Don't Kill Me!
I know, I have hardly been updating. There is a good reason for this, I swear! I saw six freaking movies today and haven't been back at the condo since like 7:30 AM!
Here's what we saw:
Who Needs Sleep - a documentary on the long hours that they work on TV and movie sets, and a cinematographer who's trying to change it from a grassroots leve. The film was very entertaining but I think it was too specialized to find a broader audience.
Sherrybaby - in the Dramatic Competition, and starring Maggie Gyllenhaal (co-starring her boobies). Her performance was VERY impressive but besides that, nothing I haven't seen before MANY times. Recovering drug addict. Relapse, recovery, relapse, recovery. Blah.
Factotum - The Lili Taylor movie! Based on Charles Bukowski novels. Also starring Matt Dillon. Lili was fantastic as a poor alcoholic sex maniac. I forgot to mention that I spoke with her yesterday when she did a reading on Main Street. She was adorable and seemed very happy to see me.
Art School Confidential - directed by Terry Zwigoff (Ghost World) and starring Max Minghella and John Malkovich. It was fine. Nothing amazing. Notttt as good as Ghost World or even close. But I'm glad I saw it.
So Much So Fast - a documentary about a family affected by ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease). Easily my favorite of the festival so far. Extremely moving without every being sentimental. SO SO SO SO good. www.somuchsofast.com
The Short Life of Jose Antonio Gutierrez - a documentary about the life of the first soldier killed in the Iraqi war. Complete and total snooze-fest and I wanted to cry I was so bored.
It was overall a GREAT day even though the films (except one) were just mediocre. We made the rounds to Main Street for more free stuff from Volkswagon and Atkins.
I do really plan on posting photos soon. It's so hard to find time on the Internet.
Here's what we saw:
Who Needs Sleep - a documentary on the long hours that they work on TV and movie sets, and a cinematographer who's trying to change it from a grassroots leve. The film was very entertaining but I think it was too specialized to find a broader audience.
Sherrybaby - in the Dramatic Competition, and starring Maggie Gyllenhaal (co-starring her boobies). Her performance was VERY impressive but besides that, nothing I haven't seen before MANY times. Recovering drug addict. Relapse, recovery, relapse, recovery. Blah.
Factotum - The Lili Taylor movie! Based on Charles Bukowski novels. Also starring Matt Dillon. Lili was fantastic as a poor alcoholic sex maniac. I forgot to mention that I spoke with her yesterday when she did a reading on Main Street. She was adorable and seemed very happy to see me.
Art School Confidential - directed by Terry Zwigoff (Ghost World) and starring Max Minghella and John Malkovich. It was fine. Nothing amazing. Notttt as good as Ghost World or even close. But I'm glad I saw it.
So Much So Fast - a documentary about a family affected by ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease). Easily my favorite of the festival so far. Extremely moving without every being sentimental. SO SO SO SO good. www.somuchsofast.com
The Short Life of Jose Antonio Gutierrez - a documentary about the life of the first soldier killed in the Iraqi war. Complete and total snooze-fest and I wanted to cry I was so bored.
It was overall a GREAT day even though the films (except one) were just mediocre. We made the rounds to Main Street for more free stuff from Volkswagon and Atkins.
I do really plan on posting photos soon. It's so hard to find time on the Internet.
posted by Dor at 2:16 AM
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