Pretentious Boring French Films!
I have begun to suspect that this year's film festival is the year of the loooooong sloooow take. Saturday's films seemed to be indicative of this general trend anyway.
I started the day feeling bleary again, so wonderful Lee gave me a ride to the cinema (cue Co2 emmissions guilt) where I met Svend and C for Animation for Kids which was about a million times more fun than Animation Now! It was packed full of different animation styles, and nice stories about the moon and kids making stuff up and yeah. It was cool.
In the evening Lee and I saw Mutual Appreciation which was essentially a Jim Jarmusch Indie College Movie. But not made by Jim. It was long and a bit indulgent. I liked it alright, although I was annoyed that the "incipient menage-a-trois" promised in the programme didn't actually occur...but that's just me I guess.
The New World was Lord of the Rings-esque lengthwise. It was just very very long. I quite liked it, as a period drama, but the director made some pretty big mistakes. Like having all the voice overs say total wank. Plus, the noble savage thing was very, very in evidence. The girl playing Pocahontas was very beautiful and she had that spirited, playful thing which came across just wonderfully on screen. Suffice to say, Lee didn't like it.
Sunday I saw Van Gogh all on my lonesome. In tone and look as well as theme it's pretty similar to Pollock starring Ed Harris. You know, great artist is a bastard, sleeps with some girls, paints, is a bastard, then dies. I liked it, because I like movies about art and I like the way they don't idolise the artists. It was another long one, but it was pacey enough that I didn't get bored. Four different cell phones went off in the screening though, which was pretty darn rude.
Today I am piking on Wah-wah because I applied to Hogwarts_Hocus as Kyo from Fruits Basket and I thought I'd rather stay home and play. I'll go out soon to do some bank stuff and see Vampires vs Sheep Man and then Thank You for Smoking.
I am feeling like I have more energy today, which is nice and the symptoms I was feeling of UTI seem to have cleared up. That's lucky because I only have one more antibiotic pill.
PoF: browns
CO: h_h