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An out-of-control speed freak (Schwartzman) is introduced his drug of choice's creator (Rourke) by his dealer (Leguizamo). A massive three-day adventure ensues (with Fugit, Murphy, and Suvari in tow).
Director:
Jonas Åkerlund
Stars:
Jason Schwartzman,
Brittany Murphy,
John Leguizamo
The blind masseur/swordsman comes to a town in control of warring gangs, and while bunking with a farming family, he meets two women with their own agenda.
You, the Living is a film about humankind, its greatness and its baseness, joy and sorrow, its self-confidence and anxiety, its desire to love and be loved.
Director:
Roy Andersson
Stars:
Elisabeth Helander,
Jörgen Nohall,
Jan Wikbladh
A miserable conman and his partner pose as Santa and his Little Helper to rob department stores on Christmas Eve. But they run into problems when the conman befriends a troubled kid, and the security boss discovers the plot.
Director:
Terry Zwigoff
Stars:
Billy Bob Thornton,
Lauren Graham,
Bernie Mac
Every village has its band of fools, trying to get to the top, following their idols in drug habits, but staying losers till the end of their pathetic days. They all do this in the name of rock & roll. Three disabled rock musicians are looking for a drummer. Dries, a well known writer, seems the right guy for the job, were it not for the fact that his only handicap is that he can't play the drums. He joins the group as a perfect, but evil god walking down his mountain to play with the populace. With the arrival of this infiltrator, personal disputes and family feuds start to jeopardize the band's fragile future. Dries will manipulate them till they are willing to drink each others blood and their only future is written down in many Punk lyrics: "No Future". Written by
Koen Mortier
The movie was intended to be filmed by Jan Bucquoy (The Sex Life of the Belgians) and an option was made for the novel but because the subsidies of the Flemish government were withdrawn for Camping Cosmos (made in 1996 not far from the location of Ex Drummer), he could not make the movie because of financial problems. The movie was made ten years later by Koen Mortier. See more »
Oh yes we saw a lot of interesting Belgian films. If we think of films like: The Child (Dardennes), Man Bites Dog (Rémy Belvaux, André Bonzel), Calvaire (Fabrice Du Welz) But everybody nows that all these fabulous films were made in the French speaking part of Belgium. Up until now the tendency in Flemisch part of Belgium was to make dull and navel-gazing films without international appeal. But this film EX-DRUMMER an adaption of a Herman Brusselmans novel(one of the most popular flemisch writers) is a shot of pure adrenaline in the veins of every filmlover. Could this dark and surreal rock&roll flick, that tells us the story of a loser rockband looking for a drummer, be the antidote needed in flemish film culture? I don't know, but it sure is a step in the right direction!
Belgium 10 points!
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Oh yes we saw a lot of interesting Belgian films. If we think of films like: The Child (Dardennes), Man Bites Dog (Rémy Belvaux, André Bonzel), Calvaire (Fabrice Du Welz) But everybody nows that all these fabulous films were made in the French speaking part of Belgium. Up until now the tendency in Flemisch part of Belgium was to make dull and navel-gazing films without international appeal. But this film EX-DRUMMER an adaption of a Herman Brusselmans novel(one of the most popular flemisch writers) is a shot of pure adrenaline in the veins of every filmlover. Could this dark and surreal rock&roll flick, that tells us the story of a loser rockband looking for a drummer, be the antidote needed in flemish film culture? I don't know, but it sure is a step in the right direction!
Belgium 10 points!