Sun, Feb 08

Rage (Page 2)

Sally Potter's RAGE is a tragicomedy about the repercussions of globalisation in the information age. Michelangelo, a young blogger, shoots interviews in a New York fashion boutique over a week and publishes them on his website. Hereby he documents a young fashion designers' work, whose family roots are from the Mideast. A bittersweet image of the state of affairs of a crisis ridden industry emerges from the statements from the interviewees – that include Minx (a famous supermodel), Tiny Diamonds (the financier behind the scenes), Anita de Los Angeles (a seamstress), Vijay (the pizza delivery boy), Frank (a war photographer), and Mona Carvell (a critic). Even here globalisation and the stagnating economy also result in aggravated work conditions… But after a model dies on the runway and a murder investigation ensues, Michelangelo's interviews are seen in a whole new light. In Sally Potter's film, a child's unique perspective puts a new spin on the superficiality of this illusory world…
 
 

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by Sally Potter / 099 min
with Dame Judi Dench, Jude Law, Dianne Wiest, Steve Buscemi
Prod: Adventure Film Production

Screenings at the festival
08.02.09 Berlinale Palast 22:30