2008 Program guide - Victoria Film Festival

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UP THE YANGTZE NEVER APOLOGIZE DIRECTOR: YUANG CHANG CANADA 2007 93 MINUTES 35MM PRODUCERS: MILA AUNG-THWIN, GERMAINE YING GEE WONG, JOHN CHRISTOU Sun Yat-sen, the father of modern China, fi rst proposed a hydroelectric plant at the Three Gorges in 1919; in the 1950’s, after devastating fl oods, Mao Zedong revived the idea for the dam, now 1.5 miles wide and more than 600 feet high. Critics have alleged that corruption has led to potentially lethal construction shortcuts and that insuffi cient care has been taken in fl ooding nearly 400 square miles, some of which contained old factories and accumulated toxic chemicals. During the course of the fi lming, the river encroaches on more land and more lives. The latter include 16-year-old Yu Shui, whose parents are hard-scrabble peasants neither able nor willing to continue her education. Instead, she is sent to work on one of the luxury tourist boats working the Yangtze, carrying Western tourists on so-called “farewell tours” of the soon-to-be-submerged countryside. It’s pure culture shock: Yu Shui is thrown into an unfamiliar mix of corporate work ethic, middle-class customers and a managerial attitude that immediately gives all employees English names – Yu Shui becomes “Cindy”; her co-worker Chen Bo Yu is “Jerry”. Chinese-Canadian fi lmmaker Yung Chang directs it all with insight and cinematic fl air, embracing irony rather than righteous indignation. Drawing inspiration from contemporary Asian cinema and post-war neo-realism, he crafts a compassionate account of peasant life and a powerful documentary narrative of contemporary China. DIRECTOR: MIKE KAPLAN USA 2007 111 MINUTES DIGIBETA PRODUCERS: MIKE KAPLAN, MALCOLM MCDOWELL BC Premiere Never Apologize, Malcolm McDowell’s celebration of Lindsay Anderson, is a unique hybrid of fi lm, theatre and literature. Anderson, the award-winning director, critic, essayist and anarchist, cast McDowell in his fi rst starring role as the rebellious Mick Travis, in his fi lm, IF...., winner of the Palme D’Or, Cannes (1968). Their working relationship continued through fi ve additional fi lm and theatre productions spanning several decades. Drawing equally on his own recollections and on Anderson’s superbly written materials McDowell conveys a sense of life with a man who was at once irascible and caring, deeply intelligent and outrageously stubborn. McDowell summons a ghostly host of the famed and forgotten to life by simple shifts of accent and body posture, he conjures vanished notables like John Gielgud, Alan Bates, Richard Harris and even Bette Davis, all of whom are depicted with wryness and warmth. Doomed and suicidal actress Rachel Roberts, a key fi gure in Anderson’s circle but largely overlooked today, is lingered over by McDowell with a gentle but palpable sense of loss. Over everything, Anderson’s speeter broods, an uncompromising artist willing to lose friendships over his unwavering commitment to keeping art “epic” by avoiding all things “bourgeois.” Malcom McDowell and director Mike Kaplan pull off a very surprising coup: a fi lm that engages for every minute. McDowell’s performance remains captivating and Anderson’s life a genuine fascination. Sunday • February 3 • Capitol 6 - 6 • 9:00 PM Saturday • February 2 • Odeon • 9:30PM Sunday • February 3 • Capitol 6 - 1 • 12:15 PM 41 DOCUMENTARY
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