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This Weeks Movie Reviews: The Real Dirt on Farmer John On a plot of soil somewhere in Illinois, a man rides a tractor. He's clearly a character; he looks like an agrarian Elton John as the scene changes to show him wearing a dress, wrapped in a feather boa or clad in plain denim overalls. This is John Peterson, the titular Farmer John, the third-generation owner of a family farm. You might think you're not interested in the story of some kooky guy and his Midwest farm; I wasn't sure I was. But The Real Dirt on Farmer John isn't just a story about farming. In a collage of home movies, interviews, voice-overs and footage shot by Peterson's friend and director Taggart Siegel over the last 20-odd years, Farmer John's tale is a multifaceted, inspiring piece of Americana viewed through the slightly off-kilter eyes of one man. Read more... John Woo: Interviews Journalist, movie critic, film teacher and UO graduate (2000) Rob Elder returns to his alma mater this week to promote his new book of interviews with the great Chinese filmmaker John Woo. Invited by UO Associate Professor of English Kathleen Rowe Karlyn to speak to her film students, Elder also will be the UO's guest for a free, two-night film series open to the public in 110 Willamette. At 7 pm on April 3 Woo's classic early film The Killer, starring Chow Yun-Fat, will be shown. A 6 pm reception and book signing on April 4 precedes the 7 pm screening of Woo's action masterpiece, Hard Boiled, followed by a Q&A. Read more...
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