Musicals
FromHollywoodmusicaltoBollywoodspectacular;
arangeofall-singing,alldancingtreats.
OPENINGFILM
SwingTime
Thu21May I 20.00 I £6.50(£4.90)
1936,USA,103mins(U)
DirectedbyGeorgeStevens
Starring:FredAstaire,GingerRogers
Thesixth(often)ofFredandGinger’sfilms
together,SwingTimeisoftregardedasone
ofthefavourites.
LuckyGarnettisofftowinsomemoneyto
provetohisfiancée’sfatherthathecanlook
afterher.Butonhisadventureshemeets
Penny,adanceteacherandofcoursefalls
inlove.AswithallHollywoodmusicals,
Love the film?
confusion,hilarityandcalamitiesensue,all
Trythemovesforyourself
settowonderfulsonganddance.Theyjust
Seeworkshops
don’tmakefilmslikethisanymore.
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ScottishPremiere
PerhapsLove (Ai Ru Guo)
Fri22May I 18.15 I £6.50(£4.90)
2005,China/Malaysia/HongKong,107mins (PG)
DirectedbyPeterChan
Starring:TakeshiKaneshiro,ZhouXun,JackieCheung
China’sofficialentryintotheBestFilminaForeign
LanguagecategoryattheOscars,PerhapsLove
(AiRuGuo)wasthefirstChinesemusicaltobemade
in40years.ClearlyinspiredbyBollywoodfilmsandMoulin
Rouge,itisanepiclovestorytoldthroughthedeviceofa
filmwithinafilm.OnthesetofamusicalinChina,alove
Supportedby
triangleemergesbetweenitstwomainstarsandthe
director.Butallisnotasitseems,aseventsofthepast
catchupwiththemandlifeimitatesart.Lavishlyshotand
beautifullydesigned,PerhapsLoveisatreatfortheeyes.
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