November 3, 2000
"This is one of the few times when you get to see a movie that is opening New York City time, versus West Virginia time, which is kind of a rare thing for us," said WVIFF Board Member Maureen Johnson. "Boesman and Lena,' a South African film starring Danny Glover and Angela Bassett, is a film we're premiering Saturday, November 4, that opens in New York the same time it's being shown here," said Johnson.
The festival lineup includes "The Tao of Steve," which won Best Actor Award at the Sundance Film Festival. It's a comedy about a fat 32-year old grade school teacher who, along with his friends, have twisted the philosophies of Lao-tzu, Heidegger and Groucho Marx into a foolproof theory of dating.
Sunday's films include "Sunshine," in which Ralph Fiennes plays three generations of a Hungarian Jewish family living during a century of persecution; "Smilin' Sid," is a vintage silent film shot on location in McDowell and Mingo Counties; and "Croupier," about a cold, controlled man whose casino job places him halfway between the bosses and the bettors.
Midweek offerings include "Cecil B. Demented," directed by John Waters and starring Melanie Griffith; "Dancer in the Dark," starring Icelandic pop singer Bjork and Catherine Deneuve in a postmodernist musical about a single mother working in a Midwestern factory in the early '60's; and "Bad Ma Ra Khahad Bord" (The Wind Will Carry Us) an Iranian film which won the Silver Lion at Venice.
The films are being shown at the West Virginia State College Capitol Center
Theater. Ticket prices are $6 per film ($4 matinee). A single
admission package to 10 films is available for $45. And, if you have a lot
of time on your hands and lots of gasoline, a complete festival package can be
purchased for $75. More information on film schedules and ticket prices
can be obtained at www.wviff.org.
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Brenda Box, HNN Reporter