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DESCRIPTION:"Long before 9/11 became a synonym with the World Trade Center, it was the 
 date of another tragic anniversary. On September 11th, 1973, the 
 democratically-elected socialist president of Chile, Salvador Allende, was 
 overthrown by a C.I.A.-backed military coup that lead to the totalitarian 
 dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet and subsequently, the death and 
 disappearance of thousands of Chileans... and the exile of many others." 
 [Juan Data, SF RMEZCLA]\n\nOn September 11th, The San Francisco Film 
 Society is showing a special screening of Tony Manero, a Chilean film that 
 takes place during Pinochet's dictatorship in Santiago de Chile, 1978, 
 where Chilean citizens are coping with a nightly curfew, constant military 
 patrols and the omnipresent threat of violence. In the midst of it, a 
 middle-aged man named Raúl (Alfredo Castro) is obsessed with the idea of 
 impersonating Tony Manero, John Travolta’s character from Saturday Night 
 Fever. On the outskirts of the city, he leads a small group of devoted 
 dancers who have set their sights on an upcoming “Tony look-alike” 
 television competition. Raúl’s immoderate desire to win, coupled with an 
 obsessive need to recreate the glass dance floor from the movie, leads him 
 to commit a series of crimes and thefts and to act increasingly autocratic 
 and cruel with his fellow hoofers. Shot on 16mm, Tony Manero has a 
 purposefully murky look and a frantic feel. The ultra-Dardenne camera 
 follows Raúl as he darts through Santiago’s empty alleys and vacant 
 lots, only pausing when he raptly watches Saturday Night Fever or attempts 
 to imitate Tony's stomp-and-point rhythmic flailing. Feasting on this 
 bizarre fascist posturing, director Pablo Larraín suggests that, with his 
 sordid charisma, Raúl is a miniature Pinochet—reproducing the brutality 
 of the state in his willingness to steal, exploit, betray and kill in the 
 service of a fantasy.\n\nSeptember 11th show times: 1:45; 4:20; 7:15; 
 9:25\nRunning at the Kabuki through September 17th\n\nVisit www.sffs.org 
 for more information and ticketing.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/09/09/18621418.php
SUMMARY:Tony Manero screening
LOCATION:Sundance Kabuki Theater\n1881 Post St\nSan Francisco, CA 94115
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/09/09/18621418.php
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