in regards to this weekend, to your head in my lap, there is nothing better

[foxtongue]

So, films to date:

The Great Contemporary Art Bubble: Outstanding. Fascinating to see who was willing to say what in regards to arts trading, arts speculation, and rigged auctions. Some of the art was atrocious, but that's part of the point. Also, there's great satisfaction in seeing someone stick it so adroitly to Damien Hirst.

Soundtrack for a Revolution: Five stars. I've never seen a better film on the fight for African-American civil rights. I hope for all of our sakes this film gets picked up scholastically. Interesting, too, to watch it in Canada, rather than the US. Also, hot damn, that was a lot of really good music. Extra points to The Roots playing with TV On The Radio.

Castaway on the Moon: Oh my stars and garters, this was cracking fun. Korea, you win. Forever.

Forbidden Door: Do not go. Four, possibly five twist endings painfully wrestle across the last ten minutes of the film, awkwardly obliterating any of the good what came before. If you must see it, leave as he sits laughing at dinner and before he bothers with the bloody stupid door.

Air Doll: Exactly as expected, minus some confusion as to what, precisely, is a sex scene. Korean films are excellent, (apparently Air Doll is Japanese, it's only the lead who is Korean. My mistake.) the premise gives a certain shine to otherwise shopworn ideas about what is beautiful about living, and that's about it. Cute, sweet, slightly odd. Rent it with a date. Or don't.

The Girl: Related somehow to Let The Right One In, it reminded me of short stories I read when thirteen. Calm, uncanny, yet utterly prosaic. My favourite film so far after Castaway On The Moon.

Face: We walked out. It started off promising, with a truly excellent bit with singing fashion models in bunny suits and a reindeer trapped in a forest full of mirrors, but there wasn't anything else worth mentioning, except that our lives were made better by leaving.

Today

6:45 - Kamui Visa Screening Room @ Empire Granville Th7 (tentative)

9:30 - Breathless Visa Screening Room @ Empire Granville Th7 (tentative)

Tuesday

7:00 - The September Issue Visa Screening Room @ Empire Granville Th7 (tentative)

9:30 - Mother Visa Screening Room @ Empire Granville Th7

Wednesday

6:30 - Home Visa Screening Room @ Empire Granville Th7

Thursday

6:30pm - Cow Empire Granville 7 Th 2 (tentative)

6:40pm - Canary Empire Granville 7 Th 1 (tentative)

9:30pm - Bong Joon-Ho & Co: A 25th-birthday Tribute to KAFA Vancity Theatre

Comments

[studio-verite.livejournal.com]

man, I somehow got caught totally unprepared for the film fest this year. How hard is it to get tickets at the door? I'd love to hit Kamui tonight.

[porphyre.livejournal.com]

I don't know, actually, though that's how I'm hoping to get into the films tonight.

[studio-verite.livejournal.com]

Maybe I'll see you in line then

[inri33.livejournal.com]

Christopher is hitting the rush line for Kamui too, I told him to show up an hour to an hour and a half before the 6:45 showtime. Save you a seat as well? One or two?

[porphyre.livejournal.com]

Neil and I make two.

[studio-verite.livejournal.com]

An hour, huh? I can make it for 5:45.

[(Anonymous)]

Sounds like I made the right decision bailing on Face.

PS. Air Doll is a Japanese film, not Korean. You may have thought it was because the actress playing Nozomi was Korean. Something that I thought was a bit of a daring choice considering their history, but totally the right decision to make.

[porphyre.livejournal.com]

You're entirely right. On all points.

[porphyre.livejournal.com]

It's tickets at the door only, at this point, so there's a chance I might not get in. Feel better?