Strange Culture
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DVD Cover Information Actor: Josh Kornbluth, Peter Coyote, Steve Kurtz, Thomas Jay Ryan, Tilda Swinton Director: Lynn Hershman Leeson Brand: New Video DVD: Region Code 1 Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo Format: Color, DVD, NTSC Picture Format: 1.33:1 Running Time: 75 minutes DVD Release Date: 2008-03-25 Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Studio: DOCURAMA Product features:
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Movie Reviews of Strange Culture
Movie Review: BioArts first Martyr
Summary: 3 Stars
The oscillating format of re-enactments and the traditional documentary approach made this film engaging. However, if not for Tilda Swinton, this would have felt more like a student protest film than a true investigation into the bizarre events involving Steve Kurtz. Swinton's performance and even her commentary seems to have more balanced maturity than the other faces on the screen, including Kurtz himself. Swinton's co-stars simply do not have the naturalness that she has and so she saves the film at the expense of over-shadowing it with her prime talent. Having said that, this is an important documentary that deserves to stay in print for at least another few decades. Steve Kurtz is now a touchstone in history, even if that is not his intentions and if he doesn't want be one. It's strange indeed to think that today's Open Source Bio groups experiment freely with bio-organisms that Kurtz nearly went to prison for. Kurtz may not be the founder of BioArt, but he was almost the movements first martyr.