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Thursday, March 8, 2007

Today The Stranger Suggests

posted by on March 8 at 14:22 PM

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‘The Cranes Are Flying’ (FILM) Though Mikhail Kalatazov’s The Cranes Are Flying is not as good as I Am Cuba, his masterpiece—and, for me, the greatest film ever made—it is an outstanding work of cinema. As with I am Cuba, Cranes is a feast for the eyes, a feast of experimental edits, architectural photography, dazzling angles, close-ups of beautiful faces, and long tracking shots of the masses. Though the story is ordinary enough (the love of two young Soviets is brought to an end by World War II), not one moment in the film lacks the excitement of a person telling the most original story ever imagined. (SIFF Cinema at McCaw Hall, 321 Mercer St, 464-5830, www.seattlefilm.com. 9 pm, $9.) CHARLES MUDEDE

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DJ /rupture, Filastine (MUSIC) “The Earth’s smartest DJ” might not be saying much—DJs are generally known for their technique, not their intellect—but DJ /rupture (AKA Jace Clayton) is a true scholar. His rumblings on www.negrophonic.com mash geopolitics with literary criticism with adventurous musicology, and his DJ mixes are every bit as jumbled and deep—fusing global pop, hiphop, and speaker-blowing breaks. Local co-conspirator Filastine explores similar postworld territory. With Jessika Kenney and Eyvind Kang providing voice and viola. (CHAC, 1621 12th Ave, 388-0569. 9:30 pm, $7, 21+.) ERIC GRANDY

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