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| Mala Noche |
Based on the autobiographical novel by Portland-based writer Walt Curtis, Van Sant's debut feature is direct, unsentimental and lingers hauntingly for its lack of guile.
The narrative is imbued with themes of longing, the burden of unrequited love (Curtis philosophises on "the impossibilities of love" with a straight Mexican 'alien' who has no interest in him) and both the metaphorical and literal 'homelessness' of characters on the fringes of society (that will reverberate through Van Sant's later films, most poetically in
My Own Private Idaho).
Originally shot on 16mm,
Mala Noche will be presented in a new 35mm print with digitally-restored sound.
