On Thursday night we saw Death of a President, a fictional documentary about the assassination of George W Bush. It was so very slickly made that I had to keep reminding myself it wasn't real. Fantastic.
Friday was Day Watch, sequel to Night Watch. It was brighter, stranger, funnier and more surprising than the first and that's all I really want to say about it because I don't want to spoil it for anyone. I liked it a lot.
This morning I went to Animation for Kids which was more crack-smoking than it has been in gentle years. Highlights for me were the underwater sheep, the Toy artist and Jaime Lo, small and shy.
After a yummy pizza at Calzone it was off to enjoy more French cinema. My Best Friend is about a successful antiques dealer who discovers he has no friends. He places a bet with his partner and then has to produce a best friend in ten days.
After a few false steps he enlists a gregarious Taxi driver to help and they start a friendship. It was very good, not as gentle as Conversations With My Gardener, more city-focussed and a little harder edged. Incredibly tense climax set around 'who wants to be a millionaire?'
I loved it.
House cleaning and clutter-diminishing is underway.
PoF: Ravenclaw Harry
CO: chips