META HOUSE
Street 264, #6 – Sangkat Chaktomuk, Khan Daun Penh,
Phnom Penh, Kingdom of Cambodia
Fixed +855- (0)23 ? 224 140, Mobil +855- (0) 12- 607 465
Homepage:
www.meta-house.com,
email:
mesterharm@gmx.net
Dear Friends, Colleagues & Art Lovers!
Pls. be our guest for DAYDREAMS: The on-going collaborative arts and photography project between children at iCAN British International School and the Indochina Starfish Foundation. (Open from Tuesday to Sunday, 6PM)
This is our cinema program for the week ?
more infos at the bottom, films start at 7.30PM:
WED, 07/05 GERMAN CINEMA: STATUS YO!
Breathlessly energetic Berlin-set hip-hop epic
(English subtitles, 118 min, 2004)
THU, 08/05 GERMAN CINEMA : DIE LAST DER TRAEUME
Ein “Filmfilm” vom Feinsten: The Making of “Fitzcarraldo”
(Only In German/in Deutsch, 95 min)
FRI, 09/05 PHNOM PENH FILMFEST: THE WEATHER UNDERGROUND
Oscar-nominated documentary by Sam Green and Bill Siegel.
SAT, 10/05 FOCUS CAMBODIA: DOGORA
Beautiful Cambodian “street level documentary” by Patrice Leconte
(80 min, 2004,)
SUN, 11/05 SET IN ASIA: CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON
An Academy Award winning Chinese film by master director Ang Lee
(In Mandarin with English subtitles, 2000, 120 min)
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WED, 07/05
GERMAN CINEMA
STATUS YO!
Breathlessly energetic Berlin-set hip-hop epic »Status Yo!« – directed by newcomer Till Hastreiter ? employs performers and locations from local music scene to tell an ambitious story of one eventful night in the German capital. With just 24 hours in which to organize the biggest party the city’s ever seen, Yan Eq, Jamie, Sera and others must deal with their love lives, tenuous living arrangements and various shady characters on their way to hip-hop glory. (English subtitles, 118 min, 2004)
THU, 08/05
GERMAN CINEMA
DIE LAST DER TRAEUME
Ein “Filmfilm” vom Feinsten: Les Blanks “Burden of Dreams” dokumentiert den teils chaotischen, teils dramatischen dreijaehrigen Schaffungsprozess von Werner Herzogs wahnwitzigem Filmprojekt “Fitzcarraldo” (Deutschland/Peru 1982) mit Klaus Kinski. Die genaue Beobachtung der Dreharbeiten ist zum Teil nervenaufreibender als Herzogs Meisterwerk selbst…(Only In German/in Deutsch, 95 min)
FRI, 09/05,
PHNOM PENH FILMFEST
THE WEATHER UNDERGROUND
In the 1960s and 1970s, the polarization of the US political situation was becoming acute with the Vietnam War abroad and civil rights at home. An idealistic faction, called the Weather Underground, attempted to team up with the Black Panthers to violently confront the US government? Oscar-nominated documentary by Sam Green and Bill Siegel.
SAT, 10/05
FOCUS CAMBODIA
DOGORA
Khmer Hypnotic: The French film by Patrice Leconte is often called a “street level documentary”, that beautifully captures the daily routines of the people of Cambodia ?accompanied by a majestic classical soundtrack. A filmic experiment without any explanation, plot, actors or script: Similar in style to “Baraka” and “Koyaanisqatsi? (80 min, 2004,)
SUN, 11/05
SET IN ASIA
CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON
An Academy Award winning Chinese film in the wuxia (chivalric and martial arts) style, the script is based one of five novels known in China as the “Crane-Iron Pentalogy.” It features an international cast of ethnic Chinese actors, including Chow-Yun Fat and Michelle Yeoh and became a surprise international success. Ang Lee’s masterpiece is the highest-grossing foreign language film ever in the U.S. (In Mandarin with English subtitles, 2000, 120 min)
