nov 10-14 2010 - Rehoboth Beach Film Society

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Originally premiering at Cannes, Eyes Wide Open is
a taut tale of forbidden love. Equal parts first-rate
independent art cinema and fascinating anthropological
study of a tightly-knit conservative community, the
film sparks against the backdrop of an Orthodox
Jewish community in Jerusalem. Aaron runs a kosher
butcher’s shop. When he hires Ezri (Israeli heartthrob
Ron Danker), he is confronted by feelings he thought
he dispensed with long ago. Steeped in the codes of
religion, each interaction between Aaron and Ezri is rife
with underlying tension. From its first frames, Eyes Wide
Open establishes an array of impassioned emotions
and a slow burn of unspoken eroticism that satisfyingly
Three legendary Hollywood iconoclasts—Robert Duvall,
Bill Murray and Sissy Spacek—anchor this Depressionera
Southern-flavored tale of a Tennessee backwoods
outcast who decides to throw his own funeral—while
still alive. For over four decades the wily, much-feared
hermit Felix Bush (Duvall) has been living alone in the
wilds, guarding his privacy with a few well-placed “No
Damn Trespassing” signs and, when those don’t work, a
few better-placed shotgun blasts. One day, however, he
hops on his mule and heads back into town, looking for a
preacher to help him “get low,” or down to the business
eyes Wide oPen
(einayM PKuhot)
Thurs Nov 11 2:50 PM-4:25 PM
smolders throughout. With a surprising economy of means, director
Haim Tabakman manages to communicate the intense stakes for the
two men. The paranoiac community is insular, where one’s status is
always scrutinized, “purity police” pay visits, and contradiction and
vice continuously threaten one’s very soul. The beautifully measured
film at surface matches the necessarily sober, reserved demeanor of
the film’s characters. And, equally so, just a thin layer below resides a
burning ring of anxiety that haunts every interaction.
[dir. Haim tabakman, 2009, israel, video 91 mins. in Hebrew with English
subtitles]
Website: www.eyeswideopenfilm.com
of getting buried. The catch? He’d like to be alive, so he can hear what
people have to say. Shot in Georgia and rich with Southern myths and
culture, Get Low combines gorgeous lensing and impeccable attention
to period detail with a witty script. Sly, warm and comfortable in taking
its own sweet time, the film benefits most of all from its fabulous cast,
with Duvall shining spectacularly.
[dir. aaron Schneider, 2009, uSa, 35mm, 100 mins]
Website: www.sonyclassics.com/getlow
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