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from the issue of September 1, 2005
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First-time directors debut at the Ross
Movies from a pair of first-time directors open at the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center on Sept. 2.
In Me and You and Everyone We Know, debut writer/director Miranda July stars as an offbeat performance artist who becomes instantly smitten with a brooding department store shoe salesman, played by John Hawkes.
July works to get her latest work accepted at a major museum, dealing directly with a mean-spirited manager who is not interested in the submission. The film also traces the paths of a pair of teenagers who believe they are ready for sex as they tease the neighborhood pervert and consider experimenting with Hawkes' on-screen son.
Me and You and Everyone We Know won the special jury prize for originality at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival and was awarded prizes at international film festivals in Philadelphia and San Francisco.
Also showing at the Ross is Rize, a movie by photographer and first-time director David LaChapelle.
In Rize, LaChapelle travels to Los Angeles to make his mark in the cinematic world, shooting a documentary about a style of hip-hop dance called "krumping." LaChapelle divides his time between the personal lives of the dancers and some spectacular on-screen demonstrations courtesy of the krumpers.
LaChapelle slowly unravels the ties that bind Tommy "The Clown" Johnson and his cohorts throughout the movie. Broken homes, domestic violence, and other horrors have cast an irrepressibly dark shadow over the dancers lives.
Rize (PG-13) and Me and You and Everyone We Know (R) are both showing at the Ross, from Sept. 2-15. Showtimes are available online at www.TheRoss.org or by calling the film information line at 472-5353.
GO TO: ISSUE OF SEPTEMBER 1
ARTS HEADLINES FOR SEPTEMBER 1
Student project joins Husker pride with textile design
American Life in Poetry
First-time directors debut at the Ross
Patrick Rowan retrospective opens Sept. 6
Sheldon hosts John Robert Weaver exhibit
'Willa Cather' airs nationally on PBS
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