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Germany – UK Premiere
FABIAN: GOING TO THE DOGS
FABIAN ODER DER GANG VOR DIE HUNDE
Wed 17 Aug 17:30 – Auditorium Thu 18 Aug 12:30 – Auditorium
Erich Kästner’s novel originally translated in 1932 as “Fabian. The Story of a Moralist” is a brilliantly astute rendering of life in Weimar Berlin, straightforward and yet surreal, witty and perverse. Berlin during the Weimar Republic, Fabian works in a cigarette factory by day and drifts through brothels, bars and artist studios at night with his wealthy friend Labude when he falls in love with an actress. As her career begins to blossom, prospects for his future begin to wane. The story draws parallels between then and now, underlining wherever possible an equivalence between the heated pre-war atmosphere of dissipated pleasure-seeking and today, deliberately acknowledging all the history in-between. The film has a freewheeling dynamism and allowing Fabian to shake off the stuffier tropes of historical drama. ‘Going to the Dogs’ is poetic, ugly, romantic, tragic and side-splitting. Superbly captures the Weimar period. Not to be missed. (Subtitles) GERMANY 2020 DOMINIK GRAF 177M We thank Les Filmes du Losange for this screening.
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Italy – Preview
THE BOOK OF VISION
Sat 13 Aug 13:30 – Auditorium Mon 15 Aug 18:30 – Auditorium
14 chichesterfilmfestival.co.uk
Straddling the past and the present, and weaving ideas of physiology, psychology and spiritualism, ‘The Book of Vision’ is a bold and uncompromising feature. Following the fractured experiences of a young female doctor as her research into 18th century medicine chimes with her own biological challenges, the film is a beautifully shot, narratively complex exploration of our evolving relationship with our bodies and souls. Cinematographer Jorg Widmer, who also shot Malick’s ‘A Hidden Life’, treats each scene as a portrait to be savoured, filling the frame with exquisite detail drawn from Mariano Tufano’s gorgeous costumes. The presence of Charles Dance topping the cast, as well as of executive producer Terrence Malick, may help pique the interest of audiences interested in its themes of medicine, the occult and animism. ITALY/UK/BELGIUM 2020 CARLO HINTERMANN 95M
