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Tuesday, October 14, 2008

film

'The Exiles'

Possibly the first, probably the best, and surely the prettiest film about young, urban Native Americans, 1961's The Exiles follows a handful of twentysomething Indians as they wander through long-disappeared sections of Los Angeles. Director Kent MacKenzie, then a student at USC, recorded quiet, rambling monologues from his subjects, which play over gorgeous black-and-white footage of their nightly pursuits: drinking, gambling, dancing, playing air piano, brawling, climbing up stairs, walking up hills, and slowly disappearing down lonely dead ends. A discussion with Stranger Genius Award winner—and notable Native American—Sherman Alexie follows. (Northwest Film Forum, 1515 12th Ave, 329-2629. 7 pm, $9.)

LINDY WEST

reading

Bragi Ólafsson

Open Letter is an exciting new publisher that translates fiction from around the world in affordable, attractive editions. Its second publication is The Pets, an Icelandic thriller about a misanthropic man looking for love and finding a distasteful old friend in a rough situation instead. Bragi Ólafsson, a former member of the Sugarcubes, has written something weird and wonderful; like Jar City and other Icelandic mysteries, it's like an anorak-heavy cop show on acid. (Elliott Bay Book Company, 101 S Main St, 624-6600. 7:30 pm, free.)

PAUL CONSTANT
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    was he the douche who "sang" with bjork?

    Posted by max solomon | October 14, 2008 11:12 AM

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