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Strange Culture (2007) -- 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.
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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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Cast

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Thomas Jay Ryan ... Himself

Tilda Swinton ... Hope Kurtz

Peter Coyote ... Himself
Josh Kornbluth ... Himself
Steve Kurtz ... Himself
Shoresh Alaudini ... Loren
Cassie Powell ... Lise
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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 more
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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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Important and timely work, 10 January 2007
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Author: george-257 from United States

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.

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