JAMESON DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
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<strong>JAMESON</strong> <strong>DUBLIN</strong> <strong>INTERNATIONAL</strong> <strong>FILM</strong> <strong>FESTIVAL</strong> 2014<br />
WEDNESDAY 19TH FEBRUARY<br />
THE UNSPEAKABLE ACT<br />
Directed by former Los Angeles Reader film critic<br />
Dan Sallitt, The Unspeakable Act takes one of the few<br />
remaining social taboos in the western world and<br />
presents it in an earnest and incredibly charming<br />
way. Dealing with the controversial theme of incest<br />
within a close-knit yet strangely detached family<br />
dynamic, Sallitt’s film relies far more on the strength<br />
of its character development than it does on gaudy<br />
sensationalism.<br />
‘Dan Sallitt is America’s indie answer to Rohmer’<br />
IndieWire<br />
Wed 19 Feb / Cineworld 12 / 8.30pm / 91 minutes<br />
Writer-director: Dan Sallitt 2012 US<br />
Cast: Tallie Medel, Sky Hirschkron, Aundrea Fares<br />
THE CONGRESS<br />
Intelligent 17-year-old New Yorker Jackie (Tallie Medel)<br />
has long held a fondness for her brother Matthew.<br />
However, when he brings home a girlfriend, Jackie<br />
struggles to deal with her deep-rooted heartbreak.<br />
Successfully immersing us into Jackie’s curious<br />
attitude towards romance and family, Sallitt allows<br />
us to detach ourselves from the stigmas of society<br />
and study this tale of incest in almost an entirely<br />
clinical way.<br />
Like Rohmer, Sallitt has created a remarkable<br />
honest portrait of adolescent romantic confusion.<br />
The Unspeakable Act is an intimate, yet thoroughly<br />
enjoyable film with a far more universal theme of<br />
sexual confusion and teenage angst than its eyecatching<br />
synopsis suggests.<br />
Patrick Gamble<br />
Cine Vue<br />
Ari Folman follows his groundbreaking animated<br />
documentary Waltz with Bashir with an equally bold<br />
and brilliant movie. A meta-textual Hollywood satire<br />
starring Robin Wright as herself, it morphs midway<br />
into a full-blown sci-fi cartoon, but only to cut even<br />
closer to the philosophical bone in its investigation<br />
of femininity, fantasy and virtual reality.<br />
‘contains tricks aplenty and ideas in abundance’<br />
The Guardian<br />
Wed 19 Feb / Light House 1 / 8.45pm / 120 minutes<br />
Writer-director: Ari Folman 2013 Israel/Germany/Poland/Luxembourg/<br />
France/Belgium<br />
Cast: Robin Wright, Harvey Keitel, Jon Hamm<br />
Winner, Best Picture, Best Screenplay & Best Actress, Fantastic Fest<br />
Inspired by Stanislav Lem’s novel The Futurological<br />
Congress, Folman delves into a make-believe world<br />
where a beautiful, talented actress like Robin Wright<br />
(The Princess Bride) is considered all but washed<br />
up. Miramount studio head Danny Huston does<br />
have one last proposition for her though, a deal<br />
that will guarantee her riches for life and fame well<br />
beyond that. He wants to scan her, sample her, and<br />
take full rights to the virtual Robin Wright. Only one<br />
condition: the actual Robin must never act again.<br />
It’s a Faustian bargain too good to turn down. But<br />
that’s only the beginning.<br />
A visionary film that takes its place alongside Brazil,<br />
Blade Runner and Solaris, The Congress is a savagely<br />
funny and surprisingly moving commentary on our<br />
increasing reliance on screens – not just to watch,<br />
but to hide behind.<br />
Vancouver International Film Festival<br />
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