MIFF 2013 - Day 15
CHASING DAD
Amazing, charming and bittersweet, this is the story of two sisters packed off to see their estranged father who is dying of cancer. Once they get to the prefecture he's in, they discover he's already passed away and end up attending his funeral. It's a beautiful study of two girls learning about their identity and what aspects of their father and mother they've taken on. Also it's hysterical. I doubt it will see a release here, but I hope it turns up on SBS. It's a really lovely film.
JIMMY P
The true story of a psychoanalyst who helped a Blackfoot Indian overcome his childhood traumas. The sessions play out against a backdrop of a veterans hospital, as initially the thought is that Jimmy's mental issues could be the result of an injury he sustained during WWII. It's fascinating for the way it gives you an insight into the psychoanalytical process of the time, and the story just rolls along gently as well. It touches on things like the disempowerment of the Native Americans, and the issues that brings, as well as the suspicion of psychoanalysis by the medical profession. It's low key, but engrossing.
LOVELACE
This is two films. The first is an occasionally uncomfortable but generally funny comedy about the making of Deep Throat. Then we rewind and see a different side to the story. Linda threatened and beaten by her husband Chuck Traynor, forced into prostitution and porn to keep the money coming in. It's an interesting structure, intelligently handled. This will almost certainly get a release, and it's worth checking out, though it's not the most comfortable of films to watch.
HONG KIL DONG
This film has everything! Thwarted love, warring families, assassination plots, filial duty, kung fu, ninjas, pro-communist and anti-Japanese propaganda. It can only be a film made in North Korea. The entire audience was in hysterics, partly at the poor continuity and dubbing, but mostly at the embarrassingly awful delivery of its ideological payload. It's a great piece of kitsch, and would make a great double feature with The Pervert's Guide to Ideology.
Amazing, charming and bittersweet, this is the story of two sisters packed off to see their estranged father who is dying of cancer. Once they get to the prefecture he's in, they discover he's already passed away and end up attending his funeral. It's a beautiful study of two girls learning about their identity and what aspects of their father and mother they've taken on. Also it's hysterical. I doubt it will see a release here, but I hope it turns up on SBS. It's a really lovely film.
JIMMY P
The true story of a psychoanalyst who helped a Blackfoot Indian overcome his childhood traumas. The sessions play out against a backdrop of a veterans hospital, as initially the thought is that Jimmy's mental issues could be the result of an injury he sustained during WWII. It's fascinating for the way it gives you an insight into the psychoanalytical process of the time, and the story just rolls along gently as well. It touches on things like the disempowerment of the Native Americans, and the issues that brings, as well as the suspicion of psychoanalysis by the medical profession. It's low key, but engrossing.
LOVELACE
This is two films. The first is an occasionally uncomfortable but generally funny comedy about the making of Deep Throat. Then we rewind and see a different side to the story. Linda threatened and beaten by her husband Chuck Traynor, forced into prostitution and porn to keep the money coming in. It's an interesting structure, intelligently handled. This will almost certainly get a release, and it's worth checking out, though it's not the most comfortable of films to watch.
HONG KIL DONG
This film has everything! Thwarted love, warring families, assassination plots, filial duty, kung fu, ninjas, pro-communist and anti-Japanese propaganda. It can only be a film made in North Korea. The entire audience was in hysterics, partly at the poor continuity and dubbing, but mostly at the embarrassingly awful delivery of its ideological payload. It's a great piece of kitsch, and would make a great double feature with The Pervert's Guide to Ideology.
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