Hello again, To contiunue with a few more goodies from the Jerusalem film Festival. Somehow this year was a harvest of documentaries. There were two documentaries on Orson Welles. One you probably have seen as it was from the American experience series: THE BATTLE OVER CITIZEN KANE. The other one is called ORSON WELLES-THE ONE-MAN BAND 1995 Germany/Switzerland/France Vassili Silovic The American Experience series was highly critical of Welles and kept intimating that it was all down hill for him from here on. The German film displayed with the help of Welles' companion Oja Kodar all the things Welles did and the diversity and professionalism and creativity in his films whether completed or not. Apparently he filmed a version of The Merchant Of Venice which is except for a few snippets not extant. WOW: CARMEN MIRANDA-BANANAS IS MY BUSINESS. l995 Brazil/USA Helena Solberg I never knew that she at one time was the highest paid woman in America. What a lovely film and expertly done. The recreated Carmen (not too often as there is a tremendous amount of footage even Brazilian films that she appeared in ) is played by a drag Queen. A sad ending for she died at the age of 46 for such a vivacious personality. Some features that were charming and memorable and what's important to a festival goer like me is that they most likely will never have a theatrical showing or even get to video. GUANTANAMERA 1995 /Cuba/Spain/ Germany Tomas Gutierrez Alea and Juan Carlos Tabio I can't get the tune out of may head. Gutierrez's last picture and and light heartedview of the economic difficulties in Cuba as represented by the official in charge of funeral arrangements. NOBODY LOVES ME. 1995 Germany Doris Dorrie A kind of screwball comedy with a charming touch that I don't often associate with German film. Feminist but not too much. I would be remiss if I didn't mention the docudrama PASOLINI; AN ITALIAN CRIME. 1995 Italy Marco tullio Giordana Using real footage with even an eulogy by a young Bernardo Bertolucci the directors hint that Pasolini's death was not due to rough trade sexually speaking but of his political writings shortly before his death. No matter what you may have thought about him as a person or a filmmaker (My husband disliked him for the one bad movie he made l20 Days of Sodom) this is film makes quite a case for a political death. I could go on for days. Harriet Kasow on Mt. Scopus [log in to unmask] g ---- To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]