Contributed by Benjamin Wheeler.Udo Kier has been in some of my favourite films, from the ultra violent and surreal western Bacurau a couple of years ago, to the frankly ludicrous Iron Sky movies. You might remember his turn in Ace Ventura, or perhaps – going way back – Suspiria…
Needless to say he’s something of a badass who’s made over 200 movies, and now he’s in this hilariously funny, tender, and pretty pretty camp story of a hairdresser escaping his retirement home to style one of his former clients for her funeral.
That’s all you need to know. Just watch it and thank me later.
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About our Film Editor.
Benjamin (Ben) Wheeler has been studying and reviewing about films for more than twenty years.
In the UK he spent most of his professional life creating and delivering courses related to film theory and criticism, the philosophy and psychoanalysis of film, and film as a cultural product and phenomenon, as well as teaching courses in journalism, media studies and mass communications.
Since moving to Fiji he has created several blogs and podcasts relating to Fijian culture and history, Fiji as a travel destination, and of course Fijian and Pacific film. In 2021 he made his first film The Patience: Fijian Creativity in the Time of COVID, which has been selected and screened at international film festivals in Goa, Panama, Paraguay and Shanghai.
He has been heavily involved with both the Suva-based Pacific Human Rights Film Festival and RARAMA Film Festival, and currently works with the Alliance Francaise as curator and host of their film nights.
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