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  • London: Film Brief: My Grandmother & A Trip To Karabakh

    FILM BRIEF: MY GRANDMOTHER & A TRIP TO KARABAKH

    Metro (UK)
    www.cubecinema.com
    October 13, 2008 Monday

    What: Two wildly different films from Georgia, beginning with My
    Grandmother, Kote Mikaberidzes utterly barking, delightful 1929 silent,
    which uses slapstick, puppetry, animation and stop-motion trickery
    to send up the absurdities of Soviet bureaucracy. The authorities
    were less than amused by its release and it was banned in the Soviet
    Union until 1976. Then its into Georgias troubled modern age with
    Levan Tutberidzes 2005 comedy drama, A Trip To Karabakh, following
    the misfortunes of two slackers. Why: It offers a timely reminder of
    the existence of a long Georgian cinematic tradition thats often been
    overshadowed by its Russian neighbour. Mikaberidzes film comes over
    like a gloriously goofball variation on Serge Eisensteins earnest
    agit-prop, while Tutberidzes is a modern history lesson for the
    stoners at the back of class. Jim Burke Tonight, The Cube Microplex,
    Dove Street South, off King Square, Bristol, 7pm and 8.30pm, £4,
    £3 concs, £5, £4 concs. Tel: 0117 907 4190.

    --Boundary_(ID_MzkdsAOlz8r1J9fgDsMHog)--
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