TWO FROM DEAF CROCODILE
Two releases from Deaf Crocodile in celebration of their 5th birthday!
THE SHORT FILMS OF YURI NORSTEIN 1960s-70s
Reclusive animation genius Yuri Norstein finally gets his due with a feature-length program of restorations by Deaf Crocodile, showing off Norstein’s multiple aesthetic styles and special technique (involving multiple glass planes to give the animation a three-dimensional look). Norstein’s work is a noted inspiration for Hayao Miyazaki, and this program’s HEDGEHOG IN THE FOG is legit one of the greatest animated shorts ever made.
Thursday, March 12
Director: Yuri Norstein​
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Starring: Various
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Runtime: 101 min., Russia
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Language: Russian w/ English subtitles
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DEAD MOUNTAINEER'S HOTEL 1979
Brand-new 4K restoration by Deaf Crocodile! Written by the Strugatsky Brothers (who also created Tarkovsky’s STALKER), this icy genre-bending ‘70s Eastern European whodunit with a superb minimalist electronic score has been a long-standing cult classic waiting to happen. When Inspector Glebsky arrives at a remote ski chalet on vacation, the last thing he intends to do is get involved in police work. He's there to ski, drink brandy and loaf around. But he hadn’t counted on the other vacationers: an eccentric bunch including a famous hypnotist, a terrorist, a physicist with a penchant for gymnastic feats, a sulky androgynous teen and the mysterious glammed-up Mr. and Mrs. Moses. The strange, poetic rhythm of DEAD MOUNTAINEER’S HOTEL and its is best absorbed on the big screen, with a throng of equally entranced audience at your side.
Thursday, March 19
Director: Grigori Kromanov​
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Starring: Uldis PÅ«cÄ«tis, Jüri Järvet, Lembit Peterson
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Runtime: 84 min., Estonia
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Language: Estonian w/ English subtitles
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