Welcome to Cinemuerte 2001
Welcome back for another year of movies, murder, mystery and mayhem! While we try to lend equal opportunity to the international scope of our selections, it is inevitable that the countries with the most genre output are more substantially represented. Once again, this has proven to be the Italians. It is only in recent years that the Italian exploitation explosion is being recognized and taken seriously as the major force in the 1970's Italian filmmaking.

Cinemuerte is also thrilled to welcome cult icon Udo Kier and renegade director Buddy Giovinazzo as this year's guests of honour, who will be at your disposal for autographs and general pestering throughout the festival. A note about the films; I've expanded the festival's criteria to include thrillers and dark fantasy, so abandon your conditioned expectations of pacing, bodycount, and other trappings of the North American horror film, and you may be pleasantly surprised by what you find yourself exposed to. It's a slippery slope to Hell, and for the next ten days, you're on your way!

Kier-La Janisse-Wood
Program Director

The Isle - Gala Presentation
Korea 2000, Dir. Kim Ki-Duk, 35mm
A stunning example of the Korean new wave, The Isle is a shocking and controversial film about a feral woman who runs a campground of floating fishing huts, which serves as a surreal backdrop for this tale of repression, obssession, and the purging of past sins. Recalling classics like Teshigahara's Woman in the Dunes, The Isle centers on two disturbed individuals who develop a bizarre relationship that includes harsh masochistic behavior.

Playing Thursday July 5th at 7pm at the Cinematheque as part of the Gala presentation, and on Saturday July 7th at 8pm (please note this second screening time has been switched with the screening of The Unscarred, which was originally in this time slot)

  
Programmes will be available in June at:
- Black Dog Video, 3451 Cambie st, Vancouver, B.C ph: 873-6958 Map
- Videomatica, 1855 W. 4th Ave, Vancouver, B.C. Map
- Celluloid Drugstore, 1470 Commercial Dr., Vancouver, B.C. Map

One page programmes are free, but there will be a deluxe edition available for $2 at the locations above. Check out all the other nifty stuff we have for sale.