I first saw '3' at San Francisco International Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender Festival last June. Any film director Tom Tykwer of 'Run, Lola, Run' fame makes, I want to see. His fast-paced (in this film often overlapping) dialogue and off beat perspective always keeps an audience on its toes . '3' follows its trio of protagonists in their chosen fields of stem cell research and art, as well as their interests in modern dance, philosophy and politics. Tykwer must be a Renaissance man to be so comfortable dealing with all these areas, in depth and detail, though with brevity, as are these characters. Hanna, a TV host adept in many intellectual realms, has been living with Simon, an unfulfilled commercial artist, for years. She meets a man at a lecture she finds undeniably attractive and has an affair with him. Simon, confronting a cancer scare, also meets a man at the swimming pool where he regularly works out, and falls under the sway of this intriguing stranger, forcing Simon to reasses his gender identity. How does this loving couple, who decides to marry, deal with their infidelities and growing feelings for their other lover? Since the name of the film is 'Three,' you figure out the rest. This is a supremely intellectual (as well as intelligent) film and challenges one to keep up. On the other hand, if you can't, then just enjoy the social difficulties these characters deal with in new and entertaining ways. No dozing here.
3 (Dvei )
Director / Writer: Tom Tykwer
Cast: Sophie Rois, Sebastian Schipper, Devid Streisow
German with English subtitles
Time: 119 min
Rating:
Opening September 23 at the Sundance Kabuki in San Francisco
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