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The Guns of the Navaronne

February 9, 2006 by

I can almost guarantee that at some point in our lives, we all have seen some variation of the hero's epic journey taken straight from the Greeks to the big screen. The hero, through encounters with v...
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Wonda’ From Down Unda’

February 9, 2006 by

If George Clooney were the matador of this year's film festival, then Naomi Watts was certainly the picador or possibly the banderillero. Naomi Watts graced our humble town on Saturday as the recipien...
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The Nature of the Business

February 9, 2006 by

What do you think the most successful filmmaker of all time is doing these days? For one, he was here at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF) to receive the Attenborough Award for Exc...
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Lights, Camera…

February 9, 2006 by

Sunday morning's Directors on Directing Panel discussion played out like the film class that everyone is dying to take: There was educated discussion, rational debate and that one kid who just loves t...
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The West Wittering Affair | An Affair to Forget

February 9, 2006 by

Imagine a cross between the sexual escapades of “The Real World” and the hilarious circumstances of “Curb Your Enthusiasm” and you have the makings of “The West Wittering...
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Artist in Profile; Adam de Boer

February 9, 2006 by

Adam de Boer's oil paintings prove art is more than a craft. They prove that the artist is an intellectual and that he can take a step back from reality and see the patterns of culture. A senior creat...
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History Remembers

February 9, 2006 by

This riveting documentary tells the story of six Holocaust survivors who all reside in Santa Barbara. The interviews featured detail the histories of each survivor while making it quite clear that the...
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If Memory Serves…

February 9, 2006 by

The recipient of 2004's Best Documentary Oscar, "The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara," directed by Errol Morris ("The Thin Blue Line"), creates a captivating and monumen...
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Live: Audrey Sessions @ Giovanni’s

February 9, 2006 by

Giovanni's is the new CBGB's. On March 30, 1974, CBGB's stalwarts the Ramones performed their first show ever. On February 2, 2006, the Audrye Sessions performed a show in Isla Vista and, although it ...
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Daddy Dearest

February 2, 2006 by

With a tagline that reads, "But what about me?" one can't help but think that Christopher Jaymes' "In Memory of My Father" has a little less to do with pained mourning than your average tear-jerker ab...
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Drinks, Drugs and Rock ‘n’ Roll

February 2, 2006 by

One of many standout films to grace the first half of the Santa Barbara Film Festival, John Scheinfeld's "Who is Harry Nilsson (And Why is Everybody Talkin' About Him?)" is rockumentary filmmaking at ...
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The Matador | Grabbing the Bull By the Horns

February 2, 2006 by

For an actor, few ideas are more dreaded that that of being typecast: so set in a certain role that the audience refuses to acknowledge you in other roles. Just ask Mark Hamill who still is recognized...
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Paging Dr. Moog

February 2, 2006 by

Noise, sound, car scratch, nails on a chalkboard, the sound of the morning paper thumping against the door at some odd hour in the morning; somewhere amongst that comes a man that championed himself o...
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Love for All Things Silly

February 2, 2006 by

In the course of 90 minutes, a self-proclaimed "pompous old bastard" shot a mock cat out of a cannon, while making fun of old people and trophy wives in between. A mock coffin was rolled out on wheels...
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This Corea Has ‘Seoul’

February 2, 2006 by

Jazz music is quite similar to the Isla Vista dating scene. Everybody's a player, but not many of us really know the game. That's why Chick Corea, one of the world's most innovative jazz keyboardists,...
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