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Arizona International Film Festival: Donovan Slacks
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Arizona International Film Festival. Wednesday, April 16, 2008. Director Kivmars Bowling experiments with form and narrative while paying homage to silent film, early talkies, and contemporary cinema in this story of a fragile-boned rabble-rouser who leads a group of fishermen in a revolution against an oppressive government. About halfway through the movie,. Makes the transition from silent film to “talkie” (which is fitting –. Feels like the antithesis of. 2001: A Space Odyssey. As an official selection.
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Arizona International Film Festival: April 2008
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Arizona International Film Festival. Friday, April 18, 2008. Featured Filmmaker - Ben Slamka, director of Tympanic. Slamka is a writer and director of several shorts, and he has plans to dabble in documentaries soon. The film he’s most proud of, though, is. Which he first described as “simple, cold and painful” before correcting himself – “simple, cold, and ironic.” Ironic indeed, but it’s certainly a painful film to watch (and hear). Comes from Slamka’s personal experiences - he was in and out of ...
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