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Starting Out In The EveningSaturday November 29, 2008 Collins Hall, Bowen Island 111 mins. Rated PG. |
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Faithful in style and spirit to the award-winning novel of the same name by Brian Morton, this wise, observant, and exquisitely tacit chamber piece counteracts every academic-novel cliché in the book. Against the backdrop of Manhattan's changing literary and publishing world, aging novelist Leonard Schiller is asked by Heather Wolfe, a graduate student and budding literary critic, to agree to interviews. Throughout their encounters, the core theme of Schiller’s novels is unveiled – life is not designed for our comfort but for our struggle, for in struggle there is growth. Official selection for many international film festivals, this film was also selected as Winner of the National Board of Review Top Ten Independent Films 2007 "A rapturous, ruefully funny flight of sympathetic imagination. Featuring the first movie role for Frank Lagella that ranks with his best stage parts, it’s a rare kind of American movie." Michael Sragow, Baltimore Sun
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| Bowen Island Film Society, RR#1, E-1, Bowen Island, B.C., V0N 1G0 604-947-0450 http://www.bowenfilm.com |
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