Irish gangster film that has a young tough on a deadline to repay a local gangster while trying to deal with his dying father. Cillian Murphy, Jim Broadbent and Brendan Gleason form a superb cast for this adventure through twilight, sodden urban Ireland. By turns comical and morose.
8/10
Spanish film that based on a play that tracks two couples as they work through their relationships and regularly break the fourth wall and walk off set breaking the illusion of film-making. There were elements of A Cock and Bull story to this movie although the conceit was handled somewhat better in this Spanish film. At play is also the interplay between Spanish, Catalonian and Basque language and politics. There were many, many beautiful transitions between scenes that helped atone for a
Jennifer's Body. Diablo Cody, Megan Fox. Basically Ginger Snaps but the girls aren't sisters so there is a little girl-on-girl action happening. Whenever anyone plays with genre films, which is all of the time these days, it is always interesting to see the ways in which conventions are overturned. Innocent kids are not more likely to survive than not-so-innocent kids. The females are definitely the protagonists. The first act of evil is more a comment on modern kids not wanting to work
Nymph, a film from Thai director Pen-Ek Ratanaruang. Modern middle-class ennui meets woodland spirits. As their marriage fractures May and Nop go off into the woods. A good movie, not a great one. Took too long to get going but entertaining once it did. I found the soundscapes similar to the ones designed for the movie Vinyan which was also shot in Indochina.
7/10.
Backstory/Cinema Museum
Two art pieces/documentaries by Mark Lewis.
So I skipped making any notes about TIFF08. I had friends in town and I was very busy. But now I am free to concentrate on the film fest. Here is my starting list:
Ummmm, ships?
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