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‘Fantastic’ additions to SXSW
“Ong Bak 2” — unfettered Muay Thai boxing action — tops the line-up of the “SXSW Presents Fantastic Fest at Midnight” program during, what else, SXSW.
See the whole fabtastic program HERE.
Humankind could hardly produce a better poster.
Austin rapper Smokey Smoke is stretching his talents to movie makin’ with his new feature “Makin’ Da Paper Stack,” directed by and starring himself.
Says Smokey: “The movie, on DVD, is available throughout Austin at different locations, from gas stations to local records stores like MusicMania and online at Filmbaby.com (CDBaby.com for the soundtrack). … It shows what life in the streets is like for two hustlers who will do anything to try to get rich, which includes gun sells, drugs and murder.”
More HERE.
The Ransom Center has a good film program called the Rubaiyat Film Series, running Tuesday, March 24 and April 28 in conjunction with the exhibit “The Persian Sensation: ‘The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam” in the West.”
The films, all at 7 p.m. and free:
Tuesday: William Dieterle’s “The Lives, Loves, and Adventures of Omar Khayyam” (1957), starring Cornel Wilde.
March 24: Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami’s “The Wind Will Carry Us” (1999).
April 28: Kayvan Mashayekh’s “The Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam” (2005), starring Vanessa Redgrave and Adam Echahly.
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