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Diario DIA 2 2/10/08 22:06 Página 1 Diario DIA 2 2/10/08 22:06 Página 1 w w w . c i n e m a s i t g e s . c o m D I V E N D R E S 3 2 OCTUBRE º 2 0 0 8 N Pàg. 05 FIGHTER Pàg. 07 CROWS ZERO Pàg. 09 TRANSSIBERIAN Pàg. 12 THE COTTAGE Organitza: Con el apoyo de: Patrocinadores: Televisió oficial: Diario DIA 1 1/10/08 18:16 Página 2 Diario DIA 2 2/10/08 21:33 Página 3 DIARI DEL FESTIVAL Divendres 3 octubre 2008 AVUI US RECOMANEM... CROWS ZERO LOS BASTARDOS HOME MOVIE Takashi Miike Amat Escalante Christopher Denham El japonès Takashi Miike, bon amic L’últim descobriment del nou cine- El jove protagonista de la nova de Sitges, ens proposa la seva ma mexicà ens porta una pel·lícula pel·lícula de Scorsese s’estrena pel·lícula més taquillera, un festi- de contingut impactant, estètica com a director amb una denúncia val de lluites espectaculars que sòbria i missatge contundent. Un contundent de l’hipòcrita ideal de també és el capítol zero d’una saga Funny Games a la mexicana amb família nord-americana. Què que portarà a la gran pantalla i en dos joves immigrants abocats a un amaguen les filmacions casolanes imatge real un manga de Hiroshi pou de violència. Cinema radical. de la família Poe? Takahashi. S.O. NOVES VISIONS S.O. NOVES VISIONS S.O. FANTÀSTIC COMPETICIÓ PRADO 22:45 TRAMUNTANA 14:30 AUDITORI 22:30 SURVEILLANCE DEADGIRL 2001: UNA ODISEA DEL Jennifer Lynch Marcel Sarmiento i Gadi ESPACIO La filla de David Lynch presenta un Harel Stanley Kubrick psycho-thriller en què dos agents Dos amics adolescents troben, en Per celebrar el 40è aniversari de l’FBI (Bill Pullman i Julia un edifici abandonat, una noia viva d’aquesta pel·lícula revolucionària, Ormond) han de resoldre un assas- embolicada amb una bossa de Sitges us ofereix la possibilitat de sinat esfereïdor. El resultat: plàstic. Ho pot semblar, però és la fer realitat una fantasia cinèfila càmeres de vigilància, flashbacks típica pel·lícula americana de ter- universal: veure el monòlit de 2001 eloqüents, girs de guió i l’herència ror adolescent. Si de cas, n’és l’an- a la gran pantalla de l’Auditori. Hi de l’American Gothic. tídot. ha coses que no tenen preu. S.O. FANTÀSTIC COMPETICIÓ S.O. NOVES VISIONS HOMENATGES TRAMUNTANA 20:30 TRAMUNTANA 22:45 AUDITORI 17:00 EXTE: HAIR EXTENSIONS SPLINTER TRANSSIBERIAN Sion sono Toby Wilkins Brad Anderson I si les inofensives extensions de Splinter és un paràsit assassí que Després de Session 9 i El maquinis- cabell no ho fossin tant? I si un s’instal·la al cos de les seves víc- ta, Brad Anderson torna a deixar cop fixades adquirissin vida pròpia? times humanes i els provoca una clar que és un mestre de l’alta ten- Us convidem a la perruqueria més set insadollable de sang. Terror sió amb aquest thriller obscur terrorífica, satírica i extravagant del brutal en estat pur. Es projectarà ambientat al mític Transsiberià i cinema nipó: un J-Horror fetitxista acompanyada d’Able i Fear Itself: protagonitzat per Woody Harrelson, amb Chiaki Kuriyama, la nena sàdi- Spooked com a part de “La nit del Emily Mortimer, Eduardo Noriega i ca de Kill Bill. terror”. Ben Kingsley. ORIENT EXPRESS - CASA ASIA SESSIONS ESPECIALS S.O. FANTÀSTIC FORA DE COMPETICIÓ EL RETIRO 10:00 EL RETIRO 21:30 AUDITORI 20:15 Primers premis del Sitges’08 Ramón Martos de Image Film, Maria Honorífica sorpresa Christiane Kubrick recull el Gran Premi Honorífic a Stanley Kubrick 3 Diario DIA 2 2/10/08 21:13 Página 4 DIARI DEL FESTIVAL Divendres 3 octubre 2008 Anima’t El Retiro 12:00 / 17:45 Terra ULTIMÁTUM A LA TERRA James Stanton (Luke Wilson). Por el camino deberán enfrentarse a los secretos que guar- dan los dirigentes de Terra y, lo que es peor, las ansias belicistas del General Hemmer (Brian Cox) obsesionado con hacerse con el control del planeta, aunque sea a costa de la extinción de todos sus nativos. En la aventura galáctica de Terra se fu- sionan la animación y la ciencia ficción, se recogen además múltiples ecos de las más diversas fuentes: de El planeta de los simios a una versión intergaláctica de Romeo y Ju- lieta, pasando por las distopías de última ge- neración como Wall-E. La animación luce de forma espectacular en el diseño de exterio- res, paisajes, criaturas fantásticas y soportes Anima’t, el escaparate que ofrece el Fes- poblado por seres voladores (y con forma de arquitectónicos, así como en las batallas es- tival de Sitges para descubrir los más avanza- renacuajo) que viven en perfecta comunión y paciales, que recuerdan en varios momentos dos y originales descubrimientos en el último armonía con su entorno natural. Estamos en a las de la saga de Star Wars. El empaque ar- cine de animación, se inaugura este año con el territorio de la fantasía, donde los anima- tístico del conjunto se completa con un es- un perla de la industria independiente norte- les marinos surcan los cielos y la violencia o pectacular casting de voces que ya quisiera americana: Terra, del canadiense Aristome- la guerra son palabras desconocidas. para sí cualquier gran producción de Holly- nis Tsirbas. En un mundo, el de la animación Así, cuando “algo” grandioso aparece en wood, y en el que encontramos, además de digital, dominado por compañías como Pixar el cielo, la mayoría de los habitantes de Terra los ya mencionados, a estrellas como James o Dreamworks, resulta refrescante encontrar creen estar ante la presencia de un nuevo Garner, Dennis Quaid, Rosanna Arquette, un filme que amplía el abanico de propues- dios. Sin embargo, no se trata de una divini- Danny Glover o Amanda Peet. tas animadas del 3D. Puede que MeniThings dad, sino de una amenazadora fuerza invaso- En resumen, Terra, adaptación de un LLC y Snoot Entertainment no tengan los ra: nosotros, los humanos. Estamos ante la corto homónimo que el mismo Tsirbas diri- medios de las grandes factorías de anima- otra cara de la moneda de películas como Ul- gió en 2003, es una fantasía épica y colo- ción, sin embargo cuentan con mucha imagi- timátum a la Tierra o Independence Day. Es rista que contiene un mensaje de alerta so- nación, ingenio y sentido de la aventura épi- entonces cuando se inicia la odisea de la alie- bre los peligros que azotan el futuro de ca. Es por ello que Terra deslumbra desde su nígena Mala (doblada por Evan Rachel Wo- nuestro planeta si no reaccionamos ante arranque, donde nos invita a entrar en un od), que en su misión para salvar a su padre, nuestros instintos militaristas y agresivos universo mágico, un planeta llamado Terra encuentra la inesperada ayuda del Teniente con el medioambiente. 4 Diario DIA 2 2/10/08 21:13 Página 5 DIARI DEL FESTIVAL Divendres 3 octubre 2008 S.O. Fantàstic Competició Auditori 15:00 Fighter QUIERO SER COMO BRUCE LEE Proveniente de la cantera del colectivo miliar) que es la adolescencia. Ese momen- mente a su verdadera pasión: la práctica jan al espectador con la boca abierta sino cula Tigre y Dragón (Ang Lee, 2000) y que danés Dogma, y con una larga trayectoria to vital en el que se produce una auténtica del kung fu. Y es que los padres de Aicha principalmente porque a diario debe luchar interpreta al entrenador de la prestigiosa cinematográfica a sus espaldas, Natasha experimentación sentimental, en el que se esperan que estudie medicina, como su por su felicidad, por sus ideales y contra un academia. Arthy nos introduce en una historia apasio- viven sensaciones nuevas, inseguridades y hermano mayor, sin embargo su mayor de- entorno retrógrado y machista, contra la ig- Otro dato interesante, es saber que nante de emancipación y de lucha por los toma de decisiones que parecen determi- seo es el de entrar en una prestigiosa es- norancia de una sociedad que desconoce Arthy basa su historia en un fenómeno ac- sueños, que combina magistralmente dra- nar drásticamente el futuro. Y lo hace a tra- cuela de kung fu que implica entrenar con su cultura. tual sorprendente; muchas chicas de origen ma social, comedia y acción. Aunque en un vés del complejo personaje protagonista de hombres, un hecho inaceptable para su fa- Además de una trama inteligente e in- turco y de Oriente Medio, practican alguna principio Fighter (2007) fue pensada para Aicha, una chica de 17 años nacida en Di- milia. Aún así, decidirá seguir adelante y teresante, uno de los principales atractivos forma de arte marcial en Dinamarca. Preci- el público más adolescente, lo cierto es que namarca en el seno de una familia tradicio- desarrollar todo su talento. Allí entrenará de la película es el despliegue de artes mar- samente de ellas tomó la idea para crear el por su argumento y desarrollo emociona al nal turca, crecida en una sociedad moderna junto a Emil, un joven danés del que se en- ciales que realizan sus protagonistas que espléndido personaje de Aicha. Interpreta- espectador adulto y consigue transportarlo progresista de valores igualitarios pero a la amorará desafiando lo prohibido. Y es que dejan entrever la gran aportación de Xian do magníficamente por Semra Turan, que a esa delicada etapa de constante conflicto vez en contradicción con unos valores tradi- Aicha es una verdadera fighter, no sólo por Gao, coreógrafo de artes marciales, más co- debuta como actriz y a la que la realizadora (con uno mismo y con el entorno social y fa- cionales inculcados que se oponen tajante- su increíble despliegue de piruetas que de- nocido por su excelente trabajo en la pelí- conoció en su visita a un club de karate.
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