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Wednesday Night Film Series - Arizona Dream |
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Arizona Dream (142 min. 1993, USA/France, in Russian)
Director: Emir Kusturica Writers: David Atkins (story) & Emir Kusturica (story) & David Atkins (screenplay) Cast: Johnny Depp, Jerry Lewis, Faye Dunaway, Lili Taylor
An Inuit hunter races his sled home with a fresh-caught halibut. This fish pervades the entire film, in real and imaginary form. Meanwhile, Axel tags fish in New York as a naturalist's gofer. He's happy there, but a messenger arrives to bring him to Arizona for his uncle's wedding. It's a ruse to get Axel into the family business. In Arizona, Axel meets two odd women: vivacious, needy, and plagued by neuroses and familial discord. He gets romantically involved with one, while the other, rich but depressed, plays accordion tunes to a gaggle of pet turtles. A
rebellious young man with his own vision of the future and his own
fantasy of love.
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August
29 at 19:00
