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Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith

The Clone War is nearly at an end following General Grievous's death. While Amidala (Natalie Portman) is pregnant, Anakin (Hayden Christensen) walks himself to the Dark Side of the Force following Supreme Chancellor Palpatine (Ian McDiarmid), who has grown so powerful that is liable to cause a galactic war. This is the background against which the legendary Anakin duels with Obi-Wan (Ewan McGregor). Directed by George Lucas.

Madagascar

Marty the Zebra (Rock), one of four ‘stars' in New York's Central Park Zoo, decides to leave the zoo and explore the missing world outside. The rest of his best friends: Alex the Lion (Stiller), Melman the Giraffe (Schwimmer) and Gloria the Hippo (Pinkett-Smith) also escape to see if they can find him. Unfortunately, all four are captured and shipped back to Africa. An accident at sea strands them to the shore of Madagascar. Being in the zoo and fed by humans their entire life, how will they manage to survive and learn what their real nature is? Produced by PDI/DreamWorks

AUA

The real film freak can get him/herself to AUA on Rajdamnern Road, just up from Pratu Thapae. There, in Chiang Mai’s coolest, most convenient little English-language library, you can take your pick of close to 200 of the choicest videos going. You want Five Easy Pieces, Trainspotting, Leaving Las Vegas, Das Boot, Apocalypse Now, La Haine, Mon Oncle, Men in Black, The Third Man, Taxi Driver, Wild Strawberries, Cyrano de Bergerac, Blade Runner, The Simpsons, The Bicycle Thieves, etc. etc. etc? You do? Well, they got it. And for a smallish charge you can either take it home or see it on the premises. And now - DVDs too!

ART FILM Programs
Faculty of Media Art & Design, Chiang Mai University proudly presents:
Film Space Project

The month of parallel universes

These films are to be shown on the rooftop of the Faculty of Media Art and Design, Chiang Mai University Art Museum. Every Saturday at 6.30 p.m. (Free Admission)

This movie is the fifth feature by Kieslowski, the acclaimed director of the colors trilogy (Bleu, Blanc, and Rouge). It starts simply when a man runs for a train. Then we see three variations of how his life would eventually develop depending on whether he caught or missed it. It was made during the Solidarity movement in Poland but unfortunately could not get released owing to its unacceptable political message. It didn't get to the cinema till 1987.

Possibly the first romantic comedy flick with this plot, Sliding Doors features a great performance by Gwyneth Paltrow who plays Helen. She loses her job and returns home early. But it all hangs on whether she manages to get through the sliding doors of the London underground train - will she get home in time to catch her lover cheating on her or not. The two scenarios split from there and, in parallel, contribute to her personal development in two different directions.

Lola receives a phone call from her boyfriend, Manni. He has lost a bag with a hundred grand inside, which must be delivered to a gangster by noon. All she has is just twenty minutes to find the bag and give it to the gangster before they rub him out. Three variations of these twenty minutes are told masterfully with several narrative techniques. Run Lola Run received a hatful of film awards in Germany in 1998.

Boasted to be the first movie told in four dimensions, this follows much of Robert Altman's fashion featuring a complex storyline and a vast cast of characters entangled in a series of incidents. However, the screen is split into four so the audience can simultaneously follow the main characters. It is a daring and very original piece of work by the director of Leaving Las Vegas, who this time uses only real time action without edits.