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"Alpha Dog" (USA, 2006, Nick Cassavetes). Today, in order to become the hero of a Hollywood biopic, it is not at all necessary to be the last Chinese emperor, the author of brilliant symphonies, or even the first performer of the role of Superman. It’s enough to be called Jesse James Hollywood (Justin Timberlake – “Edison”), sell drugs in elite areas of Los Angeles and become the youngest person on the FBI’s list of most wanted criminals: as you know, you can’t become famous for good deeds. An investigative film based on real events and covering, as the advertising slogan says, “one crime, three days and thirty-eight witnesses.” Starring Emile Hirsch, Anton Yelchin, Ben Foster, Sharon Stone, Dominique Swain, Lukas Haas, Bruce Willis, Harry Dean Stanton and Courteney Cox.“The Shortbus Club” (USA, 2006, John Cameron Mitchell). A multi-figure composition about the lives of regulars of a semi-underground New York club, who united under their roof characters preoccupied with sexual problems, who indulge in a wide variety of pleasures, but in fact, first of all, they want genuine human communication. In order for the actors to feel more relaxed in very explicit sex scenes (of which there are many in the film), director Mitchell (known for his previous, no less scandalous opus “Hedwig and the Angry Inch”), along with the cameraman, were often present on the set in their mother’s best clothes. But, despite all this, the film (which was screened at many festivals, including Cannes) has quite artistic value, being a frank story in every sense of the total loneliness of modern inhabitants. Starring Justin Bond, Lindsay Beamish, PJ DeBoy, Raphael Barker, Jay Brennan, Peter Stickles, Lee Suk-Yin and Paul Dawson. Only in "35 MM".
“Pathfinder” (USA, 2006, Marcus Nispel). This highly brutal saga has only an indirect relation to Fenimore Cooper: it is a story from the pre-Columbian North American era, when the local Indians were attacked by gloomy and bloodthirsty northern Vikings. During one of the raids, a small Norman remains among the Indians, who eventually grows into a stately warrior (Karl Urban - "The Lord of the Rings", "The Chronicles of Riddick", "Doom"), who gives battle to his fellow tribesmen when they again decide to rob and kill . Blood, dirt and steel in the best (if you believe the advertising video) traditions of “Conan the Barbarian”. Also starring Clancy Brown, Ralph Muller, Moon Bloodgood, Russell Means, Jay Tavare, Michelle Thrush and Nathaniel Arcand.
“The Suitcases of Tulsa Luper, Part 1. The Moab Story” (USA - Spain - Italy - Luxembourg - Netherlands - Russia - Hungary - Germany, 2003, Peter Greenaway). "Tulsa Luper's Suitcases, Part 2. From Waugh to the Sea" (UK, 2004, Peter Greenaway). "Tulsa Luper's Suitcases, Part 3. From Sark to the End" (UK - Netherlands - Spain, 2003, Peter Greenaway). It is hardly possible to call this project, which has the subtitle “The Fictional History of Uranium,” a simple film. 92 stories about 92 characters and, accordingly, 92 suitcases cover the whole world from the Colorado desert to Manchuria (not excluding Moscow) from 1928 (the year of the discovery of uranium, chemical element number 92) to 1989 (the fall of the Berlin Wall). At the center of the plot (if you can call it that) is the story of Thulsa Luper, an eternal prisoner who served sixteen terms in his life in a variety of places and for a variety of reasons. And in the process of imprisonment, his suitcases are filled with incredible cultural artifacts... With the help of “Suitcases,” Greenway decided to finally say goodbye to the cinema that did not live up to his hopes and take a step towards new technologies. The result is something completely incredible, having nothing to do with common sense and conventional narrative, and absolutely disarmingly brilliant. Starring (but this definition is more than questionable) JJ Feild, Caroline Daverna, Jordi Moglia, Steven Mackintosh, Raymond J. Barry, Scot Williams, Drew Mulligan, Valentina Cervi, Tom Bower, Michel Bernier, Deborah Harry, Molly Ringwald, Isabella Rossellini, Ornella Muti, Franka Potente, Roger Rees and Renata Litvinova. Only in "Wick".