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ĪTiger Bay' kicks off free film series at Modern Languages


By Lindsay Muth
Arizona Daily Wildcat
Thursday August 28, 2003

Tomorrow night will mark the beginning of the season for the International Arts Society's fall film series for 2003. The group, fifty years old this year, will bring an internationally diverse and thematically varied sampling of classic and foreign films to the Modern Languages Auditorium, Friday nights at 7:30 p.m. Showings are open to the public, and free of charge to all. Most of the films are relatively unheard of, unless, maybe, you're a big cinema buff or film student. That doesn't mean these films won't be entertaining. It just means most of us don't know anything about other cultures, or their classic films, or our own for that matter, and that's okay, as long as we work to alleviate this void in our lives. Let us start tomorrow night with "Tiger Bay," the first film in the series.

"Tiger Bay" is a pretty bizarre rollercoaster/gondola ride of a film. Directed by J. Lee Thompson (the director of the original "Cape Fear") and notably starring a young and ragamuffin-y Hayley Mills, "Tiger Bay" explores the relationship between a passionate murderer on the run from the law and the young girl who witnessed everything. It immediately brought to mind a 90s favorite ÷ "The Professional," with Natalie Portman and that French guy, Jean Reno. Except that in "The Professional" the audience roots for a bond to form between the brooding criminal and the disturbingly sexy little girl. In "Tiger Bay," the sexual tension is almost uncomfortable; in fact, it is uncomfortable, but really well done. Really. It seems the only thing stopping these two from developing a pretty intense romance is her youthful innocence and his lack of time (he is, after all, busy running from the law). This movie is Hayley Mills' debut work, she was only thirteen, and it kicks ass all over "Pollyana", "The Parent Trap", and all the "Parent Trap" sequels (even the ones with the triplets).

If you decide to go, you'll also get to see · the guy with the nose. If you don't decide to go, you'll never know what this means, unless curiosity overwhelms you, and then you will be forced to rent the movie, at which time it will no longer be free. So just check it out this Friday.

Upcoming movies in the series also include "Roman Holiday" (Sept. 12) with Gregory Peck and Audrey Hepburn, the original version of "Get Carter" (Oct. 17) with Michael Caine (and without Sylvester Stallone), and "Our Hospitality" (Dec. 5) starring Buster Keaton, which will end the series. Those are just a few of more the well-known samples from the list.

There will also be films from France, Japan, Spain, Iran, Austria and Taiwan. Films also range from modern (several are 2001 releases) to really old ("Our Hospitality" is from 1923). For more information about the International Arts Society Fall Film Series, contact Charles Scruggs at scruggs@u.arizona.edu.


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