The second installment of the East Lansing Film Society’s fall series features the Canadian film “Atanarjuat” (The Fast Runner) at 7 p.m. Friday through Sunday at the Hannah Community Center, 819 Abbott Road.
An epic journey awaits Atanarjuat as he faces evil spirits and miscreant shamans as he waits for forces of light to help him. He must overcome jealousy and murder to restore harmony in his community.
The story is so fantastical, it is hard to explain without seeing it.
The homegrown film “China,” directed by MSU English Assistant Professor Jeffrey Wray, also premieres in East Lansing before its scheduled 2003 PBS release.
“China” is a film about Evelyn and Rudolph Jackson (Sheila Stewart and Von Washington) who fall in an unhealthy routine with little excitement. They have their lives changed by Rudolph’s spiritual attachment to martial arts.
So what else is on?
This weekend, the fall crop of promising movies opens in theaters. “The Rules of Attraction” and “The Transporter” fall in line behind “Knockaround Guys” in this fall’s testosterone parade. It will ease the pain of the holiday movies on their way.
If you have been living under a rock, the news of the advance screening of “8 Mile” at 7 p.m. today at the Auditorium may come as a shock to you. The Residence Halls Association has distributed tickets and booked the venue to bring us the film, which follows a rapper’s life through Detroit’s hip-hop underground.
