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Seven internationally respected filmmakers offer different perspectives on time and fate -- some witty, some somber -- in this omnibus film, with the stories linked by performances from jazz great Hugh Masekela. Dogs Have No Hell by Aki Kaurismaki follows one man's unusual journey as he celebrates getting out of jail by travelling to Siberia in search of a wife. Victor Erice directed the impressionistic Lifeline, in which a family of Spanish farmers try to help an infant who has fallen ill.
May 18, 2002 Wide
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While the results are predictably mixed, most manage to rise to the occasion, with Spike Lee, Spain's Victor Erice and Chinese director Chen Kaige doing particularly impressive stuff.
Lifeline is a compelling mixture of elements -- rural life and historical detail, physical labor and a child's imagination -- that continually unveils new meaning.
A respectable collection of shorts.
It blares its case loudly in favor of fresh, personal cinema.
If all the sections were as strong as Lee, Herzog and Jarmusch's, tempus would surely fugit, but as it stands this is occasionally meandering.
This considerable first collection features a stellar line-up of international directors yet offers little star appeal.
A some good/some great collection of short films produced by Wim Wenders and directed by an impressive ensemble of talented directors. All were given the theme of time and 10 minutes to do whatever they liked basically. The results were varied and wonderful. You'd have to ask Wenders why it's called The Trumpet though,
September 26, 2011Super Reviewer
A bunch of original short films joint by one topic - time. Within 30 minutes a Polish man decides to travel to Siberian oil fields, sells his share in a local business, proposes to his old-time lover and marries her already when they are on their way to Russia. A wild tribe in the remote forest of the Amazon river
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