- published: 19 Aug 2015
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Actors: Frank Crudele (actor), Andrea Guerra (composer), Antonio Catania (actor), Ivano Marescotti (actor), Thomas Daniel (actor), Aldo Maccione (actor), Guillaume Renberg (miscellaneous crew), Gianni Carpentieri (miscellaneous crew), Nathan Gendzier (miscellaneous crew), Nathan Gendzier (miscellaneous crew), Claudio Cormio (editor), Per Melita (producer), Aldo (director), Dan Truman (actor), Giovanni Esposito (actor),
Plot: Al Caruso, John Gresco and Jack Amoruso are three gangsters working for the Genovese family. However, their efforts are more than headache-inducing, and when they are given one last chance: To protect the boss's aunt, she is accidentally killed and the three men are sentenced to death. They come up with a plan to sell the boss to the police and the FBI. However, Al suffers from short-term memory loss and has to be told the story by John and Jack.
Keywords: 1950s, accidental-shooting, amnesia, character-name-in-title, drive-in, electrocution, gangster, local-blockbuster, mafia, surprise-endingActors: Alice Krige (actress), Timothy Quay (director), Stephen Quay (director), Timothy Quay (writer), Stephen Quay (writer), Keith Griffiths (producer), Karl Baumgartner (producer), Gottfried John (actor), Nuala Alen-Buckley (miscellaneous crew), Larry Sider (editor), Mark Rylance (actor), Andy Hennigan (miscellaneous crew), Janine Marmot (producer), César Sarachu (actor), Peter Lovstrom (actor),
Plot: Jakob arrives at the Institute Benjamenta (run by brother and sister Johannes and Lisa Benjamenta) to learn to become a servant. With seven other men, he studies under Lisa: absurd lessons of movement, drawing circles, and servility. He asks for a better room. No other students arrive and none leave for employment. Johannes is unhappy, imperious, and detached from the school's operation. Lisa is beautiful, at first tightly controlled, then on the verge of breakdown. There's a whiff of incest. Jakob is drawn to Lisa, and perhaps she to him. As winter sets in, she becomes catatonic. Things get worse; Johannes notes that all this has happened since Jakob came. Is there any cause and effect?
Keywords: aphorism, avant-garde, based-on-novel, black-and-white, blackboard, blindfold, brother-sister-relationship, chalk, cult-film, dancing