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A BITTERSWEET LIFE
South Korea, Dir: Kim Ji-Woon, 2005
Montreal Premiere
+ In a country increasingly
known for producing stylish genre films, South Korea’s Kim Ji-Woon has...
Under the Cherry Moon: Asgari Lets the Sun Shine In
Ali Asgari continues to highlight the precariousness of navigating modern day Tehran with his latest...
Iconic director Ken Russell was in town to receive a lifetime achievement award from Fantasia for his 50-plus years in the business, a career that has spawned many genre classics including Altered States, Gothic, and The Lair of the White Worm. But it was the little-seen and hard to find The Devils from 1971 that proved to be Russell's most controversial work, and Fantasia managed to snag a copy to be screened on Russell's big night. In the video, Russell discusses the true story behind the film and receives his award with the grace befitting one of the great filmmakers of all time.