Gene Siskel Film Center
164 N State St
312.846.2600
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Still from Prater
Friday Mar 27, 2009 (8pm)
Saturday Mar 28, 2009 (5:15pm)
Gene Siskel Film Center
164 N State St
312.846.2600
$9
Ulrike Ottinger settles her restless aperture on Vienna's Prater amusement park in this odd, engaging film. With a cast that includes the descendants of the "man without a torso," an illusion-machine repairman, and current and past park guests, Ottinger journeys back in time in an exploration of the attraction's cultural importance. She brackets her reminiscences with archival footage and a reworking of Alice in Wonderland as a hopscotch adventure; it's as jubilant and jarring as the Prater's own carnival amusements.
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