CULTIVATE FILM ART

Saturday, 20 July 2013

Monday, 15 July 2013

ELEPHANT AND BULLY

This weeks double bill kicks off with the stunningly chilling masterpiece ELEPHANT inspired by the tragic events of Columbine High School GUS VAN SANT invites you into the world of the high school kid gliding in and out of the lives of the kids quietly setting the scene for what was to come. The winner of the 2003 Palme DO’r and GUS VAN SANT also collecting the best directors prize went some way to turning this film into an American modern classic. Next up BULLY by LARRY CLARK also based on a true story Larry takes a different route with this provocative disturbing look at life of small town teenage slackers. Two must-sees if you’re a fan of raw filmmaking.

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"Drive, He Said" Trailer Things to come at CULTIVATE FILM CLUB

Sunday, 14 July 2013

MANIAC COP AND DEAD END DRIVE-IN

AT JOSHUA BROOKS TONIGHT:

In this weeks double screening we take a trip into the near future with Brian Trenchard-Smith’s DEAD END DRIVE-IN, with an economy in free fall and with no sign of an upturn the social climate reached boiling point the only commodities left are cars and their parts. These cars were fought over by both salvage companies and street gangs, in a vain attempt to control the gangs and avert social collapse the government convert a chain of drive-in theatres into high security holding pens. In order to contain unemployed youth, gangs and anyone deemed undesirable by government services or a threat to public safety. The stark imagery of electrified fences and the security streamed s-roads policed by the not so straight police. This apocalyptic vision of the future is coupled with a new wave sound track gives a bleak view of what lies ahead. Next up MANIAC COP which needs no introduction starring the king of the B-Movie Bruce Campbell this cheese fest does what it says on the tin and in doing so turned MANIAC COP into a cult viewing must with cameos from JAKE LAMOTTA and SAM RAIMI, not forgetting ROBERT Z’DAR he of TANGO AND CASH fame. So leave you brain at the door and enjoy the ride.

ROBERT D'ZAR YES IT IS HIS OWN CHIN

POINTLESS FACT FROM DEAD END DRIVE-IN: Stuntman Guy Norris set a world record for the longest jump by a truck, with a massive jump of 162 feet.

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Thursday, 4 July 2013

UN FLIC AND TOKYO DRIFTER: SUNDAY FROM 7PM

UN FLIC AND TOKYO DRIFTER

This week’s double bill is all about the period from the mid sixties to the mid seventies where the term gangster pop was coined. First up is Suzuki’s sublime TOKYO DRIFTER still considered an art house masterpiece due to its surreal pop art feel running from start to finish. With its dazzling visuals, lavish sets of riotous colour it has got to be one of the most stylised gangster movies of the 60’s replicated by many but never equalled. Next up is Jean-Pierre Melville’s final film UN FLIC with costume design and styling by Yves Saint Laurent this wonderfully fatalistic look at loss and deception, is a distillation of Melville’s creative interest and his preoccupation with the Japanese Yakuza and their codes of loyalty and honour previously visited in LE SAMOURAI. The two filmmakers take complexly different routes with the crime thriller genre with one common thread creative licence.