http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/crafty_work_a_chat_with_bulent_akinci One of my favorite films at this year's festival was Running on Empty. Bülent Akinci's striking debut walks a fine line between existential dread and mordant comedy. The film is beautifully shot and inventively structured, but style never overshadows substance. There's French chanson, a surprisingly erotic shower scene (the woman is fully clothed, which somehow makes it sexier)—even some dancing. Yet Running on Empty is not—thank God—quirky. It's a noirish picture about a salesman at the end of his tether. Though the Berlin-based writer/director rejects the term "road movie," Burkhard Wagner (Requiem's Jens Harzer) spends the entire film trolling... Copyright 2008 Fri, 15 Jun 2007 15:56:45 -0800 Mon, 25 Jun 2007 15:05:21 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss wemk dksmar xkwchlus yacxv vsxmb kjpnsvuey hgnzcujkv

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