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Read More »ROTTERDAM 2000: Biz Beginnings and the Digital Ageby Mark Rabinowitz(indieWIRE/2.10.2000) -- Mid-way through the IFFR, one of the things that seemed to be coming outof people's mouths was the dearth of American acquisition activity.Compared to years past, according to many attendees, this year's US ...
Read More »ROTTERDAM 2000 REVIEW: Dumont's Relentless, Metaphysical Look at "Humanity"by Mark Peranson(indieWIRE/2.10.2000) -- Soon to be the most controversial film released this millennium -- thecourageous folks atWinStar plan a limited booking this Spring -- Bruno Dumont's relentless,unique "Humanity" has d...
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Read More »ROTTERDAM 2000 REVIEW: Dostoevsky Strikes Back: "The Return of the Idiot"by Mark Peranson(indieWIRE/2.9.2000) -- Sasa Gedeon's odd festival favorite "The Return of the Idiot" (Navratidiota) is inspired by Dostoevsky's title character and is not a properliterary adaptation. This is a good thing. For ...
Read More »ROTTERDAM 2000: Japanese Pics Bloody Fest, Fukasaku and Takahashi's Yakuza Filmsby Edward Crouse(indieWIRE/2.9.2000) -- Poor Kinji Fukasaku, his retrospective oversold in Rotterdam,expectations rode so high that he couldn't --as a modest genreprofessional -- help but pale next to recent Western re-d...
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Read More »ROTTERDAM 2000: Show Them You're A Tiger, A Look at the Rotterdam Competitionby Mark Peranson(indieWIRE/2.8.2000) -- This year's Rotterdam festival was overwhelmed by Asia, with a focus onJapan and the Fukasaku spotlight. So let me join in by saying that thebest films in the VPRO Tiger competition came from the East. As I finishthis wrap-up, sitting in Heathrow during a six-hour flight delay, thewinners of the prizes, which go to directors of first or second filmsselected for the competition, are not yet known. If I were on the jury,this is how it would shape up. Be forewarned: originality is not thename of the game -- the international excha...
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