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Turistas
version of Jon Turturro’s titular character in Barton
Americans vacationing in Brazil find themselves
Fink— someone who means to be a popular enter
hunted by evil men who want to do unspeakable tor
tainer and heroically socialistic Playwright of the
ture to them. The real torture is to the audience,
People, but who finds the actual creative process so
who must sit through this horrifyingly slow film that
stressful and difficult, it’s almost comical (and
is devoid of any real suspense and is filmed so chaot decidedly humanizing).
ically that you can’t recognize which cast member is
The film follows Kushner from approximately
which from lugubriously slow scene to scene. If you
2001 through 2004, a timeline encompassing the
feel the need to see Turistas, go flush your toilet and
productions of two of his pieces, Kabul/Homebody
watch it, then repeat for 100 minutes. You’ll find it
and Caroline, or Change. More interesting, however,
infinitely more entertaining. F
are a trip he takes with his brother to their child
—Andy Mangels
hood hometown of Lake Charles, La.; interviews
with his father and footage with family; Kushner
Viva Pedro!
captured visiting his “fat counselor," delivering a
Cinema 21 gears up for queer Spanish filmmaker
rousing commencement address at Vassar and giving
Pedro Almoddvar’s highly anticipated Volver, open
an unlikely speech at a bank’s corporate head
ing Dec. 22, with a retrospective of double features
quarters in honor of LGBT Pride Week; his wedding
on new 35mm prints. From Dec. 8 to 11 is 1988’s
to partner Mark Harris; and, not least, the bountiful
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown with
talking-head footage of Kushner himself, in which
1999’s All About My Mother, which won an Oscar for
he passionately and eloquently expounds on press
Best Foreign Language Film. From Dec. 12 to 14 is
ing issues like Iraq, President Bush, the Taliban,
2OO2’s Talk to Her, which won an Oscar for Best
racism, classism and same-sex marriage.
Original Screenplay, with 1995’s The Flower of My
Whatever one thinks of Kushner’s plays, the
Secret. From Dec. 15 to 18 is 1986’s Matador with
person we meet in Mock’s film is an engaging,
1987’s Law of Desire. From Dec. 19 to 21 is 1997’sUue
erudite, thoughtful speaker who is well-informed,
Flesh with 2OO4’s Bad Education.
j extremely opinionated and generally possessed of a
—Jim Radosta
congenial, charismatic charm. Opening Dec. 8 at
Hollywixxl Theatre, Wrestling with Angels explores
Wrestling with Angels
Kushner not just as the playwright we already knew
Having always been somewhat ambivalent
about, but also as a deeply humane queer voice sin
about Tony Kushner—I’ve never been able, as
cerely committed to saying something relevant.
either a gay man or an observer of popular culture,
How well that mission is accomplished in his art
to give what feels like the proper degree of excited
might be debatable, but Wrestling uith Angels finds
veneration to the Kushner-penned theater event
him accomplishing it very well in his life B +
Angels in America—I was nicely surprised by the
—Christopher McQuain
figure he cuts in Wrestling with Angels, a close-up
Your Mommy Kills Animals
portrait of the acclaimed, politically outspoken
This documentary by gay director Curt Johnson
playwright.
“Portrait” is the operative word, as rhe docu
provides a balanced view into the work of animal
mentary is so clearly the creation of a fan; in fact,
rights groups. Unfortunately, the film reveals that
director Freida Lee Mock rather blithely assumes
some respected, controversial or vilified organiza
the viewer is already familiar with Kushner’s work.
tional leaders cannot string five words into a
complete sentence or form an argument on their
But given his renown, that’s not too much to ask,
and it frees the film from having to explain what he
sometimes defendable, other times extreme, cause.
does.
Of note is the martyreil focus on an Oregonian
Instead, we get a day-to-day, comparatively
from Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty who is
intimate l<x>k at who Kushner is—anil that person
King prosecuted for terrorism. Screens 7 anil 9 p.m.
is markedly more down-to-earth and self-effacing
Dec. 6 at Clinton Street Theater; proceeds benefit
than one might expect. He comes across like a
the SHAC7 Support Fund B-
—JRC ©
much less sweaty, much more self-aware queer
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