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Offscreenings Tobe Hooper Cannon Films Botanicals Jean-Jacques Rousseau ABC Cinema bpost PB- PP B-01392 BELGIE(N) - BELGIQUE cinéma bioscoop # 147 04.03 > 22.03.2015 OFFSCREENINGS TOBE HOOPER CANNON FILMS BOTANICALS JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAU ABC CINEMA ... 2 FR — Le module Offscreenings rassemble une OFFSCREEN 2015 sélection de films inédits qui, par leur caractère non-conformiste, leur originalité artistique et leur FR — Le festival Offscreen, paradis des amateurs de films cultes, approche particulière au médium, se démarquent est de retour ! Pour cette 8e édition, Marcel vzw et le Nova unis- dans le cinéma contemporain. Venez découvrir les sent leurs forces pour rendre justice aux années ’80. Cueillettes de films cultes de demain ! champignons et balades en forêt sont également au programme, mais prenez garde, car au loin, les tronçonneuses rugissent... Et tranchent le festival en morceaux ! On y retrouve la section "Off- NL — Het Offscreenings-programma biedt een uit- screenings", dédiée aux œuvres inédites et autres futurs films cultes. gekiende selectie van bijzondere, nieuwe en onuit- Tobe Hooper aussi, qui présentera, en chair et en os, ses classiques gegeven films, met een voorliefde voor werk van "Massacre à la tronçonneuse" ainsi que quelques perles eighties ré- onafhankelijke en non-conformistische filmmakers. alisées pour le compte de la Cannon. Ce studio de production holly- Het gaat om films die zich op de “cutting edge” van woodien, dirigé par les Israéliens Golan et Globus, reste synonyme de tout ce qui ne tournait pas rond dans les années 1980, du mauvais hedendaagse cinema bevinden. Ze vallen op door goût vestimentaire à la politique sous Reagan. Le cirque sécuritaire hun artistieke originaliteit, unieke visie of inventieve actuel, le triomphe du populisme, du conservatisme, du libéralisme benadering van het (film)medium en het genre. Kom primaire et du capitalisme prédateur forment un cadre idéal pour se nu kijken naar de cultfilms van morgen. replonger dans cette ambiance. Il ne nous manquent aujourd’hui que les brushing et les vêtements fluo, et puis peut-être un bon vieux "action hero" de la trempe d’un Stallone, acharné comme un Charles Deux autres films inédits sont repris dans les sec- Bronson et poilu comme un Chuck Norris. Nous irons donc chercher tions Cannon Films et Botanicals : / nos héros dans le passé en consacrant un vaste module aux produc- Nog meer onuitgegeven werk is te zien in de reek- tions Cannon. sen Cannon Films en Botanicals: Comme à l’époque, nous continuons à considérer cette planète comme notre "propriété" et à en profiter avec insouciance. Mais > elecTric BoogalOO : une menace organique rôde : des organismes "inférieurs" pourraient THe Wild, Untold Story Of cannOn films — P.8 bien prendre le pouvoir et survivre aux stupides homo economicus. > THe creePing garden — P.6 Découvrez quelques explorations de ce scénario dans la section Bo- OFFSCREENINGS tanicals, qui fera douter plus d’un végétarien. Trêve de bavardage, rejoignez-nous pour trois semaines de cinéma politiquement incorrect, provocant, voluptueux et hors du commun. NL — Het Offscreen Film Festival, de vrijplaats voor liefhebbers van cultfilm, is terug. Al voor de achtste keer slaan vzw Marcel en Nova de handen in elkaar en timmeren we de cinema om in een jaren 80 relikwie, overwoekerd door schimmels, paddenstoelen en andere vertegenwoordigers van het plantenrijk. Dit alles onderstreept met het charmante geraas van een kettingzaag. Zoals steeds wordt het festivalprogramma in mootjes gehakt. We hebben de sectie Offscreenings, een verzameling cultklassiekers in wording. Er is de komst van Tobe Hooper die met "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre" één van de belangrijkste moderne horrorklassiekers inblikte, maar die ook allerlei heerlijke jaren 80 pulp draaide, onder meer voor de productiefirma Cannon. De studio van de Israëlische neefjes Golan en Globus is zowat synoniem met alle foute trends en politieke stromingen in het decennium van de Amerikaanse presi- dent Ronald Reagan. Met alle terreurdreiging, het veiligheidscircus, de triomf van het populisme, conservatisme, neoliberalisme en 04.03 > 20:00 + 07.03 > 18:00 [ 5€ / 3,5€ ] woekerkapitalisme, zouden we nog kunnen denken dat de jaren 80 terug zijn, maar dan jammer genoeg zonder de fluokleurtjes en ge- a PigeOn saT On a brancH Ouverture / föhnde kapsels, de branie van een Stallone, de verbetenheid van een reflecTing On exisTence Opening Charles Bronson of het borsthaar van Chuck Norris. Ondertussen doen we met zijn allen lustig voort alsof deze aardkloot En duva satt på En grEn och ons eigendom is, maar owee, de natuur slaat altijd terug en andere, fundEradE på tillvaron zogenaamd lagere organismen zouden de stupiditeit van de homo ROY ANDERSSON, 2014, SE, HD, VO ST FR & NL / OV FR & NL OND, 101' rapiens nog eens kunnen overleven. Want wat als planten het ineens niet zo begrepen hebben op de mens ? Ontdek het met Botanicals, FR — Deux représentants de commerce déprimés et déprimants vendent des cotillons. Sans een module die zelfs de meest fervente vegetariërs onder ons aan laisser transparaître aucune émotion, ils vantent l’amusement sans fin que peuvent procurer leurs articles de fantaisie, dents de vampires en plastique "extra longues" ou sac à rire. Ces person- het twijfelen zal brengen. nages sont le fil rouge de ce récit kaléidoscopique en 39 tableaux, qui les confronte à des situations Genoeg gezwamd, join the cult en laten we ons drie weken lang absurdes avec des marins ivres, des familles obsédées par l’argent, des barmaids qui poussent verenigen in onze gedeelde passie voor politiek niet-correcte, provo- la chanson ou encore le roi Charles XII, débarqué du XVIIIe siècle sur son cheval. Roy Andersson ("Songs from the Second Floor", "You, the Living") injecte de l’insolite dans la vie catieve, zinnenstrelende en pure Cinema ! quotidienne pour mieux en souligner la beauté et la tragédie, et contempler la condition humaine avec cynisme, mélancolie et humour caustique. Nous vous proposons la première belge de cette > Préventes & infos complètes sur l’ensemble du festival / brillante comédie douce-amère qui a remporté le Lion d’or du festival de Venise en septembre. Voorverkoop & volledig festivalprogramma : NL —Twee reizende verkopers proberen een koffer vol feestartikelen aan de man te brengen. Zelf www.offscreen.be zijn ze de meest gedeprimeerde personen die je je maar kan voorstellen. Emotieloos vertellen ze hoeveel plezier je kan beleven aan plastic “extra lange” vampierentanden of een lachzak. Ze vormen de rode draad in een caleidoscopische vertelling die hen in absurde situaties brengt met dronken Sommaire / INHOUD zeelui, geldzieke families, zingende barmeiden en de achttiende eeuwse koning Karel XII – te paard. Regisseur Roy Andersson (“Songs from the Second Floor”, “You, the Living”) plaatst het ongewone Offscreenings ........................................................................................... P. 2 > 4 in het alledaagse om de grootsheid en kleinzieligheid, schoonheid en tragedie, overdrijving en weemoed van ons menselijke bestaan te benadrukken. De Belgische première van deze briljante, TObe HOOPer .......................................................................................................... P. 5 bitterzoete comedy waarmee hij in september de Gouden Leeuw van Venetië won. Botanicals ....................................................................................................... P. 6 >7 cannOn films ................................................................................................. P. 8 > 10 Special screenings ..........................................................................................P. 11 HOraires, eTc. / UUrroosTer, enz...........................................................P. 12 OFFSCREENINGS 3 05.03 > 20:00 [ 5€ / 3,5€ ] 08.03 > 17:00 [ 5€ / 3,5€ ] HOneymoon THe Tribe 15.03 > 18:00 [ 5€ / 3,5€ ] LEIGH JANIAK, 2014, US, HD, VO / OV, 87' MIROSlaV SlaBOSHPITSKY, 2014, UA, HD, VO NON SOus-TITRÉ / OV ZONDER OND, 130' FR — Deux jeunes mariés vont passer leur lune de miel dans blind ESKIL VOGT, 2014, NO, HD, VO ST FR & NL / OV FR & NL OND, 91' une maison au milieu de la forêt. Ils se connaissent depuis peu FR — Sergey, un adolescent sourd et muet, entre dans un internat et profitent de cette maison appartenant aux parents de madame spécialisé. Il y découvre un monde violent et sans pitié où une FR — Depuis qu’elle a perdu la vue en raison d’une affection pour approfondir leurs liens et bâtir leur relation maritale. Une bande d’élèves gère un réseau de prostitution. Sergey parvient à génétique, Ingrid vit cloîtrée dans l’appartement qu’elle partage nuit, la jeune femme disparaît et le mari la retrouve dévêtue au s’intégrer au groupe grâce à ses talents de bagarreur. À bord d’une avec son conjoint. Assise à la fenêtre, elle se raccroche obs- milieu des bois, comme pétrifiée. Elle change petit à petit de camionnette, il conduit deux filles de son école sur une aire d’auto- tinément à ses souvenirs et tente de façonner une empreinte comportement, ce qui inquiète le jeune marié qui, après tout, route, pour qu’elles puissent y vendre leurs charmes aux routiers. visuelle de son environnement. La mémoire étant volatile, les se retrouve dans une situation difficile alors qu’il est sur son Sergey finit par tomber amoureux d’une d’entre elles. Dans ce pensées d’Ingrid s’emballent au point de brouiller la frontière terrain à elle... Jouant bien des codes sans donner l’impression film ukrainien, les images l’emportent sur la parole, vu que tous entre fantaisie et réalité. C’est avec ce drame
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