* Special screening of "Election," Saturday, October 15, 1 p.m., Guild Hall (followed at 3:15 p.m. by a conversation between star Mathew Broderick and interviewer Alec Baldwin)
I think Alexander Payne's morality tale set around a high school election is a modern classic--even though I still prefer his "Citizen Ruth" overall. If you haven't seen it, it deserves its treatment here. The added bonus is the after-film conversation...these usually leave me cold, but this one has the potential to be a real fun talk involving two very interesting talkers.
* "The Rum Diary," Saturday, October 15, 8:45 p.m., East Hampton UA Theater (2), and Sunday, October 16, 8 p.m., Southampton UA Theater
Johnny Depp famously channeled his friend Hunter S. Thompson in "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas"; this time he's going to embody a character written by HST--let's cut to the chase: it's still HST--in one of his novels. Bruce Robinson has a nice track record with "Withnail and I" and "How To Get Ahead in Advertising," so it'll be interesting to see what he does with the material. Depp's involvement has the potential to make this a breakout film...so see it here before the buzz begins.
* "Martha Marcy May Marlene," Friday, October 14, 9:30 p.m., East Hampton UA Theater (1), and Monday, October 17, 9 p.m., East Hampton UA Theater (1)
I confess, this is an example of web advertising and buzz both working to promote a film. I had heard some rumbling about the breakout performance Elizabeth Olsen, who is the little sister of twins Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen...word is that she's amazing in this film, which also features John Hawkes, who is rapidly becoming the Harvey Keitel of his generation--the lesser-known guy with amazing talent whose involvement in a film virtually guarantees its quality. This is a thriller about an upstate cult...I clicked on an ad to watch the trailer, and I admit it looks compelling.
(As an added bonus: For those of you who have never seen them, here are the opening credits for Gaspar Noe's "Enter the Void," which I think have now destroyed opening credits for all other directors--this is the greatest presentation of them in movie history. I think it was the Times reviewer who described it as "an explosion in a font factory."):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPxgi-PiNFE
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Thanks for these posts. The festival is always off my radar, but there's some great stuff this year. I may have to hit up that "Martha Marcy May Marlene" flick. Best line of the trailer: "You look like a Marcy May." What a very culty thing to say.
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