Hanna Rundlöf

ph: Marcus Ohlsson

Daniel Charms, 31 Plays, #14

The Young Man who shocked the Watchman

- Look at yourself, - says the Watchman looking at a fly. If I cover it with carpenter glue I suppose it would never fly again. Isn't this amazing? Simply because of carpenter glue!

- Hey, you, satyr! - a Young Man with yellow gloves calls at the Watchman.

The Watchman realizes instantly that someone was talking to him, but keeps on looking at the fly.

- I am talking to you, you animal!

The Watchman squashes the fly with his finger, and not turning his head, says: - What the hell are you screaming for, you son of a bitch? I can clearly hear you. There is no need to scream!

The Young Man brushes off his pants with his gloves, and asks with a quiet voice: - Listen old man, how do I get to the sky?

The Watchman looks at the Young Man, squinting one of his eyes, than the other, than scratching his little beard looks at the Young Man one more time and says: - What are you standing there for? Go on, move along now.

- I am sorry, - says the Young Man, - but this is an emergency. I even have a room waiting for me there.

- All right, - said Watchman, - show me the ticket.

- I don't have a ticket; they said that I would be allowed in without a ticket,- said the Young Man while looking at the Watchman's face.

- Look at you... - said the Watchman.

- So? - asked the Young Man. - Will you let me in?

- Alright, alright, - said the Watchman - Go.

- But how do I go? Where? - asked the Young Man. - I don't know the way.

- Where do you want to go? - asked Watchman, looking at him seriously.

The Young Man cupping his palms around his mouth whispers: - To the sky!

The Watchman leans forward, moves his right leg for stability, carefully looks at the Young Man and asks with a rigid voice: - What the hell? Are you playing with me?

The Young Man smiles, lifts up a hand covered in a yellow glove, waves it over his head and suddenly disappears.

The Watchman sniffs the air. The air smells of burned feathers.

- Look at you! - says the Watchman, opens up his jacket, scratches his tummy, spits right in the spot where the Young Man stood only a minute before, and slowly goes back into his post.

Frankie Rayder

ph: Christophe Kutner

The Gunfight at Dodge City (1959)

A gunfighter turns sheriff after his brother is killed on the job.

Standard 50s western fare, mildly entertaining.

Irina Mastikhina

Parole de flic (1985)

aka

Cop's Honor USA (video title)
Der Panther West Germany




The angry hero leaves France in a fury because of a technicality in the justice system that failed to convict the murderers of his wife, but returns to avenge his daughter's murder.

Tough and solid Alain Delon thriller, streamlined to the star's image as an action hero.

The movie poster is quiet ugly.

Le locataire (1976)

aka

Der Mieter West Germany
The Tenant USA





A quiet and inconspicuous man rents an apartment in France where the previous tenant committed suicide...

At the same time satirical and haunting psychological thriller, reminiscent of the director's own Repulsion and one of his best works.

Who's That Girl?

Gandhi (1982)

Biography of Mahatma Gandhi, the lawyer who became the famed leader of the Indian revolts against the British through his philosophy of non-violent protest.

Rousing bio-pic on an almost epic scale, well done in all departments.

Juliette Lewis