NZ International Film Festival - Auckland 9-26 July 2009
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Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2009
Meetup time: 7.30pm
Meetup place: I'll wait in the Casino's Rebo Cafe & Bar http://www.skycityauc... between 7.30-8.15pm or txt me 0272750083
Film start time: 8.30pm
Spies (Spione)– 8.30 pm Fri 24 Jul
Director: Fritz Lang
Year: 1928
Running time: 178 mins
Germany Screenplay: Fritz Lang, Thea von Harbou
Payment options
I plan to see at least 9 festival films and will be pre-paying all of them (Option 1). As usual, the seats are allocated and there is the potential to miss out if not booked/paid for in advance. EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT: Book before July 9 and pay $14.00 for adult tickets to A-coded sessions. (normal price $15.00). Ticketing service fees will apply. Check out the festival site for the cheap parking special deal.
I will be setting the RSVPs for Friday 3 July with the following payment options: Option 1: RSVP & Pre-purchase all films (and get a discount). Meet me outside the main entrance of the Civic theatre on Saturday, 4 July and we can purchase tickets to all the films from the theatre’s ticket counters – this way we can be seated together! I thought some time after 1.00pm but I’m flexible so long as everyone can agree on the time.
Option 2: RSVP & make your own payment arrangements. There are a number of payment options set out in the NZFF guide e.g. via internet. You’re more than welcome to take this option – chances are that we won’t be seated together but you can still meet me at the specified meet up time and place prior to the start of the film.
Option 3: Don’t RSVP and show up on the day. Can’t decide or don’t want to plan ahead? No problem! Meet me at the specified meet up time and place prior to the start of the film and see if there are still tickets available – you’ll probably be seated elsewhere in the theatre though.
Please let me know which option you are going for when you RSVP, thanks.
SYNOPSIS
A banner event for lovers of Fritz Lang (M, Metropolis), machine-age decadence, or just plain pulse-pounding entertainment: the New Zealand Film Archive has imported from Germany a gorgeously restored print of the film that set the template for virtually every spy movie for the next 80 years. Neil Brand will provide piano accompaniment to match Lang’s delirious epic of espionage, opium, fiendish gadgetry, and sexual intrigue. The film’s reptilian master criminal, Haghi, doubles as respected director of an international bank and evil mastermind – the head of a spy ring specializing in the theft of government documents. — BG
“The exploits of the evil genius Haghi represent… criminality almost in the abstract, and plunge the movie into a delirium of disguises, deaths, double-motives, and labyrinthine tricks. The tone is somewhere between true pulp fiction and pure expressionism, and the result remains wholly thrilling.” — Tony Rayns, Time Out Film Guide
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