Red, White and (Danube) Blue : roundup article for Tribune magazine


ALPHABETICAL
At Sea   [6+/10]  
Behave   [5?/10]   Juizo
casting a glance   [10?/10]   upgraded to 10/10 after 2nd viewing, 3/08
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days   [8/10]   4 luni, 3 saptamani si 2 zile
La France   [6/10]
George A. Romero's Diary of the Dead   [6/10]
Gibellina - The Earthquake   [6/10]   Gibellina - Il terremoto
Hotel Very Welcome   [5+/10]
Huling balyan ng buhi, or The Woven Stories of the Other   [4?/10]
I Hate But Love   [6/10]   Nikui an-chikusho 1962
Import Export   [8/10]
Julia   [5+/10]   1977
Killer of Sheep   [7/10]   1977
Little Moth   [7+/10]   Xue chan
Milky Way   [7+/10]   Tejut
No Country For Old Men   [6/10]
The Other   [5/10]
Paranoid Park   [1/10]
Poto and Cabengo   [7/10]   1979 EK
The Rebirth   [5/10]   Ai no yokan
Routine Pleasures   [10/10]   1986 EK
Shotgun Stories   [6/10]
State Legislature   [7/10]
Thames Film   [5/10]   1986
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?   [6/10]   1969
The Velvet Vampire   [6/10]   1971
The Working Girls   [7/10]   1974

[EK = 'Essayistische Kino'/'Essayistic Cinema' parallel-programme, 'The Way of the Termite', curated by Jean-Pierre Gorin, a joint venture of Viennale and Austrian Filmmuseum]

NB : rating "revisions" : Julia originally 5/10, casting a glance originally 10/10, Hotel Very Welcome originally 5/10



BY RATING
10/10   Routine Pleasures (1986)
10?/10   casting a glance
9/10 -
8/10   4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days; Import Export
7+/10   Little Moth; Milky Way
7/10   Killer of Sheep (1977); Poto and Cabengo (1979); State Legislature; The Working Girls (1974)
6+/10   At Sea
6/10   La France; George A.Romero's Diary of the Dead; Gibellina - The Earthquake; I Hate But Love (1962); No Country For Old Men; Shotgun Stories; They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969); The Velvet Vampire (1971)
5+/10   Hotel Very Welcome; Julia (1977)
5/10   The Other; Thames Film (1986)
5?/10   Behave
4/10
4?/10   Huling balyan ng buhi, or The Woven Stories of the Other
3/10 -
2/10 -
1/10   Paranoid Park

CHRONOLOGICAL
seen Tue 23 Oct
--- Paranoid Park   [1/10]
Wed 24
--- The Other   [5/10]   El Otro
--- Poto and Cabengo   [7/10]   1979   EK
--- Killer of Sheep   [7/10]   1977  
Thu 25
--- Gibellina - The Earthquake   [6/10]   Gibellina - il terremoto
--- Huling balyan ng buhi, or The Woven Stories of the Other   [4?/10]   Huling balyan ng buhi, o Ang sinalirap nga asoy nila      {walkout after 60m}
--- 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days   [8/10]   4 luni, 3 saptamani si 2 zile
--- Hotel Very Welcome   [5+/10]
--- The Velvet Vampire   [6/10]   1971
Fri 26
--- At Sea   [6+/10]   seen in video-room
--- Milky Way   [7+/10]   seen in video-room
--- Shotgun Stories   [6/10]
--- Behave   [5?/10]   Juizo      {walkout after 35m}
--- State Legislature   [7/10]
--- I Hate But Love   [6/10]   Nikui anchikusho 1962
Sat 27
--- Import Export   [8/10]
--- The Rebirth   [5/10]   Ai no yokan
--- Thames Film   [5/10]   1986   EK
--- No Country For Old Men   [6/10]
Sun 28
--- Little Moth   [7+/10]   Xue chan   seen in video-room
--- Julia   [5+/10]   1977
--- The Working Girls   [7/10]   1974
---- Programme of four EK shorts (rated out of five stars) :
          Land Without Bread (Las Hurdes aka Terra sin pan)   ****-
          The Secret Formula (La formula secreta)   *----
          L B J   ***-
          Liberte et Patrie (aka Freedom and Fatherland)   ***--
--- Routine Pleasures   [10/10]   1986   EK
Mon 29
--- La France   [6/10]
--- George A Romero's Diary of the Dead   [6/10]   aka Diary of the Dead
--- casting a glance   [10?/10]
--- They Shoot Horses, Don't They?   [6/10]   1969

seen previously and already reviewed elsewhere on this website 
1. main programme
Suspiria [10/10]; Control [9/10]; Profit motive and the whispering wind [9/10]
How Is Your Fish Today? [8/10]; The Other Half [8/10]; Yella [8/10]; Loren Cass [7/10]; Realm and Conquest (aka Michael Clayton) [7/10]
Joshua [6/10]; The Cats of Mirikitani [6/10]; Notes by the Trackman [6/10]
Phantom Love [3?/10]
2. The Way of the Termite
Robinson In Space [10/10]; Los Angeles Plays Itself [9/10]
Sun Less [5/10]

the ones that got away
1. new films for which I had reserved tickets, but which for various reasons I ended up not seeing
Autumn Ball (Estonia); Dust (Germany); The Pool (USA/India); Savage Grace (USA)
2. new films which I couldn't see due to scheduling, but about which I heard good reports from reliable sources
All Is Forgiven (France); Captain Ahab (France); Her Name Is Sabine (France); I'm Not There (USA); Sons (Germany); The Stolen Man (Argentina)




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Er geht auf der Straß'n
Sagt net wohin,
Das Hirn voll heavy Metal,
Und seine Leber ist hin
Seine Venen san offen,
Und er riecht nach Formalin
Das alles macht eam kan Kummer,*
Weil er ist in Wien.

Ganz Wien
Ist heut' auf Heroin
Ganz Wien
Träumt mit Mozambin
Ganz Wien, ganz Wien
Greift auch zu Kokain

Überhaupt in der Ballsaison
Man sieht ganz Wien
Is so herrlich hin, hin, hin
Kokain und Kodein
Heroin und Mozambin
machen uns hin, hin, hin.

Three, four...
Amoi [einmal] wird der Tag kommen,
Und Donau außer Rand und Band,
Im U4 geigen die Goldfisch',
Der Bruno längst im sich'ren Land,
Der Hannes a' [auch],
dann lernen wir Schwimmen,
treib'n tan ma eh.
Alle Teuferl weißes Gewandl,
weiß wie Schnee.
wie Kokain und Kodein,
Heroin und Mozambin machen uns hin...
Ganz Wien...