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Lynn Hershman-Leeson (writer)
Release Date:
5 October 2007 (USA)
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A documentary in which actors interpret the legally touchy subject of artist Steve Kurtz, who is being held as a suspected terrorist because of his work. full summary | full synopsis
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1 win
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(3 articles)
The Lovely Links
(From FilmExperience. 5 August 2009, 9:00 AM, PDT)
San Fran Film Critics’ Circle support Jesse James
(From ioncinema. 11 December 2007)
(From FilmExperience. 5 August 2009, 9:00 AM, PDT)
San Fran Film Critics’ Circle support Jesse James
(From ioncinema. 11 December 2007)
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Cast
(Credited cast) | Thomas Jay Ryan | ... | Himself |
 | Tilda Swinton | ... | Hope Kurtz |
 | Peter Coyote | ... | Himself |
| Josh Kornbluth | ... | Himself |
| Steve Kurtz | ... | Himself |
| Shoresh Alaudini | ... | Loren |
| Cassie Powell | ... | Lise |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
 | Jakob Bokulich | ... | FBI Agent |
| Larissa Clayton | ... | Char |
| Beatriz da Costa | ... | Herself |
| Dr. Susan Leeson | ... | Herself |
| Keith Olbermann | ... | Himself |
| Marcie Prohofsky | ... | FBI Agent |
 | Wallace Shawn | ... | Himself |
| Lucia Sommer | ... | Herself |
| Sigrid Sutter | ... | Reporter |
| Nato Thompson | ... | Himself |
| Paul Vanouse | ... | Himself |
| Richard Wenzel | ... | FBI Agent |
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75 min
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Official Selection, Locarno International Film Festival, 2007
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news caster: Like many an unfortunate drama, the story begins with a death. Steve Kurtz called 911 early on the morning of May 11th, after his wife suffered cardiac arrest and died in her sleep. When police arrived on the scene they saw not a 45-year old woman claimed well before her time, but rather petri dishes and sophisticated scientific equipment...
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news caster: Like many an unfortunate drama, the story begins with a death. Steve Kurtz called 911 early on the morning of May 11th, after his wife suffered cardiac arrest and died in her sleep. When police arrived on the scene they saw not a 45-year old woman claimed well before her time, but rather petri dishes and sophisticated scientific equipment...
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This film is a must see if you care or about the arts in the current political climate, or for that matter if you care about civil liberties in general.
Strange Culture is very different from Lynn Hershman's other work--a unique documentary/narrative hybrid. An amazing and surreal performance by Thomas Jay Ryan. Though there is an amazing cast, the real star is Steve Kurtz, the Buffalo artist who is the subject of the film. Steve's heartbreaking retelling of his wife's death, and his subsequent arrest and legal wranglings is must see for anyone who believes are government is beyond reproach.
This film is powerful, heart wrenching, and an outrageous indictment of the current state of political affairs.