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Ao 0, No. 5 Revista quincenal.Vancouver, BC JULIO 15, 20

cine, cultura y entretenimiento en ingls y espa

Film, arts & entertainment English & Spani

Los Superelegantes

La Musica

avant garde

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Alex de la iglesia

El crimen Perfecto

A scanner Darkly

Who

killed

the

electric car?

Gael Garc?a Bernal

The King

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Robert Wallman 4 - 5Alex De La Iglesia (English) 6 - 7

Alex De La Iglesia (Spanish) 8 - 9

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Editorial

Muchas y muy buenas sorpresas para este mes. La cineteca orece en estreno la cinta del espaol Alex de la Iglesia Perect Crime originalmente titulada Crimen Ferpecto y no, no es error de dedo. As comouna breve resea de este genial cineasta espaol En msica nos vamos

hasta Tijuana ahora con Los Super Elegantes, genial grupo que recicla, crea y hastale pega a la artisteada con su disco Channelizing Paradise.

Mientras que las pelculas ms recomendables de esta quincena son: A scanner Darkly conKeanu Reeves y el documental Who killed the electric Car?

Tons o good and great surprises or this month. The Paciic Cinemathequewill show Alex De La Iglesias last movie: Perect Crime. Along with thereview, we include have included a small bio and a small resemblance o hisearlier work. On Music Los Super Elegantes is a great perormance group

which combines their artistical skills with music and celebrates the songs rom thepast on their debut album: Channelizing Paradise Last but not least, our sugges-tions or watching a ilm are: A scanner Darkly, and the documentary Who killedthe electric car?

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Editorial (English)


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Rating: PG

English Movie Reviews Live Theatre

Mention the name Richard Linklater and lm bus quickly pounce. You

ust never know the kind o lm Linklater will come up with and team himwith ace science ction writing giant Philip K. Dick and the results aresimply spellbinding. Anaheim and Los Angeles in 2013 turns out to bethe perect setting or the continuing battle against illicit narcotics. Herethe culprit knocking olks senseless is something called Substance D withhooked out users becoming utterly senseless. Detox in the orm o New-Path Recovery Centre turns out to be the only way to escape the carnage.

Brought into the picture to lead the charge against the narcotics trade isace undercover agent Bob Arctor. Being it the uture Arctor gets the latesttools in the trade to stymie the druggies. Armed with a suit that allows hisacial characteristics to change this policeman seems to be riding a high in more ways than one.

Outside the box our G-man hangs out with three wild and crazy peo-

ple. Main squeeze Donna Hawthorne is the ultimate rigid woman whblonde-wonder surer Ernie Luckman is as wired as they come. Fast talJames Barris proves to be the philosopher king as these ophouse tenaengage in some o the sharpest dialogue in ages all laced with that hlucinogenic underpinning.

Today animation reigns supreme in the orm o childrens moies with adult in-jokes. Leave those uy animal or souped-up car imagbehind as Linklater (The School o Rock) brings out a 2-D type animationyou never see live actors. Uncanny resemblance to living thespians is umistakable as an A-list cast o heavyweights bring these animated, largthan low-lie gures to lie.

Canadian superstar Keanu Reeves (The Lake House) again provto be an undeniable presence as crusading cop Bob Actor. Almost stealithe show rom everyone is rst class actor Robert Downey Jr (Chaplin) w

sizzles as the quip-laden James Barris. Mild laughter and more edgy woo wisdom pop out o the head o Woody Harrelson (North Country) surng dude/dope head Ernie Luckman with elegant Winona Ryder (LitWomen) providing romantic pause as Donna.

Edgy, unny and ull o uturistic insight with a science ctibent, A Scanner Darkly is insightul entertainment or acquired tastFolks looking or a dierent lm experience thats outside the norm wbe ully satised with this 100 minute eye-opener whose ability to maanimated imagery so close to recognizable human orms, right down moving eyebrows and hand gestures, must be seen to be ully appreated.

A Scanner DarklyBY ROBERT WALLMAN

Jacks back! No, not the devilish Jack Nicholson but Jack Sparrow, mis-chie maker extraordinaire. Most o the cast rom the rst Pirates o theCaribbean return or more danger and shenanigans as Jack becomes the

central gure in a chase to the death involving crazy natives, ghost ships,jungle witch doctors and corporate corruption that predates the Enronaair by centuries.

Like all good ables o grandeur love plays a central theme inDead Mans Chest. Love-birds Will Turner and Elizabeth Swan are all set ortheir big day until a little matter o jail time intrudes. Thanks to the ghastlycommander o their home base the pair has a reprieve o sorts: to escapeprison time they must nd old buddy Jack Sparrow and get his help oneway or another. Those dastardly plans come by way o the smooth talking,decidedly evil Lord Cutler Beckett.

Once ree o Becketts grasp Turner and Swan engage in a momental quest to nd Sparrow. Long gone rom land we see Sparrowagain up to his neck in trouble. Once the trio are reunited we emeinto a crazy tale involving the mysterious ying Dutchman ship and ancient curse o Davy Jones. Oh, and there is one small intervening aca giant squid monster determined to stop Sparrow and co. in their tra

Fit or all ages, Pirates o the Caribbean Dead Mans Chest is mvelous entertainment at its imaginary best. Superb casting anchoredthat cad or all seasons Johnny Depp (Blow) assures hammy camp as mwith all quips Jack Sparrow. Unbelievable stunts will leave you smilingSparrow, Turner and Swan wind up in more swashbuckling close encoters that hark back to the same heart-pounding atmosphere reservedthe rst Indiana Jones moments rom Raiders o the Lost Ark.

Good action antasies need great villains and Dead Mans Chhas a host o baddies. Evil in stuy clothes is shown o by Tom Hollanwhile unrecognizable unnyman Bill Nighy (Love, Actually) gets by witlot less outer wear as the wormy exteriored Davy Jones. Romance taa back seat to swordplay and horse play in this lm which eatures KeKnightley (Bend it Like Beckham) and Orlando Bloom (Lord o the Rinwho barely lock lips as Ms. Swan and Mr. Turner.

Humour takes a back seat to the great visual eects in this Still, there really is some great interplay, gags and quips that bring wasmiles to onlookers who will be dazzled by the invigorating action mments. Even the storyline here o revenge and old curses strikes just right chord.

Just a touch long at 2 hours, Dead Mans Chest is a living ttament to antastic imagination that makes going to the movies the bway to escape normality.

Pirates of the Caribbean Dead Mans ChestBY ROBERT WALLMAN


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EnglishMovie Reviews & Live Theatre

Who Killed

The Electric Car?

Never trust a corporation orbig business. That messagecomes through loud and clear inWho Killed The Electric Car? Cur-rent in the extreme, this must seemovie rom Sony Pictures Clas-sics and Mongrel Media revealsthe lengths some business lead-ers will go to protect their ownpersonal interests and the publicbe damned. Only being shownat Vancouvers Fith Avenue Cin-

emas, i there ever was a need to get a wider release on an importantsubject this is it!

Hot on the heels o skyrocketing oil prices at the pump we re-ect back on the attempts to produce an electric car. Few will remem-ber that back in the 1970s General Motors and a host o other majorautomobile manuacturers did in act put into production an electriccar. Unortunately or consumers then and now the giant edoms inDetroit never gave the vehicle a chance to catch on. Allegations o lacko demand rom the public sparked an unbelievable journey that sawa totally viable vehicle with huge attributes literally relegated to thescrap heap thanks to subteruge and greed.

Lots o blame ought to be shared or the demise o this prom-ising transport innovation. Viewers will be mesmerized at the lack oaccountability this lm reveals through insightul interviews with carowners, engineers and government bureaucrats as the x was denite-ly in at the highest levels o government to neutralize this promisingdevelopment and nip it in the bud.

Instead big oil and the auto industry, earing loss o prot,ensured the ailure o the electric car, going so ar as to destroy everyworking model despite the preerence o owners wanting to keep their

vehicles. Through insightul interviews and ootage o historical adsyou cant help but eel incensed as to how a solution to our currentpollution problems and energy woes was at hand way back then hadonly the powers that be allowed the electric car to survive. Talk aboutshort-sighted stupidity!

Anger will resonate loudly with everyone who sees this movieas to the lengths political leaders have gone to dupe the North Ameri-can public all with an eye to lining their pockets through political dona-tions rom big oil and the like. How short-sighted were the politicianso the day!

Celebrities like Tom Hanks and Mel Gibson add their chorusto the ranks o V-Car owners who come out swinging against all whokilled a promising technology which could have had a major benetor todays consumers. Appearances by Ralph Nader urther embolden

the claims o the lmmakers who make quite the case or the dangerso short-sightedness and corruption in Washington and state legisla-tures.

Narrated by Martin Sheen, Who Killed The Electric Car is amust see documentary whose message should not be lost on anyone(except the oil companies, greedy carmakers, and their questionableethics and ilk)!

BY ROBERT WALLMAN

Today anythinggoes. Morality seems tohave gone out the win-dow thanks to our liberalattitude and the growtho the internet. Sins o theesh are commonplacemuch to the dismay o

conservative disciples. Likely set in the seventeenth century Measureor Measure explores the role o the state at a time when censorshipand conservatism reigned supreme.

Once upon a time lovely Venice was the mecca or de-bauchery. Hark back to the days o Casanova to rekindle the debateso privacy versus promiscuity. At that time government leader DukeVincentio took it upon himsel to eliminate illicit ornication. Todaywe laugh in those days some cried at the ate o big time oendersClaudio and Juliet. Set to die by the powers that be chie executionerGeneral Angelo was set to do the deed.

Backed by the state and under strict government rules An-gelo was hell bent to make a lesson out o the love between Clau-dio and Juliet. To save the day Claudios sister, a nun in training, isintroduced in a last ditch eort to plead or Claudios lie. Against thisback drop o high amily intrigue the Duke decides to observe the

proceedings and under an uncanny disguise as a riar checks up onthe proceedings. What ollows is a delightul game o deception andlove labours as Angelos heavy-handed state sanctioned approachgets turned on its head in this riotous two hour east or the eyes thateatures comedy, morality and great perormances.

Led by the commanding presence o jack-booted IanButcher in the role o the unrelenting Angelo you all head over heelsor the plight o the lovers against the rule o an unjust law. Cast as ill-ated lovers Claudio and Juliet are Kyle Rideout and Tara Jean Wilkinwho wear their hearts on the sleeve.

Few sets bear great ruit as you get caught up in the powero the state and the desperation o the innocents. Sure to strike aresponsive chord with members o the cloth is Karen Rae as nun Isa-bella, a saintly sister who pleads like no other. Above all else leaders

need to lead and Scott Bellis proves that politicians back then knewhow to do the right thing as the Duke, a true man o the people.Humour springs up throughout this classic romance with

unnymen Elbow and Pompey bringing good cheer as a lawman anda ladys man extraordinaire. Both Josue Laboucane and Allan Zinykare perectly matched as this ill-ated pair.

Lots o laugh, nice costumes and a story still relevant tothis day make Measure or Measure a joyul experience under thosegorgeous Vancouver skies. Worth catching this summer Measure orMeasure remains in Vancouver until Sept. 23. For tickets and showtimes contact (604) 739-0559 or go to www.bardonthebeach.org

L i v e T h e a t r eMeasure or Measure

BY ROBERT WALLMAN


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Some directors rene their style with time. Alexde la Iglesia is one o them. Better known or mak-ing movies dealing with the grotesque and darkhumor, Perect Crime deals with themes De laIglesia recurrently explores, since Mirindas Asesi-nas his rst short lm, or Mutant Action (1993),

The day o the Beast (1995) or Perdita Durango(1997).Perect Crime also mixes dark humor and the gro-tesque. The characters o the story are extremelycontrasted. Raael (Guillermo Toledo) has a per-ect lie, surrounded by beautiul women, a great

job and no commitments. While Lourdes (MnicaCervera) is the opposite: Ugly, clumsy and addict-ed to reality shows.Alex De La Iglesia explores the theme o guilty-ness as a weapon o manipulation and power.Which turns out as a great combination o goodentertainment.

Perect Crime

The story is told rom Raaels point o view, who is a womanizer, but is thosekind o stories where the hunter becomes the prey, and Lourdes becomedominant gure ater being so insecure.Writen by Jorge Jorge Guerrita Echevarria & Alex De La Iglesia we can seehow Misogynist is this point o view: A woman must be beatiul and be anobject o desire, i she is ugly she is evil as a witch. Only De la Iglesia can

get away with it, because he balances the story with a lot o humour andhilarious situations.

Synopsis:

RAFAEL is charming and ambitious. He likes beautiulwomen, elegant clothes and exclusive circles. He worksat a department store. He has turned the Ladys sectioninto his particular stronghold. He is a born salesman, itssimply in his blood. RAFAEL aims to become the newHead o Section. His main rival is DON ANTONIO, theveteran manager o the Gentlemens section. As badluck and destiny would have it, DON ANTONIO dies ac-cidentally ater a heated discussion. The only witness tothe crime is LOURDES, a horrendous, nave and obses-sive saleslady. She does not hesitate to blackmail RA-FAEL to turn him into her lover, her husband, her slave.

RAFAEL goes crazy as he sees his sophisticated worldslowly degenerating into a vulgar hell. In a t o mad-ness, he comes up with an inallible plan to get rid oLOURDES. He cannot aord a single mistake. Everythingmust be FERPECT.

About his characters Alex de la Iglesia remarks:

I adore envious but attractive characters. The ones who seems nice

but they arent, the ones who try to do evil things but, It ends up wrong.

Rafael is like that, a seducer, ambitious, egocentric. He educated him-

self watching documentaries on TV and aspires to a perfect world made

by to his own shape. When destiny strikes him, he becomes a little Mac-

beth from the XXI century, tormented by his squisofrenic conscience.

Showing at the Pacifc Cinematheque the ollowing days:

1131 Howe st. Downtown, Vancouver.

Thursday, July 20 9:30 pmFriday, July 21 7:30 pm

Saturday, July 22 9:30 pm

Wednesday, July 26 7:30 pm.

In Spanish with english subtitles.

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El cine de Alex de la Iglesia

He was born in Bilbao in 1965. At ten he was draw-ing comics and he acknowledges Alex Raymond, Stan Lee andVzquez as his spiritual athers. He studied at Deusto Universitywhere, according to him, he spent most o the time at the bar andin the lm society.

Determined to join the world o show business, he worked as

a decorator or TV and was Art Director in Enrique Urbizus lmTodo por la Pasta. From then on, things happened very quickly.The call o lm direction knocked on his door.

His rst and only short lm as co-writer and director, Mirindasasesinas (1991), won prizes at many estivals plus it served to con-vince Pedro Almodovar, through his producing company, El De-seo, to sponsor his rst eature lm, Accin Mutante (1993) (Mu-tant Action).

This malicious science ction comedy with a revolutionary mes-sage was awarded two prices at the Montreal Fantasia Film Fes-tival and it also achieved three Spanish Academy Awards (Goyaawards), turning the director into the most promising lm maker

o the year.

His second lm, El Da de la Bestia (1995) (The day o the Beast),won six Spanish Academy Awards (amongst them, Best Director).It also received prices at the Gradmar and Brussels estivals, andit obtained the unanimous praise o both the critics and the publicat the Venice, Toronto and Sitges Festivals. And, it went on to be-come one o the seasons top box ofce hits.

Perdita Durango (1997) (Dance with the devil) was his third ea-ture lm, the second to be produced by Andrs Vicente Gmezater the overwhelming success o El Da de la Bestia. Muertos deRisa (1999) (Dying o Laughter) and the accumulator o Goya pric-es La Comunidad (2000) (Common Wealth) were a turning point

in his meteoric career. From then on he became his own producer,beginning with 800 balas (2002) (800 Bullets) through the PnicoFilms company. He embarked upon this unprecedented basque-style western, shot in Almeria, starring an iconic Sancho Gracia.

Crimen perecto (2004) (Ferpect Crime) is his last lm to date. It isa return to the black humour that, or many critics, captures the es-sence o the best lex de la Iglesia, a lm maker who, at this pointin his own story, is respected and admired worldwide and has themost committed ans in the lm universe.De La Iglesia also provided the voice o The Underminer in theSpanish language version o The Incredibles

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Alex de la Iglesias sobresale best known work Mutant Actiothe movie who made him amous. The spicy mix o the grotesque black humour made it a cult classic almost inmediatly ater its releaMutant Action Accin Mutante.

We are in the uture, year 2012. The world is ruby rich daddys boys and spoilt brats. Only Mu

Action ghts the system: a group o physically haicapped people, ready to overthrow the society trelegated them to its ringes.They decide to strike. Ramn Yarritu, their lea

comes out o jail with a great plan: to kidnap Patricia, daughter oOrujo, industrialist, millionaire and amous or his whole wheat brrolls.They determine to do so on her wedding day. Ater some probleand a ew dead bodies, the operation succeeds. The spot chosencollect the ransom is the bar the lost mine in the planet o Axturiaremote land populated solely by miners.Everything seems to be going per ectly or the members o Mutanttion but tragedy strikes during the trip on their special crat.Envy and treason will lead our heroes to get tangled up in a ratric

battle. Only the strongest will survive.

The day o the Beast is a great horror-thriller movie. I you enjoy genre, you should check it out! its a cult classic!

The day o the Beast (El da de la Bestia)

A small and harmless looking priest, atngel Berriarta, Proessor o TheologyDeusto University, has been studying Apocalypse o Saint John or over 25 ywith the aim o deciphering the hidmessage in that Holy Text. He nally reac

the conclusion that the Antichrist will be born in Madrid, the 25thDecember 1995, beore dawn. The problem is that he doesnt know

exact spot o this delivery. Distressed over the lack o time let and ppared to get in touch with the ollowers o the Evil One beore it islate, he decides to arm himsel to the teeth and launch an improvicriminal career in the Spanish capital. A young heavy metal an, JMara, helps him to get in touch with Proessor Cavan, a character tis a mixture between medium, ortune-teller and mystic. The threejoin together to orm an improbable team with a common goal: cturing the Antichrist.


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Hay directores que con el tiempo su estilo seva depurando. Alex de la Iglesia es uno de ellos.Ciertos temas estan siempre presentes en su obradesde sus primeros cortos como Mirindas Asesi-nas (1991) o su gran pelcula de culto Accin Mu-tante(1993), El da de la Bestia (1995) o PerditaDurango (1997).

El Crmen Perecto es de esas una comedias

torcidas que mezcla el humor negro y lo grotes-co. Los personajes son muy contrastados. Raael(Guillermo Toledo) quiere una vida perecta ro-deado de mujeres bellas con un buen sueldo y sincompromisos. Mientras que Lourdes (Mnica Cer-vera) es todo lo contrario: ea, bruta y educada porla tv y por ende, acionada a los reality shows.

Alex de la Iglesia explora el tema de la culpabi-lidad como arma de seduccin o ser ms apro-piado decir violacin?, manipulacin y poder.

Crimen Perecto

La historia est contada desde el punto de vista de Raael, quien es unmujeriego, o como se le dice en ingls un womanizer, el cazador se vuelvecasado al ser dominado por Lourdes, quien le ayuda a esconder un crimenaccidental ocurrido en la ocina. Escrita por Jorge Guerrita Echevarria y Alexde la Iglesia podemos concluir que su postura es bantante misgina: Lamujer si es bonita se le debe utilizar como objeto de placer, si es ea es malacomo una bruja y de seguro lo ser. Sin embargo la pelcula se salva pues estomada a la ligera por el gnero de la comedia.

Sinopsis:

RAFAEL (Guillermo Toledo) es un tipo seductor y ambi-cioso. Le gustan las mujeres guapas, la ropa elegantey el ambiente selecto. Trabaja en unos grandes alma-cenes. Ha convertido la seccin de Seoras en su eudoparticular. Naci para vender. Lo lleva en la sangre. RA-FAEL aspira a convertirse en el nuevo Jee de Planta. Suprincipal rival para ocupar el puesto es DON ANTONIO(Luis Varela), el veterano encargado de la seccin deCaballeros. Por atalidades del destino, DON ANTONIOmuere accidentalmente tras una discusin acalorada.

El nico testigo del crimen es LOURDES(Mnica Cerve-ra), una dependienta horrorosa, na y obsesiva, que noduda en chantajear a RAFAEL para que se convierta ensu amante, su marido y su esclavo. RAFAEL se desesperaviendo cmo su mundo sosticado degenera poco apoco en un inerno de vulgaridad. Preso de la locura,

idea un plan inalible para librarse de LOURDES. Estavez no puede permitirse ni un error. Todo tiene que serFERPECTO.

Con respecto a sus personajes Alex de la Iglesia comenta:Adoro a los personajes envidiosos pero atractivos. Los que parecen

buenos y no lo son. Los que intentan hacer una putada y les sale siem-

pre mal. Rafael es as: seductor, ambicioso, egocntrico. Se ha educado

viendo documentales en la tele y aspira a vivir en un mundo perfecto, a su

medida. Cuando el Destino aciago le golpea, se convierte en un pequeo

Macbeth del siglo XXI, atormentado por una Conciencia esquizofrnica.

Se presenta en la Pacifc Cinematheque los siguientes das:

1131 Howe st. Downtown, Vancouver.

Jueves, Julio 20 9:30 pm

Viernes, Julio 21 7:30 pm

Sabado, Julio 22 9:30 pm

Miercoles, Julio 26 7:30 pm.

En Espaol con subttulos en ingls.

Duracin: 105 minutos.

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EspaolEl cine de Alex de la Iglesia

Naci en Bilbao en 1965. Empez como dibujante de comicslos diez aos y reconoce como padres espirituales a Alex Ray-ond, Stan Lee y Vzquez. estudi en la Universidad de Deusto,

onde, segn l, recuent el bar y el cineclub.

Decidido a introducirse en el mundo del espectculo, trabaj enelevisin como decorador y realiz la direccin artstica de Todoor la Pasta de Enrique Urbizu. A partir de ah los acontecimientose precipitaron. La llamada de la direccin cinematogrca acudisu puerta.

Su primer y nico corto como coguionista y director, Mirindassesinas (1991), acapar premios en numerosos estivales, y sirviara que Pedro Almodvar, a travs de su productora El Deseo,e animase a apadrinar su primer largometraje, Accin Mutante993).

Esta malintencionada comedia de ciencia ccin con mensajeevolucionario ue doblemente galardonada en el Festival de Cine

antstico de Montreal, y consigui 3 Premios Goya, adems deonvertir a su director en el cineasta ms prometedor del ao.

Su segunda pelcula El Da de la Bestia (1995), consigui seisremios Goya (entre ellos el de Mejor Direccin), y ue galardona-a en los estivales de Gradmar y Bruselas, adems de recibir elplauso unnime de la crtica y pblico en los Festivales de Vene-a, Toronto y Sitges, convirtindose adems en uno de los mayor-s xitos de taquilla de la temporada. Perdita Durango (1997) ueu tercer largometraje y el segundo producido por Andrs Vicentemez despus del gran xito de El Da de la Bestia.

Muertos de Risa (1999) y la acaparadora de Goyas La Comunidad000) supusieron un punto de inexin en su meterica carrera.

n adelante es su propio productor en 800 balas (2002), a travse Pnico Films. Abord un marmitako-western inaudito rodadon Almera y protagonizado por un Sancho Gracia icnico.

rimen perecto (2004) es hasta ahora su ltimo lme, la vueltahumor negro, que para muchos crticos contiene la esencia delejor Alex de la Iglesia, a estas alturas de su pelcula un cineasta

espetado y admirado en todo el mundo, con los ans ms devotosel universo cinematogrco.

Del trabajo de Alex de la Iglesia sobresale Accin Mutante, pelculaque tambin mezcla lo grotesco con el humor negro y la ciencia c-cin.Accin Mutante.

Estamos en el uturo, ao 2012. El mundo est dominado por cretinos y nios bonitos. Slo Accin mutante lucha contra el sistema: un grupo de minusvlidos sicos dispuestos a acabar con la sociedadque les ha marginado. Deciden dar el gran golpeRamn Yarritu, el lder, vuelve de la crcel con un

magnco plan: secuestrar a Patricia, hija del seor Orujo, industrialmillonario y amoso por sus panecillos integrales. Eligen para ello el dade su boda. Tras algunos problemas y unos cuantos muertos la oper-acin es un xito. El punto sealado para la entrega del rescate ser ebar La mina perdida, en el planeta Axturias, remoto paraje habitadotan solo por mineros. Todo parece sonrer a los miembros de Accinmutante, pero en el trayecto, a bordo de su nave especial, surge la tragedia. Envidia y traicin harn que nuestros hroes se enreden en unalucha raticida de la que slo se salvarn los ms uertes.

El da de la bestia es una gran pelcula mezcla de horror y thriller. Unagran cinta para verse en casa si gusta de este gnero.El da de la Bestia

Un cura pequeito de aspecto inoensivoel padre ngel Berriarta, Catedrtico deTeologa en la Universidad de Deusto, que lleva ms de 25 aos estudiando el Apocalipsis de San Juan con la intencin de descirael mensaje oculto del Texto Sagrado, por nllega a una conclusin: el Anticristo nacer

en Madrid el 25 de diciembre de 1995, antes del amanecer.Lo malo es que ignora el lugar exacto del alumbramiento. Angustiadopor la premura del acontecimiento y dispuesto a entrar en contactocon los seguidores del Maligno antes de que sea demasiado tarde, decide armarse hasta los dientes e iniciar una improvisada carrera delic-tiva en la capital de Espaa.

Un joven acionado al heavy metal, Jos Mara, le ayuda a entrar encontacto con el Proesor Cavan, un elemento entre mdium, pitoniso e

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Si alguna vez gritaste para tus adentros: Damn you Palito Ortegaaaa!!!cada que escuchabas por la radio la cursi cancin prometimos no llorareste es el disco que estabas esperando! Los Super elegantes es un grupoexcelente que recicla este cover: Prometimos no llorar Aquella inamecancin de una ruptura amorosa en vez de cantada, platicada entre unhombre y una mujer.

Ella: deshaciendose en lgrimas, l dulcemente diciendole: ay que

pena ajena das! (pattica mujer) superme ya! y no me hagas hacer elridculo!. Obviamente no con estas palabras, pero que mas da? el caso esque esa ue la actitud de muchos/machos o supermachos latinoamerica-nos en los mmm... setentas?

Pero no todo es Palito Ortega en esta vida y Los Super Elegan-tes tienen un Super Disco muy slido, uno de los mejores que heescuchado ultimamente en su gnero (si es que hay mas). Para losanticos del ayer Incluye otro retro cover de la cancin titulada porqu te vas cancin setentera interpretada por la cantante Jeannette,habr alguien que todava se acuerde de ella? triste, pero cierto :O( .Los super Elegantes son el do ormado por Milena Muzquiz y Martinia-no Lopez Crozet. Su estilo es retro hippie, no por algo hacen estos covers.De su produccin original sobresale: Je suis bien, una cancin muy hip,

as como panadero. y Sixteen, cancin que estuvo includa en la bandasonora de La Hija del Canbal protagonizada por Cecilia Roth.

Adems de su msica, los superelegantes tienen un concepto muyartstico pues durante sus conciertos realizan perormances. Inclsuiveueron parte de una muestra artstica en Caliornia.

Pero para qu les platico ms, mejor escuchen su msica desde su web-site:

http://www.lossuperelegantes.net/

During the seventies there was a latin american singer called PaOrtega who used to sing a song called Prometimos no llorar translaas we promised not to cry. It was a very passive agressive song aba man whos telling her girlriend on a restaurant that their relationsis over. The poor girl is crying and he just tells her sotly and sweekeep it quiet because its too embarassing. Oddly enough the song a huge success and the guy is still remembered by our mothers as on

the cooles and cute singers rom their time. Los super elegantes reate that song with a similar attitude, just the woman is, lets ace it, that patethic!Their songs really captured my attention, and ater searching abthem I ound out they organize perormances on gallery shows alowith their music. Which makes them really a unique musical group.They started creating music or movies. sixteen was the title used ohija del Cannbal a movie starring amous spanish actress Cecilia Rot

The group is new so, there is not much inormation about it, but wcares? Their music speak or them. i you want to listen to their sosome o them are available at their website:

http://www.lossuperelegantes.net/

Album: Channelizing Para-

dise

La banda ha tocado con gru-

pos como:

Beck, Ruus Wainwright,

Sidestepper, the Blood

Arm, Kinky, Ozomatli, y Los

Amigos Invisibles.

Espaol


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The King

James Marsh (Director) y Milo Addica, guionista de la pelcula MonsterBall unen uerzas para traernos una historia de venganza, pasin ymuerte en The King.Protagonizada por Gael Garca Bernal, cuenta la historia de ElvisValderez (Bernal) un joven que llega a Corpus Christy, en busca de supadre. Al encontrarlo se topa con su rechazo, quien ahora es pastorde una iglesia bautista y con una amilia a la que les ha dado todas lascomodidades que a Elvis se le han negado.

The King es una de esas historias contemplativas, muy al estilo de GusVan Sant. Nunca sabemos lo que piensan los personajes, su pasado,sus objetivos o sus motivaciones. A que ha ido Elvis? A vengarse? Areclamar lo que le pertenece? A tratar de comenzar una nueva vida?No lo sabemos.

Marsh analiza un tema tan proundo como es la religin. Para elloutiliza muchas alegoras y smbolos religiosos como el pasaje de Can yAbel, los diez mandamientos y en general cuestiones morales y de e.Inclusive la ciudad que se escoge para contar la historia redondea este

juego simblico y semntico: Corpus Christi, Texas.

Destaca el trabajo de Gael Garca Bernal como Elvis, sin embargo ya estiempo de verlo actuar en otro tipo de producciones pues est cansandoverlo en pelculas donde interpreta a personajes monstruosos,abominables y/o revolucionarios.

Gael Garca Bernal protagoniza: The king Espaol

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A Scanner Darkly

Por Luca Santiago Dants.

Basada en la homnima novela de Philip K. Dick (BladeRunner o Do Androids Dream o Electric Sheep?) y co-escrita y dirigida por Richard Linklater (Clerks, Fast Food

Nation) A Scanner Darkly es un thriller muy interesantey dierente. Cuenta la historia de un policia inltrado enuna casa de hippies adictos y distribuidores de una dro-ga llamada substance D. En un intento por hacer mscreble su papel de drogadicto, el agente Fred (KeannuReeves) se vuelve adicto a la atal sustancia provocn-dole trastornos cerebrales como la divisin de la activi-dad de sus hemiserios derecho e izquierdo en su cere-bro enviando seales contradictorias al mismo tiempo.

Debido a esto es que el estilo visual de la pelcula esbastante ormalista. Linklater trabaj anteriormente

con este proceso llamado rotoscoping en Walking Liedonde primero se lma la pelcula y despus se pintasobre la imagen creando un mundo muy similar al delcmic pero con tintes de realidad. El eecto uncionamuy bien por el tema de adiccin y prdida de la per-cepcin de la realidad de los personajes.Una pelcula en ocasiones cmica, en ocasiones oscura,llena de intriga y con las actuaciones de Robert DowneyJr., Winona Ryder, y Woody Harrelson, mejor conocidocomo el barman de Cheers.El ttulo hace reerencia al libro de los Corintios en laBiblia captulo 13 donde dice: todo lo vemos a travs deun cristal oscurecido (rerindose a la vida de adulto y

prdida de la inocencia).Como casi toda la obra de Philip K. Dick, A ScannerDarkly explora los temas de el uso/abuso de drogas, laconstante vigilancia de la polica, el posible pero siem-pre uturo oscuro de la humanidad y la alta tecnologacomo un instrumento de control, de ah que la pelculaabre con el siguiente texto: en siete aos todo lo quehacemos ser grabado.

LAS IMPERDONABLES

Who killed the Electric Car?

Por Luca Santiago Dants.

Interesante documental dirigido

por Chris Paine que trata sobre laposibilidad que alguna vez hubode producir autos elctricos a nivelmasivo; y de cmo las compaaspetroleras, de autos y el gobiernoestadounidense orman un ma-quiavlico complot para desapa-recer y destruir los pocos autos que

abricaron para el consumidor nal.

El documental est muy bien explicado y se hace una brevehistoria del amoso modelo EV que uncionaba cargandlode electricidad durante la noche o en estaciones especia-

les. Who killed the electric car? hace nasis en que los autoscompletamente elctricos alguna vez existieron y ormaronparte de nuestras vidas, pero la industria automovilstica es-tadounidense ha tratado por todos los medios de esconderestos maravillosos portentos de la tecnologa automovilsticagracias a su codicia.

Como comienza esta historia? con la alta contaminacinde Caliornia durante los noventas. En ese entonces CARB(Caliornia Air Resources Force) emiti un mandato a las com-paas automovilsticas para emitir un carro menos contami-nante debido a todos los problemas respiratorios que presen-taban las personas debido a la alta contaminacin originadaprimordialmente por los autos (muy similar al problema dela ciudad de Mxico). As ue como General Motors rene auna serie de ingenieros y comienzan a armar prototipos. Laidea era llegar a poblar toda la zona de Caliornia con estoscarros. As surgieron los primeros carros elctricos y ueron unrotundo xito. En el documental vemos celebridades comoTom Hanks y Mel gibson hablar sobre sus carros elctricos.Que pas entonces? Poco a poco ueron desapareciendolos anuncios en vez de promocionar sus bondades parecanhechos para asustar a sus posibles compradores.

Lo ms triste del documental es cuando vemos todo elcomplot de GM para desahacerse de la evidencia al liter-

almente arrancarles los autos a sus dueos, quienes nuncatuvieron la opcin de comprar su auto y por lo tanto uerondecomisados ante su rustacin e impotencia. Luego vemoscomo son escondidos y posterioremente destruidos para hac-erlos desaparecer sin rastro alguno.Un gran documental que nadie debe perderse . Para saberms sobre el documental y los autos visita su pgina ocial:

http://www.whokilledtheelectriccar.com/

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