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X-WR-CALNAME:SUNDAYS AT THE U WITH MOVIES: "TO DIE FOR" (1995)
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DESCRIPTION:Join us at 1 p.m. Sunday\, June 15th\, for a screening of the 1
 995 dark-comedy classic "To Die For\," starring Nicole Kidman\, Matt Dillo
 n and Joaquin Phoenix.\n\n \n\n \n\nTO DIE FOR | 1995 | DIRECTOR: Gus Van 
 Sant | WITH: Nicole Kidman\, Matt Dillon\, Joaquin Phoenix\, Casey Affleck
 \, Ileana Douglas | RATED R for vulgar language\, sexual content and brief
  violence | RUNNING TIME: 1H 46M\n\n \n\n \n\nThe all-American obsession w
 ith celebrity turns monstrous in this deliciously subversive (and disturbi
 ngly prescient) satire of our television-mediated\, true-crime-obsessed ag
 e.\n\n \n\n \n\nIn a career breakthrough\, Nicole Kidman delivers a diabol
 ical deconstruction of the girl next door as a local TV weather reporter w
 hose perfectly perky facade belies a murderous heart\, as her ruthless pur
 suit of fame ensnares three disaffected teens in a sordid\, tabloid-ready 
 scandal.\n\n \n\n \n\nDeftly deploying shifting perspectives\, faux-docume
 ntary interviews\, and a supporting cast featuring Joaquin Phoenix\, Matt 
 Dillon\, and Casey Affleck\, director Gus Van Sant adds provocative layers
  of meaning to this darkly funny examination of suburban sociopathy.\n\n \
 n\n \n\n \n\n“To Die For” is the kind of movie that’s merciless with
  its characters\, and Kidman is superb at making Suzanne into someone who 
 is not only stupid\, vain and egomaniacal (we’ve seen that before) but a
 lso vulnerably human. She represents\, on a large scale\, feelings we have
  all had in smaller and sneakier ways. She simply lacks skill in concealin
 g them.\n\n \n\n \n\n"The film is filled with perfect character studies. D
 illon\, the former teen idol whose acting has always been underrated\, her
 e turns in a sly comic performance as a man dazzled by beauty but seduced 
 by comfort. Illeana Douglas is Janice\, Suzanne’s ice-skating sister-in-
 law\, who spots her as a phony and makes life uncomfortable by calling her
  on it.\n\n \n\n \n\n"Finally\, though\, the movie is about Suzanne\, and 
 Nicole Kidman’s work here is inspired. Her clothes\, her makeup\, her ha
 ir\, her speech\, her manner\, even the way she carries herself (as if awa
 re of the eyes of millions) are all brought to a perfect pitch: Her Suzann
 e is so utterly absorbed in being herself that there is an eerie convictio
 n\, even in the comedy. She plays Suzanne as the kind of woman who pities 
 us – because we aren’t her\, and you know what? We never will be." -- 
 Roger Ebert\n\n \n\n \n\nTickets are $6 (including service charge) and ava
 ilable at link above. Students use code STUDENT at checkout for free admis
 sion (must show student ID at the door).
GEO:25.722709;-80.276887
LOCATION:Bill Cosford Cinema\, Dooly Memorial 225
SUMMARY:SUNDAYS AT THE U WITH MOVIES: "TO DIE FOR" (1995)
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.miami.edu/event/sundays-at-the-u-with-movies-t
 o-die-for-1995
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