21st San Francisco International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival

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To ngue i n C h i c S u nday J u n 2 2 2:30 p m V i c to r i a $ 5 M e m/$6 G e n ( T C H I C 2 2 )

You'll b e rol l ing i n the a isles la ugh i ng a t this

col lection of fun ny dyke shorts. One too m a ny Watch Tower lad ies show up on Ka rla Ca rmony and Amy Boyd's doorstep and they a re fo rced to ta ke action i n A Religious . Experience, while Tongue in Chic takes us on

a romp th rough the history of erotic represen­ . tation . Dyke Blend h u moro usly pa rod ies Nescafe coffee co m m ercia ls, and Charlene's Angels uses Barbie dolls to put a lesbian twist on the i nfa mous 1980's TV sitcom . In Alice npl gged, Al ice tunes i nto late-n ight TV a nd IS gUided through the i ntricacies of being butch o r fem me by a pa i r of provocative i nfomercials.

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F rom San F ra ncisco t o Los Angeles t o N ew York these fou r fi lms h ig h l ight a n d pay

, homage to some of today's most exciting q ueer performers . Something to Brag About is a n old fas h ioned love story with Exene and

Stone Fox. artyrs and Saints is a compel ling . a n d d istu rbing portra it of Los Angeles perfor­

�a � ce artist Ron Athey,

in which footage of '

d lfflcult-to-watch perfo rma nces a re inte rcut

wi h dis u ssions a bout HIV and body m a n i pu­ . lation . Klkl and Herb: Total Ecl ipse of the Heart traces the downward spira l of an aging cha nteuse, masterfu l ly portrayed by J usti n Bond . And Not for Noth in' is a sensual ist's d rea m . A black and wh ite homage to early

Charl � ne'� Angels d i r. Don na Qu i n ce 1996 Canada 11 min. video Painting by Numbers d i rs. Diane Bonder & Liss Platt 1996 USA 4 m i n . video A Rel gio � s Experience d i r. Margo Dea n 1997 USA 10 m i n . video C.herries dir. Thom Fitzgeral d 1995 C nada 8 m i n . video Kahlo: The Passion d i rs. Mari lyn' B u l l & Kate Sorensen 1997 USA 2 m i n . video D�ke Blend d i r. Eva Weber 1996 UK 10 m i n . video Allee. Unplugged di rs. Joyan Saunders & Beverly ' Seckinger 1996 USA 8 m i n . video Tongue in Chic d irs. Diane Bonder & Liss Platt 1996 USA 25 m i n . video

Tota l .R u n n ing Ti me: 78 m i n .

so und fi l m , it follows an a n d rogynous ca ba ret performer, played by S . F. visual a rtist Rod ney O ' N ea l Aust i n , on h is search for the Beloved . This experimenta l narrative q uestions what it means to be a n a rtist i n a world tee m i ng with the mysteries of longi ng and d eat h . Someth ing t o Brag About dir. J o h n Roecker & Jeff Pantaleo 1997 USA 3 m i n . video Martyrs and Saints d i r. Si meon H u nter 1997 U SA 29 min. 16mm Kiki and Herb: Total Ecl i pse of the H eart d i r. Victoria Leacock 1997 USA 7 min . . 1 6mm Not for Nothin' d i r. Cathy Lee Crane 1996 USA 29 min. 16mm Tota l R u nn i ng Ti me: 68 m i n .

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T h.e i rrepressible J o h n G reyson (Zero Patien � e, Lilies) returns with a fa bu lously

audacIous new fi l m , sta rring Matthew

Ferguson from The Engl ish Patient. Combi n i ng

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G reyson s take on the controversial practice of . . l rcu c l� lon with a fierce ana lysis of copy­

nght I nfnngement a n d censorship, Uncut is a

d e nsely layered , deli rious rom p in which ideas a re h u rled at bl istering speeds. Perha ps

� reyson 's own words best d escri be the plot: A grad student na m ed Peter is obsessed ­ with Pierre Trudea u . A grad stud ent na med Peter is perplexed by c i rcu mcision. A J ackson F ive fan named Peter wants to brea k i nto broadcast. They meet. They make love . They m a ke a rt . They get busted . (The cop si ngs opera ) . " After a series of strange a nd abs u rd , m i sadventu res, the th ree Peters end up i n a desolate prison labor ca m p together. If this sounds biza rre, it is. Com bin ing elements of soa p operas, m usica l s , docu mentaries, and

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avant-gar e cinema, the ca ndy-colored pop a rt explosion of Uncut w i l l knock you out. The program o pens with Canada Uncut ' in

which a gay cou pl e has s.o m e fun with Ca nadia n-censored porn .

- Joel Shepard

Can � da ncut d i r. Thom Fitzgera ld 1996 Canada 4 m i n . Video Uncut d i r. John Greyson 1997 Canada 90 min . 1 6mm

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