Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Monday, January 28, 2008
Saturday, January 26, 2008
Behind
My phone is still broken so I haven't been able to update from Blackberry, grr!
We saw six movies again yesterday = DEATH! TIRED!! Most of them were good, though!!
Most fucked up film of of the festival = Savage Grave (but good!)
Most "OMG the world is in big trouble" movie of the festival = FLOW - For Love Of Water (need to show this movie to my mom - it will so wean her off her Dasani addiction!
Most unique plot = Quid Pro Quo (it was also good)
Today we're seeing five, and tomorrow three. AND THEN HOME!
The weather is nice today. Yay!
The award ceremony is tonight so we'll find out the winners.
We saw six movies again yesterday = DEATH! TIRED!! Most of them were good, though!!
Most fucked up film of of the festival = Savage Grave (but good!)
Most "OMG the world is in big trouble" movie of the festival = FLOW - For Love Of Water (need to show this movie to my mom - it will so wean her off her Dasani addiction!
Most unique plot = Quid Pro Quo (it was also good)
Today we're seeing five, and tomorrow three. AND THEN HOME!
The weather is nice today. Yay!
The award ceremony is tonight so we'll find out the winners.
Friday, January 25, 2008
Technology sucks
My Blackberry has been brought to his knees again, but crappy towers here in Park City. It's not sending my emails, so my mobile blog updating has bee nreduced to nothing.
I will summarize the day for you.
1) Dor attempts to sleep in but instead is brought into a dispute between landlord and subletter (nightmare)
2) Dor and Shiri go to see VERY BAD MOVIE called North Starr - embarrassingly poorly acted, ridiculous story, production values a blind man could have bettered, etc
3) Dor and Shiri run out of time to go see Secrecy so they dash up to the Egyptian for The Wind and the Water, from Panama. It was a sweet movie but it's not going to change my life.
4) Dor and Shiri try to see American Son but get screwed because there's mad traffic on Kearns, so they go see The Year Of Getting To Know Us instead which is NOT a great movie but features a hilarious performance by Sharon Stone
5) Shiri goes to see Towelhead (which Dor has already seen in Toronto when it was called Nothing Is Private)
6) Dor goes to see Nerakhoon (The Betrayal) a story of one Laotian man's family as they emigrated to the US after the Vietnam war - GREAT GREAT MOVIE - MAYBE MY FAVORITE DOC SO FAR!!!
Two more full days left of the festival!!
I will summarize the day for you.
1) Dor attempts to sleep in but instead is brought into a dispute between landlord and subletter (nightmare)
2) Dor and Shiri go to see VERY BAD MOVIE called North Starr - embarrassingly poorly acted, ridiculous story, production values a blind man could have bettered, etc
3) Dor and Shiri run out of time to go see Secrecy so they dash up to the Egyptian for The Wind and the Water, from Panama. It was a sweet movie but it's not going to change my life.
4) Dor and Shiri try to see American Son but get screwed because there's mad traffic on Kearns, so they go see The Year Of Getting To Know Us instead which is NOT a great movie but features a hilarious performance by Sharon Stone
5) Shiri goes to see Towelhead (which Dor has already seen in Toronto when it was called Nothing Is Private)
6) Dor goes to see Nerakhoon (The Betrayal) a story of one Laotian man's family as they emigrated to the US after the Vietnam war - GREAT GREAT MOVIE - MAYBE MY FAVORITE DOC SO FAR!!!
Two more full days left of the festival!!
Thursday, January 24, 2008
We've seen it!
The best film of the festival is Tom McCarthy's The Visitor.
It's his follow up to The Station Agent and honestly I think it's even better. It is similar in tone - strong characters, isolated people finding each other and coming alive. But that's where the similarities end.
It starts with a lonely professor in Connecticut going down to NYC where he must begrudgingly present a paper at a conference at NYU. He returns to his New York City apartment which he has kept vacant for many years and is shocked to find a young couple living there. What follows I will allow you to experience for yourselves when the film is released in April in LA/NY. But I will say it was a perfect blend of subtle politics and personal awakenings that will leave you hoping Tom McCarthy doesn't wait another five years or so to make his next film!
It's his follow up to The Station Agent and honestly I think it's even better. It is similar in tone - strong characters, isolated people finding each other and coming alive. But that's where the similarities end.
It starts with a lonely professor in Connecticut going down to NYC where he must begrudgingly present a paper at a conference at NYU. He returns to his New York City apartment which he has kept vacant for many years and is shocked to find a young couple living there. What follows I will allow you to experience for yourselves when the film is released in April in LA/NY. But I will say it was a perfect blend of subtle politics and personal awakenings that will leave you hoping Tom McCarthy doesn't wait another five years or so to make his next film!
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
August
August was a boring movie about two brothers (one hot-headed CEO and another the brains/creative element) who own a tech startup. It takes place in August 01 just before the tech bubble burst. I could not have cared LESS about the movie or characters.
And some dumb ass in the Q & A had the nerve to ask Josh Hartnett to comment on Heath Ledger being found dead. The whole audience booed the question. Wtf is wrong with people? Josh made an eloquent but brief comment and tried to be graceful.
Bigger, Stronger, Faster
Just saw a great doc called Bigger, Stronger, Faster, one man's personal story of steroid use in his family. He takes his own experiences and plays them out against the backdrop of rthe current scandalsthat have plagued baseball and the Olympics.
The film was extremely honest and good-hearted. It was informative and interesting and most of all it examined all sides of the debate through interviews with everyone from athletes, politicians, models, body-builders and trainers to his own parents and brothers.
I hope when it is released it is edited down by about fifteen minutes but other than that it was great.
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