Saida benzal biography of william
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Siponimod versus placebo remove secondary continuous multiple pathology (EXPAND): a double-blind, randomized, phase 3 study
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Letters to Paul Morrissey
Paul Morrissey was an integral part of Andy Warhol’s Factory scene. He managed the Velvet Underground and director of many iconic art films of the 60’s such as Trash and of course Chelsea Girls. Spanish directors Armand Rovira and Saida Benzal created a visually stimulating and provocative tribute to the Factory renaissance man, Letters to Paul Morrissey. The film is evocative of the style of Morrissey’s films. Shot in 16mm, and in black and white, Letters is an anthology film that is exactly what it says it is, a series of five letters to the iconic director.
“Spanish directors Armand Rovira and Saida Benzal created a visually stimulating and provocative tribute to the Factory renaissance man…”
The first letter is from Udo Strauss, but may as well be a young Udo Kier, played by Xavi Saez and voiced by Max Phillip Bruchmann. Udo is writing a letter to Paul about his ongoing existential crisis that is sparked by his loathing for capitalism. He is lead from Berlin to Madrid and then to a monastery in Mallorca, where he becomes obsessed with attaining faith in God. He reads the bible from dusk till dawn, eventually becoming so demented by his search for faith that he staples the bible’s pages onto his body. Also during his stay, he
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DIRECTED BY: Armand Rovira
FEATURING: Xavi Sáez, Joe Dallesandro, María Fajula, Saida Benzal, Almar G. Sato
PLOT: Five cinematic letters to Paul Morrissey are sent by various fans of the experimental director.
WHY IT WON’T MAKE THE LIST: This is an anthology film, and so the format isn’t really what we’re after. In addition, the films lean much more toward “art-house” than “weird”.
COMMENTS: Udo Strauss: This opening letter, appearing in a photographic slide-style frame like all the epistles, is angry and languid. The writer in question is a German who, dismayed at the triumph of a hollow capitalism in his home country, attempts to claw his way toward unquestioning faith in God and Jesus. He attempts to find peace in a Spanish monastery. His doubt in the Church is made manifest by an attractive woman in sunglasses who intellectually parries with him in split-screen philosophizing. His desperation grows until we see him stapling pages from his Bible to his naked body. An obvious stand-in for Udo Kier, whom Morrissey directed in Andy Warhol’s Dracula and Frankenstein, actor Xavi Sáez encapsulates the plight of a man whose new gods disappoint and whose old God has gone silent. Appropriately, this was the most m