Post Industrial Brambles

A couple of years ago I went to see “Le Goût des autres”. I was so bored by the film that it is only due to my laziness and disinclination to inconvenience other moviegoers that I did not leave the cinema half way though the film. Yet, looking back, I think about this film more often than about many films that I thoroughly enjoyed. I felt the same about “The Man Without a Past” by Aki Kaurismäki.

There are films that I enjoy right away, and some that have moments that make it worth the trouble regardless of how good or bad the rest of the film is. The Proposition (like much of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds music) falls into the third category with “Le Goût des autres” and “The Man Without a Past”. These are the films that I do not like while watching them, give them credit for insight when I leave the theatre and think they’re brilliant several weeks later.

Chris is gone for the week so I have nothing better to do that catch up on my movie lists. So here, with two weeks delay, are my experiences at this year’s Fantasia:

The Glamorous Life Of Sachiko Hanai
Sukeban Boy
Who I Am And What I Want
The iDol
Train Man: Densha Otoko

Hiro
Negadon: The Monster From Mars

I liked Hiro the most, though Sachiko Hanai and Sukeban Boy were worth the money.

I haven’t made up my mind about this film yet. It is exactly what I would expect from Nick Cave though. I did not sense the brilliance found in “Henry’s Dream”, but it was captivating.

I don’t really have anything to say about this movie, so here is a link to an opinion piece from cbc.ca about the head-butting at the World Cup.

We have been on the coast for four days now and I’m slowly getting into the swing of things. Combination of exercise (biking and swimming) with periods of absolute laziness (reading and napping) are doing me good. I’m reading a book by Ante Tomi? and having a blast. Off to eat some fishes now!

*Like kidney in fat