Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!vax135!houxz!houxm!ihnp4!zehntel!hplabs!sri-unix!reiher@UCLA-CS.ARPA From: reiher@UCLA-CS.ARPA Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Subject: sf at Filmex Message-ID: <1032@sri-arpa.UUCP> Date: Tue, 19-Jun-84 15:09:38 EDT Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.1032 Posted: Tue Jun 19 15:09:38 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 22-Jun-84 06:49:03 EDT Lines: 91 From: Peter ReiherFilmex is the Los Angeles International Film Exposition, held annually. This year it's being held in early July (I wonder why? What else could be going on in LA this July?), and it features a number of science fiction and fantasy films. Some of these (most of these) are made by independents or are foreign, and are thus unlikely to get wide distribution. Filmex may be the only place they're shown. If you're in the Los Angeles area, or are going to be during July, you might want to look into them. Here is a list of the obvious Sf/fantasy films (descriptions are direct quotes from the Filmex brochure): July 10 "The Company of Wolves" "Centering on the rich, sensual dreams of a young girl, this ... film ...is a macabre fairy tale set in a world of legend, wonder, and fear. Angela Lansbury, David Warner, and Stephen Rea star." (This may be the second hardest film to get into at Filmex. Princess Anne, you know, the British one, will be appearing before this film to say something gracious and aristocratic about British film.) "City Limits" "Director Aaron Lipstadt and writer/star Don Opper, who made last year's low-budget sci-fi hit "Android", created this futuristic adventure story about a fun-loving bunch of kids who have survived an adult-killing plague. James Earl Jones, Rae Dawn Chong, Kim Cattrall, and John Stockwell co-star." July 11 "The Philadelphia Experiment" "Michael Pare and Karen Allen star in this exciting, action packed sci-fi thriller, directed by Stewart Raffill, about a secret navy project in 1943 that goes awry, sending two men through time to the year 1984, where they become involved in a more dangerous project that threatens the existence of the universe. New World's biggest project to date." July 13 "Eyes of Fire" "The powers of good and evil clash in this haunting fantasy/ adventure story shot in the beautiful Ozarks of Missouri. Director Avery Crounse follows a group of Irish pioneers through the 18th- century American wilderness into an eerie, forbidden valley where they are attacked by mysterious beings." "Science Fiction Omnibus" "The best of short sci-fi films: "The Plant", a lighthearted fantasy about a most unusual green plant; "The Quest", a modern myth based on an original Ray Bradbury story; "Renascence", a haunting B&W film about a woman tormented by a cruel master; "Strange Tangents", about a modern sorceress, a young magician, and a 3-foot-tall talking salamander; "The Final Hour", an exciting story of love and death on a spacecraft in the year 2213." July 15 "Pessi and Illusia" (Finland) "In Heikki Partanen's wonderfully imaginative adaptation of a well-known Finnish fairy tale, Pessi the gnome and Illusia the fairy fall in love and brave the many dangers and diabolical creatures in a magical forest that lies in the shadow of war- fought by man. Winner of the Grand Prize at the Berlin Film Festival's Children's Series." July 16 "The Plague Dogs" "As heartbreaking as Lassie pursued by Nazis and as sinister as "1984", this animated feature by Martin Rosen ("Watership Down"), based on the Richard Adams book about two dogs who are hunted down after escaping from a government research facility in England, is a brilliantly sustained narrative and an experience that will move any audience." July 17 "Ring of Power" "Clive A. Smith's phantasmagorical animated feature about a diabolical, aging rock 'n' roll superstar is set in a post-apocalyptic metropolis and features the voices of Paul LeMat and Catherine O'Hara, and the music of Lou Reed, Iggy Pop, Deborah Harry, Cheap Trick, and Earth, Wind, and Fire." July 19 "Firebird" (Korea) "Director Eung-Ho Ko's melodrama follows the beautiful adopted daughter of a sorceress on a small island who believes that a jealous mountain god will protect her by destroying any man who tries to haave sexual relations with her. Judging by what happens to the young artist from Seoul who paints her in the buff, we have no reason to doubt her." Those in LA can pick up Filmex calendars a lot of places, including most record stores and many movie theaters. If anyone outside of LA wants particulars on ordering tickets, exact times, and locations, send me mail. I hope to see all of these films (and several others, not sf), and will post my impressions of the ones I see. Peter Reiher ARPA: reiher@ucla-cs.arpa UUCP: ucbvax!ucla-cs!reiher