Pups
Thursday
Jan 13 @9:35pm
Lumiere San
Francisco Closing Night Film and Party*
Friday Jan 14 @ 9:30pm at the Fine Arts
Berkley
Closing Night Film and Party*
Ash
(1999, 35mm,
103 min)
Ash's
cinematic manifesto responding to the increasingly familiar phenomena
of teen and pre-teen gun violence premiered 48 hours before the Littleton,
Colorado high school massacre in the summer of 1998, an eerie testament
to the timeliness of its content. Twelve year old Stevie (Cameron Van
Hoy) suffers from asthma and urban overload. After finding Mom's gun one
morning before school, he embarks on an explosive, desperate journey reminiscent
of "Dog Day Afternoon." With girlfriend Rocky (Mischa Barton)
in tow, he initiates an irreversible course of events, impulsively robbing
a bank and placing himself and girlpup Rocky in the midst of a hostage
situation. Armed with movie-inspired emotional reflexes, Stevie rages
as hostage negotiator Daniel Bender (Burt Reynolds) attempts to contain
the eruption. Written in four weeks and filmed on-location in Chatsworth,
California in 16 days, this shotgun movie includes homegrown footage generously
donated by Cameronšs mother and also stars rookie actor Adam Farrar (aka
Leo Dicaprio's brother). With PUPS, Ash delivers a suspenseful, disturbing
movie full of surprises, twists, and turns.
--Kathleen P. Skillicorn
In Attendance Director Ash, producer Daniel Berger and cast members
Contact Daniel Berger, Fireheart Films, 756 1/2 Croft Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90069 adarodda@aol.com 323.653.2610
Animation
Tightrope
Daniel
Robichaud
(1998, 35mm, 5:20 min)
contact Daniel Robichaud, Digital Domain, 300 Rosa Ave, Venice, CA 90291 sunnybrk@d2.com 310.314.2990
*SF
Closing night party at Bohemia,
1624 California Street at
Van Ness. Tunes by Mister Mambo, complimentary Sierra with ticket stub.
*Berkeley closing night party at Thalassa, 2367 Shattuck Ave, 2 blocks from Fine Arts Cinema. Complimentary Sierra with ticket stub.