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Leeds International Film Festival · 2008

Leeds International Film Festival 2008

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Experimental films "centring around the theme of Consciousness and the Collective". In additions to the films below, there will also be several short film showcases: Subtle Bodies, Utopia?, The Earth And The Sky Are Taking Turns, Sector 16, EXP24 and a Super 8 Film Workshop.

Programme

5 films · 3 reviews

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Aguirre: The Wrath Of God (Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes)

Review preview for Aguirre: The Wrath Of God

Breathtakingly visual and epic in its ambitions.

Gary Duncan · 3.5 out of 5
Klaus Kinski plays a mad conquistador searching for El Dorado.

(Country: Germany; Year: 1972; Director: Werner Herzog; Writer: Werner Herzog; Stars: Klaus Kinski, Daniel Ades, Peter Berling, Ruy Guerra, Del Negro, Armando Polanah, Alejandro Repulles, Cecilia Rivera, Helena Rojo)

Fear Eats The Soul (Ali: Fear Eats The Soul, Angst Essen Seele Auf)

Review preview for Fear Eats The Soul

Fassbinder's camerawork is nothing short of masterful.

Leanne McGrath · 4.5 out of 5
Touching romance between a lonely widow and an immigrant worker.

(Country: West Germany; Year: 1974; Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder; Writer: Rainer Werner Fassbinder; Stars: Brigitte Mira, El Hedi ben Salem, Barbara Valentin, Irm Hermann, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Elma Karlowa, Anita Bucher, Gusti Kreissl, Margit Symo, Doris Mattes)

Kings Of The Road (Im Lauf der Zeit)

Road movie about two men travelling across Germany.

(Country: West Germany; Year: 1976; Director: Wim Wenders; Writer: Wim Wenders; Stars: Rüdiger Vogler, Hanns Zischler, Lisa Kreuzer, Rudolf Schündler, Marquard Bohm, Hans Dieter Trayer, Franziska Stömmer, Patric Kreuzer, Wim Wenders, Peter Kaiser)

Reverse Shot: Rebellion Of The Filmmakers (Gegenschuss - Aufbruch der Filmemacher )

Former members of the ‘Filmverlag der Autoren’ talk about the dynamic collective which was hugely influential in German cinema.

(Country: Germany; Year: 2008; Director: Dominik Wessely, Laurens Straub)

Tabu: A Story Of The South Seas

Review preview for Tabu: A Story Of The South Seas

Murnau’s ability as a storyteller is demonstrated to perfection in this, his last film.

Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
FW Murnau's tale of love on the run in the South Seas.

(Country: US; Year: 1931; Director: FW Murnau; Writer: FW Murnau, Robert J Flaherty, Edgar G Ulmer; Stars: Matahi, Anne Chevalier, Bill Bambridge, Hitu, Jean, Kong Ah, Ah Fong)