Seattle International Film Festival Movie Listings

by SEATTLE WEEKLY STAFF

*SIS: EMOTIONAL LANDSCAPES
Sun., May 27, 1:45 p.m., Broadway Perf. Hall
We've only sat through one title from this Shooting in Seattle package, but it's definitely worth seeing. Brian McDonald's White Face took a prize at Slamdance this spring, and he rated inclusion as one of 25 Seattleites to watch in our recent 25th anniversary issue. Believe the hype. McDonald takes an idea that has been used before (see Shakes the Clown), but treats anti-clown discrimination as a racial allegory that's totally deft and light-handed. He doesn't bludgeon a single joke, and nicely sends up Ken Burns documentaries along the way. In an age of debased sketch comedy, withSNL's evil spawn clogging our multiplexes, here's a rare example of how to perfectly execute a small comic idea from start to finish. B.R.M.