Gigante : On Reel 13 (PBS) w/ commentary by Director of Film Society ofLincoln Ctr

On Reel 13 (PBS) w/ commentary by Director of Film Society ofLincoln Ctr

GIGANTE showed on Reel 13 (PBS) http://www.thirteen.org/sites/reel13/ on Sat. March 27 with a repeat on Tue. March 30 (I am not sure if Reel 13/PBS shows only in New York Ciy or across the United States). The film was introduced and closed with remarks by Richard Peña, the program director of the Film Society of Lincoln Center in NYC. Mr Peña´s pointed out the recent booming of film makers from across the entire Latin American region, making special mentioning of Uruguay, which he said, has been overshadowed by the rich cinematic tradition of its giant neighbor, Argentina. Mr. Peña mentioned three excellent films produced by Uruguay during the last decade: ¨Whisky¨, ¨25 Watts¨ and now ¨Gigante,¨ and said they all share a touching, melancholic quality with a tendency for deadpan, an understatement reminiscent of the work of Jim Jarmusch and another filmmaker whose name I cannot spell (a name finishing in something like ...kurismatic......?)

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