MIFF 2017 - Day 9

Mountain

Baraka for mountaineers and extreme sports types. It's short, and a mix of the contemplative and mournful. Lamenting the loss of mystique and adventure that has been supplanted by commercialisation and showboating. Gorgeous cinematography and a solid narration by Willem Dafoe.

These are the Damned

An old Hammer thriller that starts off being a girl in trouble thriller with a group of bikies terrorising a older bloke who she runs off with. That bit hasn't aged that well. But the second half is a grim apocalyptic nuclear paranoia thriller, bleak and despairing. Definitely worth a look.

Lucky

Harry Dean Stanton is Lucky. An old bloke in his twilight years fighting against death. And slowly making peace with it and coming to love the world. It's a lovely meditation on death and vulnerability. Plus it has David Lynch as Lucky's friend who has lost his tortoise.

78/52

A love letter to the shower scene in Psycho. If you're a film nerd it's a must watch. It does suffer a little from the fact that almost everyone involved has passed away, but the insights of other editors and film nuts is great.