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Saturday Matinee: Boogie
“Boogie” (2009) is an animated Argentinian action comedy based on a cult comic by Roberto Fontanarrosa, and directed by Gustavo Cova. The voices of protagonists Boogie and Marcia were performed by Pablo Echarri and Nancy Dupláa and the 3D animated movie was the first made in Argentina and Latin America. The character of Boogie is an over-the-top caricature of a boorish, violent and fascistic American archetype, a type which was also skewered in William Klein’s “Mr. Freedom” (1969).
Members of most library systems can access the film by registering on Hoopla and viewing here: https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/11228016
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Saturday Matinee: The Great Silence
Source: Kanopy
On an unforgiving, snow swept frontier, a group of bloodthirsty bounty hunters, led by the vicious Loco (Klaus Kinski) prey on a band of persecuted outlaws who have taken to the hills.
As the price on each head is collected one-by-one, only a mute gunslinger named Silence (Jean-Louis Trintignant, The Conformist) stands between the innocent refugees and the greed and corruption that the bounty hunters represent. But, in this harsh, brutal world, the lines between right and wrong aren’t always clear and good doesn’t always triumph.
Featuring superb photography and a haunting score from maestro Ennio Morricone, director Sergio Corbucci’s bleak, brilliant and violent vision of an immoral, honorless west is widely considered to be among the very best and most influential Euro-Westerns ever made.
“…the film’s masterful imagery…and inventive Ennio Morricone score are spectacular…” – Kenneth Turan, The Los Angeles Times
Must be a member of a major public or university library to watch here: https://www.kanopy.com/wayf/product/great-silence-0
Running Time
106 mins
Year
1968
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A Tribe Called Red
Saturday Matinee: Sacco and Vanzetti (2006)
SACCO AND VANZETTI brings to life the story of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, two Italian immigrant anarchists who were accused of a murder in 1920, and executed in Boston in 1927 after a notoriously prejudiced trial. The ordeal of Sacco and Vanzetti came to symbolize the bigotry and intolerance directed at immigrants and dissenters in America. Millions of people around the world protested on their behalf, and now, 80 years later, their story continues to have great resonance, as civil liberties and the rights of immigrants are again under attack. Powerful prison writings (given voice by John Turturro and Tony Shalhoub) and passionate interviews with Howard Zinn, Arlo Guthrie and Studs Terkel are interwoven with artwork, music and film clips. Through the story of Sacco and Vanzetti, audiences will experience a universal, and very timely, tale of official injustice and human resilience.
Watch the full film here: https://christiebooks.co.uk/anarchist_films/sacco-and-vanzetti-2006-peter-miller/
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Saturday Matinee: I fight, therefore I am
I fight therefore I am (in french: Je lutte donc je suis) is a documentary film about social and political struggles in Greece and Spain which provides an overview of the struggles in Europe against austerity, capitalism and fascism. A musical journey celebrating Resistance from one end of the Mediterranean to the other. The title is made from the aphorism of the philosopher René Descartes Cogito Ergo Sum (I think therefore I am). Although it hasn’t been distributed by any mainstream company, it has enjoyed great success, and has been shown to numerous theaters, festivals, in France and in Europe.
After the Crash 