1999 International Film Festival Rotterdam
Genghis Blues
$25.95 | 80 minutes
Best of Festival
In 1995, blind bluesman Paul Pena, who has played with Muddy Waters, B.B. King, John Lee Hooker, Jerry Garcia, and Merl Saunders and wrote the Steve Miller Band hit "Jet Airliner," traveled to Tuva, a small land in Northern Mongolia, with a small film crew and radio DJ Mario Casetta. Pena had become fascinated&hellip…
Buffalo '66
$11.95 | 111 minutes
MovieZone Award
An electric directorial debut (seven years in the making) by New York artist/musician/model/actor Vincent Gallo, BUFFALO '66 combines the experimental techniques of the French New Wave and the realistic grit of seventies filmmakers such as John Cassavetes, resulting in something inventive and original. Gallo portrays&hellip…
The Silence
$20.95 | 75 minutes
Set in impoverished Central Asia, a young blind boy with an acute sense of hearing gets a job tuning musical instruments to help his mother pay the rent. But when he wanders after a street musician one day, it leads to greater trouble than he realizes. From Mohsen Makhmalbaf, acclaimed Iranian director, THE SILENCE is a fascinating look&hellip&hellip…
Life Is To Whistle
$15.95 | 106 minutes
KNF Award
The dawning of a new millennium is the backdrop for this chaotic Cuban comedy interweaving the diverse lives of three Havana residents. Marianna is a beautiful dancer with strong sexual urges who must suppress her desires in preparation for a new ballet; Eilipido is an orphaned boy in search of his mother; and Julia&hellip…