72SSIFF - 20/28 September 2024
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Neil Young (Bernard Shakey), Dean Stockwell
 
90 min.
The new owner of a café by the highway, in a small town built next to a nuclear power station that often has accidents, plans to set fire to his business in order to collect the insurance money so that he can fulfil his dream of becoming a rock star. Neil Young performs Hey Hey, My My (Out of the Blue) accompanied by Devo.
Caetano Veloso
 
112 min.
Based on Caetano Veloso's personal experiences, the film deals with such varied subjects as literature, music, dance and cinema. Caetano Veloso sings the song "Lingua"; the actress Regina Casé talks about Fidel Castro's body language; a woman keeps up a monologue about sex in films. The film also approaches the subject of the future of civilization as Heidegger conceived it.
David Byrne
 
111 min.
David Byrne heads out to a completely fictitious Texan town, during the vigil for the sixth centenary of the founding of the state. He meets various typical local characters, the most remarkable of these being Lewis Fyne, (John Goodman), a big-hearted bachelor in search of a girlfriend.
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