Taking Woodstock & Paper Heart (wow-za)
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Paper Heart
Charlyne Yi, Michael Cera, Jake Johnson
Overture Films; Directed by Nicholas Jasenovac
Rated PG-13; 89 minutes; 2009
Charlyne embarks on a quest across America to make a documentary about the one subject she doesn’t fully understand, love. She meets a boy after her own heart and he becomes the object of her affection. Weaving together reality and fantasy, the film combines elements of documentary and traditional storytelling to bring a fresh perspective to the modern romance.
Taking Woodstock
Demetri Martin, Imelda Staunton, Emile Hirsch
Focus Features; Directed by Ang Lee
Rated R; 110 minutes; 2009
In the summer of 69, Eliot Tiber was working at his parents’ motel in the Catskills. Empowered by the gay rights movement of the time, Tiber heard about a concert that was planned and lobbied to have it take place near his motel in White Plains, New York. Soon half a million people were headed his way for an event called Woodstock.



