FACES OF MECHANIZATION
The Best in Contemporary World Cinema
Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon University, April 4-15, 2008

www.cmu.edu/faces

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La Antena (The Aerial)
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Directed by Esteban Sapir
Argentina, 2007, 90 min
*2008 Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design, Best Director,
Best Editing, Best Film, Best Music, Best Sound, Argentinean Film Critics
Association

=Pittsburgh Premiere, second festival in US!=

"One of the season's most lovingly crafted and strikingly original films."
     Sandra Hamer, director, IFF Rotterdam.

Acclaimed Argentinean writer-director Esteban Sapir gives us a noir glimpse into the
wintry Metropolis homes of three families living in the year X. The scene is a
voiceless world with television as the primary controlling force.  People watch TV. 
People eat TV meals.  The merciless Mr. TV monopolizes both word and image while
working on a sinister hypnotic machine to ensure his power.
 He
 kidnaps the only
"voice" - that of a stunningly beautiful singer.
 Though shot in black-and-white,
silent-film style, with influences of German Expressionism, Spain's Bunuel,
Germany's Lang, Russia's Vertov, and France's Melies, "The Antenna" offers a very
modern film invention.

Melwood Screening Room,Friday, April 4,7:00pm. + reception (opening night)
=Reception info=
Recharge your batteries!  Add fuel to your fire!  The East End Food Co-op offers
viewers an international sampling of hot eats and fair trade drinks.  Tango Cafe
will leave you voiceless as you fill your mouth with their donated array of
Argentine desserts, teas and coffees, or experience a taste of Argentina's wine
country, sans the hassle of a flight, with compimentary Malbec samples.  For those
with more of a craving for the cool, Bison Grass Vodka, the official drink of the
festival brings
 you the "little water" served in New York's finest restaurants
 (for those of age only... sorry to all younger film fans).

 
(Squirrel Hill Theatre) Friday, April 11, 7:50 pm.
(Manor Theatre) Saturday, April 12,7:30pm.