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SIFF the Final!
Jun. 20th, 2006 04:25 pm
Yeah, it ended on Sunday, but for some not exactly mysterious reason, I'm still three films behind. But after this post I can stop spamming you all with this drivel and pick something else instead :-)
Last Thursday we went to see a Danish film called Allegro. If 'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind' and 'Solaris' had a bastard love child, this is the film that you'd get.
( Enter The Zone )
Saturday night we went to see Pierrepoint, a dramatisation of the life of Albert Pierrepoint, Britain's most prolific hangman, during the years surrounding WWII. (This film is getting a general US release under the title of 'The Last Hangman', which is rather stupid, because he wasn't). I booked tickets for this film purely on the basis of the cast rather than the subject matter, since you can always guarantee a fantastic performance from Timothy Spall, and Juliet Stevenson's pretty good too. And it turned out to be a great decision, because it's a great film.
( Not Quite The Last Hangman )
And Sunday, to end the festival, was a French drama Itineraires. A young small-town and small-time thief, just out of prison, discovers a murder victim. But who's going to believe an ex-con?
( Life After Prison )
Gee, that was a cheery bunch to end the festival with, huh? Not a conscious decision, just the way it turned out. So now, I've got about four films out on general release I need to go and see, because I've been so involved in SIFF - X-Men 3, District B-13, time for some trashy action fun to counter the esoteric and intelligent overdose - hee! XD
And as an aside, I'm going to be largely out of e-contact this weekend, Friday through Monday, so if I ignore your e-posts, that's why.
Last Thursday we went to see a Danish film called Allegro. If 'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind' and 'Solaris' had a bastard love child, this is the film that you'd get.
( Enter The Zone )
Saturday night we went to see Pierrepoint, a dramatisation of the life of Albert Pierrepoint, Britain's most prolific hangman, during the years surrounding WWII. (This film is getting a general US release under the title of 'The Last Hangman', which is rather stupid, because he wasn't). I booked tickets for this film purely on the basis of the cast rather than the subject matter, since you can always guarantee a fantastic performance from Timothy Spall, and Juliet Stevenson's pretty good too. And it turned out to be a great decision, because it's a great film.
( Not Quite The Last Hangman )
And Sunday, to end the festival, was a French drama Itineraires. A young small-town and small-time thief, just out of prison, discovers a murder victim. But who's going to believe an ex-con?
( Life After Prison )
Gee, that was a cheery bunch to end the festival with, huh? Not a conscious decision, just the way it turned out. So now, I've got about four films out on general release I need to go and see, because I've been so involved in SIFF - X-Men 3, District B-13, time for some trashy action fun to counter the esoteric and intelligent overdose - hee! XD
And as an aside, I'm going to be largely out of e-contact this weekend, Friday through Monday, so if I ignore your e-posts, that's why.
