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SUNDAY 16TH FEBRUARY<br />
<strong>JAMESON</strong> <strong>DUBLIN</strong> <strong>INTERNATIONAL</strong> <strong>FILM</strong> <strong>FESTIVAL</strong> 2014<br />
FELLINI’S ROMA<br />
Rome exerted a powerful influence over Fellini<br />
throughout his life but rarely did he express his love<br />
for it more clearly than here. Mixing documentarystyle<br />
reportage, self-contained dramatic set pieces<br />
and strange, impressionistic sequences, Fellini’s Roma<br />
explores the director’s youth, the process of filmmaking<br />
and the mysterious allure of The Eternal City.<br />
‘one of his best works of this period’<br />
Chicago Reader<br />
Sun 16 Feb / Light House 1 / 1pm / 119 minutes<br />
Director: Federico Fellini 1972 Italy<br />
Writers: Federico Fellini, Bernardino Zapponi<br />
Cast: Britta Barnes, Peter Gonzales Falcon, Fiona Florence<br />
Presented in association with the Italian Institute of Culture - Dublin<br />
Essentially a series of loosely-connected vignettes,<br />
the first section sees the young Fellini (Peter Gonzales<br />
Falcon) arriving in Rome. We visit a brothel, witness<br />
Fellini fall in love with a prostitute and listen to Gore<br />
Vidal’s bleak assessment of the city’s future. As<br />
with much of Fellini’s work it’s a free-form approach<br />
that values images for their own sake. Yet amid<br />
the purposefully imprecise sequences are some<br />
startling moments. The best of these sees a film crew<br />
uncovering a set of 2000-year-old frescos. Elsewhere<br />
is an extraordinary, fantastical fashion show in<br />
which solemn clergy model the latest Catholic<br />
vestments. Throughout, Fellini is acutely aware of the<br />
contradictions that make up his beloved Rome and<br />
though, in the strictest sense, the film goes nowhere,<br />
somehow it’s a fabulous journey.<br />
Jon Fortgang<br />
Film Four<br />
ANTARCTICA: A YEAR ON ICE<br />
Antarctica is the world’s toughest environment –<br />
colder, higher and drier than anywhere else<br />
on earth – and less than 1000 souls are hardy<br />
enough to endure the winter there and spend<br />
a full year on the continent.<br />
‘an extraordinary achievement that reinvigorates our sense<br />
of wonder about the natural world. Make a point of seeing it.’<br />
New Zealand Herald<br />
Sun 16 Feb / Cineworld 8 / 2pm / 92 minutes<br />
Director: Anthony Powell 2013 New Zealand<br />
Among them is Anthony Powell, a New Zealand<br />
dairy farmer turned time-lapse photographer who<br />
for over ten years has documented life in Antarctica<br />
to create this portrait of life lived in the most isolated<br />
of environments. Powell interviews the ordinary<br />
workers of Antarctica who voluntarily remain trapped<br />
throughout the winter after the last plane leaves<br />
the continent. During these coldest months they<br />
somehow maintain good spirits as they deal with<br />
unimaginably extreme weather, living far from their<br />
loved ones and without sunshine for four months.<br />
The real stars of this unique film, however, are the<br />
breathtaking and incredibly moving time-lapse<br />
images that must be among the most stunning<br />
to ever appear in a documentary film, and Powell<br />
himself, whose enduring wonder at the beauty of his<br />
harsh surroundings is charming in the extreme.<br />
Ross Whitaker<br />
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