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2003 RED BANK INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
October 3rd–5th
Sunday, October 5th - Count Basie Theatre
Program
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Emerging
Filmmakers Series
Highlighting the best and brightest of local highschool
filmmakers, the Emerging Filmmakers Series class of 2003
is bound to be among the next generation of great American
film directors.
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2003
has brought many new and exciting changes to the Freedom
Film Society and RBIFF, but perhaps none so satisfying
as the onset of the Emerging Filmmakers Series. The
program was created to encourage high school students
to pick up a camera and explore the art of filmmaking.
Through the participation of local high schools, students
first created their films, then organized film screenings
at their schools, which were attended by an FFS judging
panel. One film from each school was choosen for screening
at RBIFF 2003.
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Program
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Cremaster
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Cremaster
IV & V – (Mature)
USA 97min
Matthew Barney
The ultimate avant garde film of our time, Matthew Barney's
The Cremaster Cycle is an exploration of sexual differentiation
that combines lush imagery with elaborate mythology
through multiple genres. The end result is an awe inspiring
film achievement of unsurpassed texture and complexity.
Following a major exhibit of the work at the Guggenheim
Museum, RBIFF presents the final two films of the cycle.
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Program
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Manhood
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Manhood
USA 84min
Bobby Roth
Manhood is a dark comedy-drama that explores masculinity,
with an original score by Christopher Franke, songs performed
by Bruce Springsteen and Patti Scialfa. Jack (Nestor Carbonell)
is a reformed womanizer and single father. When his sister
Jill (Janeane Garofalo) turns up distraught, on the brink
of separation from her deadbeat husband Eli (John Ritter),
Jack agrees to take her son Charlie for a month. The formerly
incorrigible Jack now must set a good example for two
teenage boys. In accepting responsibility for his son
and nephew, he discovers a depth of emotion that years
of skirt chasing did not provide. This stylish black comedy
peopled by oddball characters – a violent rug salesman,
a dominatrix, and the flotsam and jetsam of Los Angeles
posing for headshots – is a brilliant look at the
intersection of sex, love, and family and how they shape
a man's life.
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Program
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Jersey
Fresh – (Mature)
The most popular segement of RBIFF 2001 and 2002, Jersey
Fresh is back and packing the freshest punch yet.
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Flesh
Wounds
USA 25min
Phil Nobile Jr.
Set against the backdrop of a run-down Jersey shore
town, Flesh Wounds follows three people through the
course of one long night, as they discover that while
life may imitate art, it doesn't always do a good job.
A simple revenge story on the surface, the film takes
a sideways glance at the reality people create, the
traps into which they fall, and the roles in which they
(mis)cast themselves.
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Sister
Windy
USA 5min
Bob Mataranglo
An animated parody of the BBC series "Sister Wendy."
An intrepid nun travels the world finding great art
to present and explain to her viewers. In a humorous,
tongue-in-cheek manner, this video explores issues of
nudity and sexuality in fine arts, religion, and politics.
Art history as you've never seen it before.
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Found
Money
USA 36min
Charles Valenza and David Caras
An insurance actuary finds nearly half a million dollars
stashed in his basement and, after careful consideration,
he decides to keep the apparently illicit cash and risk
the consequences...
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Bum
Runner
USA 9min
Steve Herold
A fast-paced parody of the classic movie car chase scene
in which a pair of bums, Oatmeal and Hat, try to escape
the evil Can Man and his henchmen.
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Another
Night
USA 15min
Anthony Volastro
When Father Winfield learns that the woman he's been
having an affair with is moving with her family, he
is forced to face his past and himself in order to discover
what he truly wants.
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