Re: Delicatessin at the Kenworthy

[Bill London <london@moscow.com>]

Pam Palmer wrote:

> Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre
> 508 S. Main Street, Moscow, ID
>
> Remember that this week's movie at the Kenworthy is Saturday night only.
>
> Delicatessin
> March 10 (Saturday only)
> (rated R) 99 minutes
> Tickets $4 for adults
> 6:30 PM and 8:40 PM
>
> Here's a movie review for Delicatessin:
>
> "Delicatessen," in French with subtitles, is rated R.
> This 1991 review is extracted from variety.com
>
>         By  VARIETY STAFF
>
> Beautifully textured, cleverly scripted and eerily shot (often with a
> wide-angle lens making characters look even weirder),  Delicatessen is a
> zany little film that's a startling and clever debut for co-helmers
> Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro.
>
> In a darkly bizarre, futuristic world where food shortages have led the
> butcher to serve up human flesh after murdering the locals, a bumbling
> group of Troglodins, an underground force reminiscent of the government
> police in Brazil, are engaged in a war on cannibal crime.
>
> An excellent cast made up entirely of character actors provides a rich
> array of eccentrics who live in the building over the deli and the sewers
> used as tunnels by the Troglodins.
>
> An unsuspecting comedian moves into the flat above the deli and falls in
> love with neighboring blind girl, who organizes a hilarious tea party for
> two. Pic then quickly hooks viewers with an outrageous montage of
> rhythmically edited visuals initiated by a sex scene between the  butcher
> and his lover shot from under the bed.
>
> All other wacko characters are well-defined and carefully developed,
> including the armed postman who holds up people when delivering the mail
> and the snail eater whose flat is two inches deep in water and escargot
> shells.
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>
> Other movies coming to the Kenworthy include:
>
> Boesman and Lena
> Friday, March 16 and Saturday, March 17
> (not rated) 90 minutes
> $4 adults/$2 children 12 and under
> 6:30 PM and 8:30 PM
>
> Dancer in the Dark
> Friday, March 23 and Saturday, March 24
> (rated R) 160 minutes
> Tickets $4 for adults
> 8:00 PM only
>
> The Searchers (John Ford, 1956)
> Wednesday, March 28
> (not rated) 119 minutes
> Sponsored by WSU Philosophy Department
> HOST: Diane Kelly-Riley, Writing Programs (WSU)
> FREE TO ALL WSU and UI STUDENTS!
> Admission without ID:  $4
> 7:00 PM only
>
> Chocolat
> March 31 (Saturday only)
> (rated PG13) 121 minutes
> Sponsored by Wild Women Traders
> $4 adults/$2 children 12 and under
> 6:30 PM and 9:00 PM
>
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> Please e-mail me at ppalmer@moscow.com if you know of someone who wishes to
> receive notice of the movie schedules and other Kenworthy events on a
> regular basis.  Thank you!
>
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> PAMELA PALMER   ppalmer@moscow.com
>
> Events Committee
> Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre
> P.O. Box 8126
> Moscow, ID 83843
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>
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