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Chambreur, Le
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In the Park With You
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Happy Day
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When Ponds Freeze Over
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Tethers
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Front Seat
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Onion
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Mosaic
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Those moments lasted waaaay too long. Exiting the Cinematheque, getting ready for the long walk home, I actually said out loud "I can't believe how bad that was." Here's the nitty gritty details:The Front Seat
This one wasn't that bad, actually. Car pulls up, three of the four people leave. One girl, in the back seat, stays. She soon moves to the front seat. The other three come back (two guys and a girl). The returning girl gets in the back seat, the guy driver gets in the driver seat, and the guy who used to be in the front seat just kinda stands there. Hm. Slacker angst.
Le Chambreur
Kafka might have liked this. I certainly didn't. The annoying bearded man sitting next to me said "I've seen this, I've been there- it's alcohol withdrawal. You see things like that." New Canadian Film: Just like alcohol withdrawal without all the drinking first. Hm, there's a slogan to take to Cannes.
Onion
Let's make borscht! Let's do it quietly. Let's repeat the recipe over and over again.
When Ponds Freeze Over
Not bad, but it was rather long and draggy in the middle. Innovative uses of mixed media on film (read: lots of AfterEffects and CoMotion) and rather pleasant to watch. I lost track of the narrative around about the third flashback, but it was rather pretty while it lasted. A good 10 minutes could have been chopped out of this 23 minute short film epic.
Tethers
Nicely done (with a large cheering section in the audience). The story of a family forced to leave a member behind when moving to Canada. Good sets and lighting and camera work. Pity the narrative voice over was like listening to John Wayne read an instruction manual for a cheap VCR.
Mosaic
Swirly painterly animation stuff from Emily Carr Institute of Art'n'Design. Nicely done, but again too long.
In the Park With You
Oh for those lazy crazy days of summer when everything is nice and you're hanging out with your preoccupied boyfriend in the park. Communication is key to a successful relationship here, kids. Remember that! Don't be fooled by the first 3 minutes. It's really not that interesting a film.
Happy Day
The first 10 minutes of this film consisted of a bunch of Inuit receiving guests one at a time. Apparently it was Christmas, so every visitor had to shake the hand of every person in the igloo (we started with a dozen or so, all sleeping) and say "Christmas". This went on and on and on. Then they stopped doing that and sang a bit. Then it was time for food, and in a scene that would disgust any vegetarian I know, they brought in a frozen carcass, hacked it up with an axe, and passed around huge hunks of flesh to eat. Mmmmm... It was around this time that the annoying bearded man on my left started snoring. I am not making that up. So after the food, they started dancing and giving gifts, then it was over. You know, I've got some bad home movies of Christmastime at the Schaubs that I'd love to share with filmfest patrons. Perhaps I'll enter it next year.