; even though the dictatorship had
fallen through. It was finally released in 1980. Ivan Zulueta was
labeled as a problematic auteur and Arrebato became a cult movie.
22h, Spain 1983, 90 min. spanish with english subtitles
In a barren land, a women-only tribe known as the Selenians rule. They
are in war with the Tazaris, evil men. Ancient law has it that Tazaris
are cursed and the Selenians cannot enter their land, but they can.
Likewise, there's another tribe, the Senkas, who are barred by the
Selenians from exiting their village and have no clue what's going on
outside their land. There's a chosen Senka who aids the Selenians, but
this chosen one is murdered... and his brother sneaks out of Senka
territory for revenge.
Tunka is one of these soo bad that's good movies. A trash favorite of Kino Anders. Psychadelic view through the whole movie, ridiculous dialogues, worst actors and it's a about Barbarians. So for what are you waiting for?
Thursday Nam Yun Paiks' "Internet Dream" will be exposed @ Haus der elektronischen Künste. Enough reason to show you this UNBELIEVABLE RARITY plus more of THE MOST IMPORTANT movies for electronic music. Yes it's SURPRISE NIGHT, so don't be a fool JOIN the COOL. Stop Hit'n'Run Culture, Kino Anders.
