Film Festival '08
I'm not a great cinema goer really. I can't stand the smell of popcorn, most vacuous Hollywood blockbusters, the over use of CGI, crap scripts, talentless thespians, product placement, bums on seats beaus, nationalistic flag waving bollox and all the arseholes that tend to frequent these dens of iniquity, getting excited about all of the above while texting an explanation of the plot to their mate in the next seat because they got bored of speaking over the film.
I'm more of a dvd man myself, who tries to find quality flicks that stimulate the gray matter. I don't mean art for the sake of art and pretentious self indulgent twaddle, but, there are plenty of films that not only provide one with a diversion but also have something to say. It is a world where less can definitely be more.
I don't watch 15 films in a year and probably haven't seen more than 5 per year at a cinema. However this winter, which has been dreadful with over a month of continuous rain, felt like the perfect opportunity to overdose on culture. 15 flicks was probably information overload in a 2 week spell, but I'm glad I did it - saw some great movies and doco's. Check out the overviews for a list of films that might come your way and represent a subject that floats your boat. This is our top 5:
- Somers Town - coming of age, multi cultural feel good set in grimey old London.
- Rain of the Children - The history of the Tuhoe tribe through the eyes of a lady who's seen it all.
- Elite Squad - Brazilian uber violence and police corruption set in Rio.
- Garbage Warrior - Inspiring doc about building houses that are totally self sufficient and the system that doesn't want them built - yes - we are all doomed.
- Gomorrah - Italian's getting in on the pervasive gang culture action - yikes!
The following links are for some digital short films that were shown in one presentation but can be found individually online, some really cool stuff:
http://www.codehunters.tv/
http://www.glimpsedigital.com/
http://www.chrisj.com.au/ called the passenger
http://www.janvannuenen.com/
http://vids.myspace.com/index.
http://www.dailymotion.com/
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