SIFF Monday 2
Jun. 2nd, 2009 12:47 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ironymaideni didn't see any films Sunday, because i took a nap that became epic. obviously, i needed it.
one new film, one archival tonight. allotted enough time to walk here from work, but i passed a bus stop as a bus was arriving, so i shaved a good ten minutes off of my travel time. can't depend on it, but it's nice when it happens.
first up is The Wedding Song - couldn't pass up something so unusual. it's set in Tunisia during WWII, and is supposed to follow the wedding plans of two friends, one Muslim and one Jewish. so i'm hoping to see WWII from a new POV, plus wedding stuff in North African cultures i'm not familiar with. fingers crossed for awesome.
the archival film is The Great Race. the soundtrack record was a childhood favorite, and i didn't see the actual film until a few years after i had all the music committed to memory. looking forward to seeing the pie fight on the big screen; we'll see if i like it like i did when i was small...
it's intermission for The Great Race. C is here! i found him saving us seats, since the previous film was much longer than the program listed. we're having fun at the movie. (i think they're projecting a DVD? there's ugly moire every now and again. disappointing.) it's a pleasure to see it on the big screen. it's highly stylized, and very much of its time. understanding that keeps it entertaining.
back to The Wedding Song. i liked it. now i want to learn more about the history of Tunisia. the young actresses were very good. the high quality of the writing at times made it difficult to watch...because they were teen girls making decisions with all of a teen's naivete and passion. (favorite SIFF moment: older male sitting in front of me freaking out during the pre-wedding sugaring scene. hahahahaha. hairlessness not so sexy now, eh?) worth seeing - it touches on class, colonialism, religious tolerance, and racism in interesting ways.
one new film, one archival tonight. allotted enough time to walk here from work, but i passed a bus stop as a bus was arriving, so i shaved a good ten minutes off of my travel time. can't depend on it, but it's nice when it happens.
first up is The Wedding Song - couldn't pass up something so unusual. it's set in Tunisia during WWII, and is supposed to follow the wedding plans of two friends, one Muslim and one Jewish. so i'm hoping to see WWII from a new POV, plus wedding stuff in North African cultures i'm not familiar with. fingers crossed for awesome.
the archival film is The Great Race. the soundtrack record was a childhood favorite, and i didn't see the actual film until a few years after i had all the music committed to memory. looking forward to seeing the pie fight on the big screen; we'll see if i like it like i did when i was small...
it's intermission for The Great Race. C is here! i found him saving us seats, since the previous film was much longer than the program listed. we're having fun at the movie. (i think they're projecting a DVD? there's ugly moire every now and again. disappointing.) it's a pleasure to see it on the big screen. it's highly stylized, and very much of its time. understanding that keeps it entertaining.
back to The Wedding Song. i liked it. now i want to learn more about the history of Tunisia. the young actresses were very good. the high quality of the writing at times made it difficult to watch...because they were teen girls making decisions with all of a teen's naivete and passion. (favorite SIFF moment: older male sitting in front of me freaking out during the pre-wedding sugaring scene. hahahahaha. hairlessness not so sexy now, eh?) worth seeing - it touches on class, colonialism, religious tolerance, and racism in interesting ways.
