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02-15-05 | 12:55 AM
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Wooden Camera....
The Wooden Camera by the South African director Wa Luruli is set for a March 15th release. The film won the Tiger Award at the Rotterdam Film Festival as well as the Glass Bear (Best Feature film) at the Berlin Film Festival.
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02-15-05 | 01:03 AM
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THE WOODEN CAMERA
To shoot, or to shoot? When a dead man is thrown from a train as they walk near the tracks, young Madiba winds up with his video camera, the older, tougher Sipho with his gun. Life in their Cape Town shanty is tough to navigate, and both escape into fantasies: Madiba into the world of his camera, and Sipho into the idea that having a gun makes him invulnerable, rather than a bigger target. Director Ntshaveni Wa Luruli etches the conflict between the boys without caricaturing either, though Madiba's friendship with wealthy white girl Estelle and her kindly cello teacher begins to smack of afterschool special-dom. But like the wooden shell that covers Madiba's Handycam, the film hides sophistication within its rough-hewn surface."
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...as well as...
http://www.britfilms.com/britishfilm...935BSmL1423CFF
Regards,
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THE WOODEN CAMERA
To shoot, or to shoot? When a dead man is thrown from a train as they walk near the tracks, young Madiba winds up with his video camera, the older, tougher Sipho with his gun. Life in their Cape Town shanty is tough to navigate, and both escape into fantasies: Madiba into the world of his camera, and Sipho into the idea that having a gun makes him invulnerable, rather than a bigger target. Director Ntshaveni Wa Luruli etches the conflict between the boys without caricaturing either, though Madiba's friendship with wealthy white girl Estelle and her kindly cello teacher begins to smack of afterschool special-dom. But like the wooden shell that covers Madiba's Handycam, the film hides sophistication within its rough-hewn surface."
***
...as well as...
http://www.britfilms.com/britishfilm...935BSmL1423CFF
Regards,
Pro-B
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02-15-05 | 09:00 AM
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looking forward to seeing this movie, I really wish the 2003 South African film Beat the Drum would get released on DVD since it's been very popular on the film festival circuit (and I missed the recent Washington DC screenings last past weekends).
