SOLA: Exhibit opens at Meta House (Tues, 2nd March, 6PM)
META HOUSEStreet 264, #6 - Sangkat Chaktomuk, Khan Daun Penh,
Phnom Penh, Kingdom of Cambodia
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Homepage: www.meta-house.com
email: mesterharm@gmx.net
Dear Friends of Meta House!
The month of March starts with "SOLA" - the exhibition opening of Vincent Broustet (TUES, 02/03, 6 PM). The French artist was born 1962 in Bordeaux and went to the Paris School of Fine Arts. Broustet - who nowadays lives in Kampot - has always mixed his passion for traveling with his love of drawing and painting. "Every human being carries the baggage of emotions, which are wrapped in nuances of a clandestine emotional world", says Broustet. "These nuances are what I try to capture in my drawings...
Please be our guest or visit us in the following days. From Thursday to Saturday we are hosting MUSIC FILM FESTIVAL with exciting documentaries about Beethoven, Reggae/Dub and Punk Rock. More details below.
All the best,
Nico Mesterharm (director)
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WED, 03/03, 7 PM
JOHN PILGER IN SOUTH AMERICA: "THE WAR ON DEMOCRACY"
John Pilger is an award-winning investigative journalist and documentary filmmaker. "THE WAR ON DEMOCRACY" (2006, 96 mins) is set in Latin America and the USA, it explores the historic and current relationship of Washington with countries such as Venezuela. This screening is followed by the award-winning doc "THE REVOLUTION WILL NOT BE TELEVISED" (2002, 74 mins). Irish filmmakers Bartley/O'Briain focus on Hugo Chavez, president of Venezuela, and the U.S. supported coup that briefly took him from power. Chavez is beloved by his nation's working class and a tough-as-nails, quixotic opponent to the power structure that would see him deposed.
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MUSIC ON FILM (from Thursday to Saturday, 7PM)
THU, 04/03, 7 PM
THE GREATEST COMPOSER EVER: "IN SEARCH OF BEETHOVEN"
After the screening of the short doc "CAMBODIA GOES BAROQUE" (2009, 13 mins) filmmaker Phil Grabsky travels across Europe and North America to interview historians and musicians "IN SEARCH OF BEETHOVEN" (2009, 139mins). He captures the raw energy of world-class artists such as Sir Roger Norrington, Riccardo Chailly and Claudio Abbado and addresses the romantic myth that German composer Beethoven was a heroic, tormented figure battling to overcome his tragic fate, struck down by deafness, who searched for his 'immortal beloved' but remained unmarried. "The Observer" writes: "One of the finest movies about a great musician I have ever seen".
FRI, 05/03, 7 PM
LIVE FROM JAMAICA: "ROOTS, ROCK, REGGAE" AND DUB MASTERS
Although strongly influenced by traditional African and Caribbean music, as well as by American rhythm and blues, reggae owes its direct origins to the progressive development of ska and rocksteady in 1960s Jamaica. "ROOTS ROCK REGGAE" (1977, 60mins) was the first in-depth Reggae documentary and looks at the social and political importance of this 'cry of the people'. Bruno Natal's well-researched film "DUB ECHOES" (2007, 75mins) shows how the Jamaican invention called dub ended up influencing much of the music we hear today, from electronic music to hip hop, transforming the studio into a musical instrument and giving way to sonic experiments.
SAT, 06/03, 7 PM
PUNK IS DEAD: SONIC MEMORIES OF THE LEGENDARY "RAMONES"
In the early 1970's, the music industry rang eerily familiar in its method of promoting trends over music. The public was being spoon-fed music that corporations simply intended to make a profit from. The backlash to this came to be known internationally as "Punk Rock". Michael Gramaglia and Jim Fields' brilliant film "END OF THE CENTURY" (2005, 110mins) tells the story of US punk band "Ramones" – a story about friendship, originality, professionalism and success. Scooping last minute interviews with Joey and Dee Dee Ramone before their respective deaths in 2001 and 2002, it's likely to stand as the definitive testament to the band's lasting impact.
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SUN, 07/03, 7 PM
DISTURBING AND UNCOMFORTABLE: HANEKE'S "FUNNY GAMES"
Austrian director Michael Haneke is the Todd Solondz of the thriller genre: Without thought, he will bring up the most disturbing and uncomfortable of topics and play them out with a poet's finesse and a keen sense of shock. His controversial feature film "FUNNY GAMES" (1997, 108mins) is a filmic experiment. Two young well-educated men hold a family hostage and torture them with sadistic games. Like the film's two tormentors who enjoy batting about their prey with games of psychological manipulation, Haneke, in turn, seems to take great delight in putting his audience through the wringer, only to turn around and ask what we're all so worked up about.
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