Post by Morgan O'Donovan on Aug 7, 2005 15:52:24 GMT
So, I figured it'd be fun to have a thread like this to talk about... a great night out, a party, a concert you went to, a movie you saw...
So, I shall start... yesterday I was at the 58th Festival of International Film in Locarno (switzerland)... it was pretty amazing. It's a fairly low-profile festival (meaning, none of the red carpet & celebrity stuff), but it's all about the movies. Short blurb on all the movies I watched:
'Face Addict' , a documentary directed by photographer Edo Bertoglio, in which he goes around visiting old friends from the New York art scene of the 80s... talks about the atmosphere, working with Andy Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat, etc. and all the glamour of the time... but then suddenly behind the stories of glamour another story emerges, of the drugs, AIDS, desperation.... it was a beautiful movie, I loved it... (though that might also have to do with me being an artsy person).
'Die Vogelpredigt', a swiss comedy involving real-life personages such as the director himself and Polo Hofer (famous, but absolutely awful, swiss rock musician)... it was, in parts, absolutely hilarious with random lines such as "when elephants dance, the grass suffers".
'Mirrormask', my favorite of the movies I saw. Written by Dave McKean & Neal Gaiman, it's a fairlytale filled with beautiful and wondrous creations taking place in a surreal wonderland. It's about a 15 year old girl who somehow ends up in this world and must find the mirrormask in order to save this kingdom as well as return home. I cannot wait until this comes out on DVD, it's absolutely breathtaking: www.imdb.com/title/tt0366780/
'Don't Come Knocking', directed by Wim Wenders, about an actor fallen from grace who decides to suddenly disappear, visits his mother, finds out he has a child, and goes off to look for said child. The movie failed to impress me because I never quite got to the point where I found the main character likeable or could relate to him in any way. There were some great images, such as the son throwing all of his furnishings out of the window into the street... but, as I said, in my opinion, not the greatest.
And...that's it. It was great fun, though also very exhausting, especially seeing as I had only slept ~3 hours the night before. I was in danger of dozing off during the Wim Wenders movie... blush.
So, I shall start... yesterday I was at the 58th Festival of International Film in Locarno (switzerland)... it was pretty amazing. It's a fairly low-profile festival (meaning, none of the red carpet & celebrity stuff), but it's all about the movies. Short blurb on all the movies I watched:
'Face Addict' , a documentary directed by photographer Edo Bertoglio, in which he goes around visiting old friends from the New York art scene of the 80s... talks about the atmosphere, working with Andy Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat, etc. and all the glamour of the time... but then suddenly behind the stories of glamour another story emerges, of the drugs, AIDS, desperation.... it was a beautiful movie, I loved it... (though that might also have to do with me being an artsy person).
'Die Vogelpredigt', a swiss comedy involving real-life personages such as the director himself and Polo Hofer (famous, but absolutely awful, swiss rock musician)... it was, in parts, absolutely hilarious with random lines such as "when elephants dance, the grass suffers".
'Mirrormask', my favorite of the movies I saw. Written by Dave McKean & Neal Gaiman, it's a fairlytale filled with beautiful and wondrous creations taking place in a surreal wonderland. It's about a 15 year old girl who somehow ends up in this world and must find the mirrormask in order to save this kingdom as well as return home. I cannot wait until this comes out on DVD, it's absolutely breathtaking: www.imdb.com/title/tt0366780/
'Don't Come Knocking', directed by Wim Wenders, about an actor fallen from grace who decides to suddenly disappear, visits his mother, finds out he has a child, and goes off to look for said child. The movie failed to impress me because I never quite got to the point where I found the main character likeable or could relate to him in any way. There were some great images, such as the son throwing all of his furnishings out of the window into the street... but, as I said, in my opinion, not the greatest.
And...that's it. It was great fun, though also very exhausting, especially seeing as I had only slept ~3 hours the night before. I was in danger of dozing off during the Wim Wenders movie... blush.
