Before the Rain and Mothers–Double feature screening of films by Milcho Manchevski

The screening of a pair of films by director Milcho Manchevski provides an introduction to his art of filmmaking.

Before the Rain (1994) - “The movie is made in three parts, two in Macedonia, one in London. The story circles back on itself, something like “Pulp Fiction,” and there is a paradox, a character who seems to be dead at a time he is still alive. Manchevski was not influenced by Quentin Tarantino; they were making their films simultaneously and in “Before the Rain” the circular structure has a deeper purpose; it shows that the cycle of hate and bloodshed will go on year after year, generation after generation, unless somehow men find the will to break with it.” 
https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/before-the-rain-1995 

Mothers (2010) - “... a film anthology that’s innovative in its blend of fiction and documentary. The three stories focus on various aspects of life in the contemporary Republic of Macedonia, set in a city, a small town and a deserted village.The anthology highlights the delicate relationship of truth and fiction, drama and documentary, while probing the very nature of truth as well that of filmic reality.”
https://emanuellevy.com/review/mothers-2010-milcho-before-the-rain-manchevskis-film-anthology-about-contemporary-macedonia/

Director Manchevski will be giving the Choncoff Lecture, "True Confessions of a Recovering Writer-Director," on Feb. 15, 2023, at 6 P.M. on ASU Tempe Coor Hall room 199 - 976 S Forest Mall, Tempe, AZ 85281.

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