Bandits
Looking for a German-language film about women in prison who form a rock band?
Bandits might just be for you. Director Katja von Garnier's second
feature -- about the adventures of four women who escape from prison while en
route to a command performance at a policeman's ball, then flee the cops while
their single rockets to the top of the charts -- maintains enough energy to let
you forgive the many clichés. And cliché'd the film is:
Bandits borrows heavily from Thelma & Louise, and it suffers
from the confess-and-you'll-be-cured shtick. Even so, the English-language
original songs (most were written by Jasmin Tabatabai, who plays Luna, the lead
singer/armed robber) are infectious and the musical scenes kinetic and fun.
This is the kind of movie in which escaped prisoners flee in spike heels,
crowds burst into spontaneously choreographed dance numbers, and Heaven
involves sequined red dresses. You'll enjoy the chase, even if the murky ending
leaves something to be desired. Screens at the Copley Place Sunday, September 20 at 7:30
and 9:15 p.m.
Film Festival Feature Films
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The Witman Boys |
The Cruise |
Confessions of a Sexist Pig |
Melting Pot |
Pleasantville |
Clay Pigeons |
Waking Ned Devine |
Blood, Guts, Bullets, & Octane |
My Name is Joe |
Six Ways to Sunday |
The Theory of Flight |
A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries |
Down in the Delta |
Children of Heaven |
I Married a Strange Person |
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Bandits |
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