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posted by on May 28 at 12:00 PM
‘Monkey Warfare’
(SIFF) Shot in two weeks for just $30,000, this paranoid pot romance—which is also an urban-guerrilla comedy—is pleasantly disorienting. First it’s about a couple of burned-out radicals. Then it’s about a siren with easy access to huge amounts of marijuana. Then it’s about a pack of bicycle anarchists and a Molotov cocktail. Monkey Warfare is a Canadian movie, but it looks and feels dirtier and sexier than you thought contemporary Canadian cinema could be. (Harvard Exit, 807 E Roy St, 324-9996. 2 pm, $10.) Brendan Kiley
Canadian cinema not sexy and dirty? How about an offbeat romance involving a necrophiliac who gets a job at the morgue so she can make love to the corpses! Canadian! That was "Kissed" in 1996, and in 1997 it was nominated for 7 Juno awards and won one for best actress. Would such a film be considered for an Oscar? I don't think so.
Gay marriage is legal in Canada but in some states homosexuality itself is illegal. And I'm pretty sure Canada wouldn't try to get rid of a prime minister for receiving a blow job.
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