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Edinburgh International Film Festival · 2008

Edinburgh International Film Festival 2008

Black Box

The EIFF state: "Daring experiments in film form, from the innovators of the visual art world".

Programme

4 films · 3 reviews

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Black Box Shorts

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The unknown gap between a given input and output.

Andrew Robertson · 2.5 out of 5
Experimental short film showcase.

(Year: 2008; Director: See individual reviews)

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Eat, For This Is My Body (Mange, Ceci Est Mon Corps)

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It's the bare faced pretension of the exercise that overwhelms.

Amber Wilkinson · 1.5 out of 5
Avant garde 'documentary' loosely exploring the colonialist history of Haiti.

(Country: France, Haiti; Year: 2007; Director: Michelange Quay; Writer: Michelange Quay; Stars: Sylvie Testud, Catherine Samie, Jean Noël Pierre, Hans Dacost Saint-Val)

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UK Premiere

The Juche Idea

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Jim Finn’s awkwardly placed film is unsettling by its approach as well as its subject matter.

Chris · 3 out of 5
Deconstruction of the North Korean official state ideology.

(Country: USA; Year: 2008; Director: Jim Finn)

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UK Premiere

Seven Intellectuals In Bamboo Forest, Parts 1 To 5

A rare screening of the artist's celebrated series, based on the history of seven intellectuals in the ancient Chinese Wei and Jin Dynasties.

(Country: USA; Year: 2008; Director: Yang Fudong)

UK Premiere