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2003, Mark Boswell, USA, 70 min.
THE SUBVERSION AGENCY
2003, Mark Boswell, USA, 70 min.
still from:THE SUBVERSION AGENCY
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| THE SUBVERSION AGENCY 2003, Mark Boswell, USA, 70 min. |
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| Nine years in the making, The Subversion Agency was shot on location in Miami, Florida and Havana, Cuba. The film revolves around the exploits of an American arms dealer (Pierre Kozlov) who is invited to the K-Zone, 'a communist country somewhere in the Caribbean' to participate in a one-on-one golf match for one million dollars (winner take all.) Like a Christian being thrown to the wolves, Kozlov- a self-confirmed nihilist- quickly finds himself embedded in the morass of international politics when he finds out what prize is in store for the loser (and it seems that he is destined to become one). The K-Zone Republic, formed circa 1960 during a staged soccer riot in the K-Zone capital, is awash with two-bit politicians, American black panthers on the lam, anarcho-pranksters on the underground airwaves, double agent feminists, and a golf champion formally convicted of 'cultural parasitism'. Threatening the narrative is a Brechtian blitzkrieg of missives that take form in experimental montage, double jump cuts, over edits, and aural asides that crackle with political satire and hard boiled sarcasm. The film recontextualizes archival images of Miami and Cuba; when combined with Boswell's location work they create a fictional landscape of a netherworld reminiscent of the twilight zone. (Miami Herald). | |
| SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22 | Gene Siskel Film Center | 4:30pm |