First three days at Berlin: one line summaries

Alex Deleon in the Situation Room

Films seen so far up to Sunday Feb.  12

      1. Django: Marvelous!

      2. in Dismal study of two deplorable families with killer kids. Strictly From hunger.

      3. Body and Soul: Not bad dreamy Hungarian entry.

      4. Fassbinder's World on a Wire: Prequel to The Matrix. but way  better without Keanu.

      5. Félicité: The underbelly of Kinshasa, Congo ~ No holds barred

      6. Final Portrait: Geoffrey Rush as Giacometti -- shoulda stayed home. Strictly for avid readers of The New Yorker. From hunger.

      7. Kubrick's Barry Lyndon: Colorful red coat overkill. From hunger.

      8. One Thousand Strings: The underbelly of the Samoan ghetto in Wellington, NZ. -- no holds barred. Stolid and stoic.

      9. Kaygi (Inflamed): Delirious take on Media manipulation in Turkey. Hopefully this first film will be the director's last.