MIFF Day 9
Silent Light
They weren't kidding. The opening shot of this film is one of the most beautiful things you'll ever see in a cinema. A stunning shot of dawn breaking over a farm. Honestly, words can't express the beauty of it. The film itself is remarkable too. A tale of a Mennonite farmer who has an affair, and the consequences for himself, his wife and their community. It's a slow and meditative film, carefully examining the different aspects of the loves involved. Tough minded in parts, but with a tender heart, it's a warm and compassionate film about the complications in love.
Salvation
Paul Cox's latest film, shot on video due to budget constraints. Clearly not at peace with the medium, it looks like something shot years ago, rather than what video can look like these days. The story is interesting, but not entirely satisfying. A man married to an insecure but successful televangelist finds love with a prostitute. It didn't hold together entirely, but it was enjoyable.
Lionel
A great documentary about Lionel Rose, one time world champion boxer. A great film about an impressive man, warts and all.
Where In The World Is Osama Bin Laden
Morgan Spurlock takes gonzo documentary filmmaking out for another spin, this time trying to find Osama Bin Laden, and talking to people across the Middle East and down into Afghanistan and Pakistan trying to understand how someone like him could gain such a following. In some ways the information is redundant to anyone who's bothered to look into the issue, but it's packaged in an entertaining and funny way. Morgan is a man with heaps of charisma, and that carries the film.
Bastardy
The story of Jack Charles, a former actor, drug user and catburgler. One of the stolen generation, his story is one of dealing with an upbringing devoid of love and good role models. But he pulls himself up, by the process of the making of the documentary itself, into a man with respect for himself and love for his community. It's a great story.
Sukiyaki Western Django
Takashi Miike does a film in english with Quentin Tarantino cameoing as a gunfighter. It's basically a riff on Yojimbo/A Fistful of Dollars, but with a hell of a lot more insane stylisation and blood. Good crazy violent fun.
They weren't kidding. The opening shot of this film is one of the most beautiful things you'll ever see in a cinema. A stunning shot of dawn breaking over a farm. Honestly, words can't express the beauty of it. The film itself is remarkable too. A tale of a Mennonite farmer who has an affair, and the consequences for himself, his wife and their community. It's a slow and meditative film, carefully examining the different aspects of the loves involved. Tough minded in parts, but with a tender heart, it's a warm and compassionate film about the complications in love.
Salvation
Paul Cox's latest film, shot on video due to budget constraints. Clearly not at peace with the medium, it looks like something shot years ago, rather than what video can look like these days. The story is interesting, but not entirely satisfying. A man married to an insecure but successful televangelist finds love with a prostitute. It didn't hold together entirely, but it was enjoyable.
Lionel
A great documentary about Lionel Rose, one time world champion boxer. A great film about an impressive man, warts and all.
Where In The World Is Osama Bin Laden
Morgan Spurlock takes gonzo documentary filmmaking out for another spin, this time trying to find Osama Bin Laden, and talking to people across the Middle East and down into Afghanistan and Pakistan trying to understand how someone like him could gain such a following. In some ways the information is redundant to anyone who's bothered to look into the issue, but it's packaged in an entertaining and funny way. Morgan is a man with heaps of charisma, and that carries the film.
Bastardy
The story of Jack Charles, a former actor, drug user and catburgler. One of the stolen generation, his story is one of dealing with an upbringing devoid of love and good role models. But he pulls himself up, by the process of the making of the documentary itself, into a man with respect for himself and love for his community. It's a great story.
Sukiyaki Western Django
Takashi Miike does a film in english with Quentin Tarantino cameoing as a gunfighter. It's basically a riff on Yojimbo/A Fistful of Dollars, but with a hell of a lot more insane stylisation and blood. Good crazy violent fun.
posted by Andrew Lee at 2:05 AM
2 Comments:
Nice selection of films.
Cheers. :)
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