Artist: Men's Recovery ProjectLast night I went to see three movies at the Seattle International Film Festival that put me in the mood for music with a Middle Eastern theme. First there was MELODRAMA HABIBI from France (but mostly filmed in Lebanon), which was lots better than the SIFF catalog's pic and description led me to expect. ABOUT ELLY, an Iranian thriller which takes place on the shores of the Caspian Sea, was engrossing in spite of the fact that the film's reels were played in the wrong order. The version we saw opened with the "alarming incident," then stepped back a few hours in time, and then the opening credits suddenly appeared on the screen about 45 minutes into the show. I ended my evening with the North American premiere of BLACK DOGS BARKING, a sort of Turkish MEAN STREETS with great characters and story. Someone from the festival evidently had to fly down to Los Angeles yesterday morning, collect the film print from the Turkish Consolate there and then fly back to Seattle with it, arriving just in time for our 9:30pm screening.
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