FILM@UC
archive: fall 2008 | |
 | August 28 On The Waterfront [Elia Kazan, USA, 1954, 108 min.] An ex-prize fighter struggles with his conscience amid corruption in the longshoremen’s union in one of American cinema’s most memorable films. |
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 | September 4 The Book Of The Dead [Kihachiro Kawamoto, Japan, 2005, 70 min.] The restless ghost of a prince haunts a young, devout noble woman whom he has mistaken for another in this evocative and unconventional romance set during the Nara period from Japan’s master of stop motion puppet animation. |
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  | September 11 Outsourced [John Jeffcoat, USA, 2006, 103 min.] Cross-cultural conflict and romance arise when a manager of an American novelty company relocates from Seattle to Mumbai, India, to train a team of customer call center workers in this lighthearted comedy. Also showing Sept. 11: Sigh! [Ben Steiger Levine and Joe Cobden, Canada, 2008, 4 mins.] Love blossoms ever so briefly in the supermarket aisle in this charming musical short film. |
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 | September 18 Nobody [Shawn Linden, Canada, 2007, 88 min.] A mob hit man finds himself pursued in a labyrinthine time paradox by an enemy who seems to anticipate his every move in this riveting neo-noir. |
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 | September 25 Heartbeat Detector [Nicolas Klotz, France, 2007, 143 min.] A human resources psychologist hired to investigate the bizarre behavior of a German chemical firm executive uncovers secrets kept buried since the darkest days of World War II in this sinister corporate thriller. |
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 | October 2 The Listening Project [Dominic Howes & Joel Weber, USA, 2008, 76 min.] This captivating documentary follows four Americans through fourteen countries – from a Shanghai hip-hop club to a war-ravaged Kabul neighborhood to a village at the foot of Mt. Kilimanjaro – in each place asking “what do you think of America?” |
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 | October 9 Traces Of The Trade [Katrina Browne & Alla Kovgan, USA, 2008, 86 min.] Upon discovering that her New England ancestors were the largest slave- trading family in U.S. history, filmmaker Katrina Browne and nine of her cousins retrace the Triangle Trade in this powerful and insightful documentary. |
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 | October 16 Seachd [Simon Miller, Scotland, 2007, 100 min.] Following the death of his parents, a young man visits his ailing grandfather who spins incredible stories of poisoned lovers, bloody revenge, water-horses, and Spanish gold, in this gorgeously-realized first Scottish Gaelic feature film. |
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