Don't Miss the Film --SportsFan-- at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, Saturday, April 14th
Terryg
the US) will be held this week (Thursday - Sunday) in Durham and there
is a terrific film for sports fans.
SportsFan[
2006. USA. 66 min. Directed by Aaron Lubarsky. Produced by Aaron
Lubarsky, Rich Korson, Chris McShane. Executive Produced by Jon
Stewart, Ben Karlin.
You may have seen them on TV, faces painted wild, absurdly costumed in
their team's colors, brandishing flags like warriors ready to splatter
their innards in battle, every pulsating vein in their bodies
throbbing with that primal scream: ARRRGHHHHH!!! A scream that if
translated into English would fill volumes of writings on Death, Eros,
Belonging, Mass Culture, Fascism and the possible fall of every Empire
since spectator sport was invented. Or, skip the library and be
seduced by Sportsfan, a year in the life of a group of hard-core
Minnesota Vikings fans. Theirs is not a tale of mass hysteria, but of
personal tragedies and grand delusions. Maybe it's their Midwest
manners - that mix of American innocence and steadfast faith in the
impossible - coupled with a dark and sweet Beckett-like sense of humor
that gives this entertaining film its veneer of surrealism. It might
be just enough to forever change your idea of what a fanatic can be.
(Screening with
Man Up
2006. USA. 11 min. Directed by Arturo Cabanas. Produced by Arturo
Cabanas.
Hard, Fast, Intense, Go. A father passionately drives his son to
achieve success in wrestling. But the match actually stands in for the
competition of life itself. Dad has a clear future planned out for his
son-one that includes a meteoric rise in the armed forces and a
primary devotion to nation. There's no room and no time for the son's
personal desires. This intense sketch crosscuts hard-core training
sequences with individual interviews with father and son-a keen
juxtaposition that reveals the poignant chasm between the two men, a
young man struggling against his father's well-intentioned
domination.
Time: Saturday, April 14th 11:30 pm - 1:10 am
American Tobacco Campus
For more info on Full Frame and Tix, see www.fullframefest.org
You might also want to check out the rest of the festival. Great
stuff ! There are 110 separate events including films, panels, and
workshops. Participants include Michael Moore and Larry Flynt.