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10/22/2003 Entry:
"CIFF Day Seven"
As I write this, the festival has been over for almost a week, but no matter. I saw some interesting films on this day. The first was Father And Son by Aleksandr Sokurov. Russian Ark was the only Sokurov I had seen up to this point, and I understood that it was an anomaly. Father And Son was supposed to be more true to form. The film is beautiful, with exquisite cinemtography. However the tale of a bond between father and son did not grab me in any way. It is very open, with very little plot to speak of, and some pretty flowery dialogue in spots. This falls into the category of "This guy is obviously a very talented film maker, but what he's doing here isn't my thing." However I was still intrigued enough to want to check out some more of his work.
The second film on the day was The Revolution Will Not Be Televised, an Irish documentary about the rise of Hugo Chavez in Venezuela, and his subsequent coup. The Irish crew was simply making a film about Chavez, when they got caught up right smack dab in the middle of the coup as it took place. Certainly, much of the reason the film is so gripping is because the crew was in the right place at the right time (although it is arguable whether being inside a palace that is under the threat of being obliterated by air strikes is ever the "right place") but the film is really well made all around. It provides a good education of who Chavez is and what he stands for, as well as the necessary context for what his election meant to the people and the political structure of Venezuela. They also got an extremely interesting interview with one of the technicians for a Venezuelan TV station, describing all the ways they manipulated footage and news in order to make Chavez and his supporters look bad. Extremely well done and quite educational to us U.S. morons who have no idea what is going on in the outside world except for the countries we are bombing. This film has picked up distribution and should be appearing at the arthouse theatre of your choice soon. Don't miss it.
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What about your comments on other recently-viewed movies? Will cineblog be dormant again until the next CIFF? Posted by skeeter meter @ 10/22/2003 02:46 PM CST |
Well, there has only been one non-CIFF showing since then, School Of Rock. For the record, it was awesome. As far as the pre-CIFF films, there is still a piece baking in my head about Talk To Her and Irreversible, but the rest are probably lost to the ages. Going forward, no idea. You'll be happy to know I have Ratcatcher sitting here though. I bet you're jonesing to see My Life Without Me. Posted by gdd @ 10/22/2003 03:31 PM CST |
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