Monday, June 5, 2006

In a Word

Been transcribing an interview, so haven't had much time to write anything up lately, but I thought I'd give my quick impression of the films I've seen so far, using the following rating sytem:

Great
Pretty Good
Good
Okay
Sucked

Clear Cut: The Story of Philomath Oregon Good
Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple Good
Another Gay Movie Sucked
Gravehopping Good
King Lepold's Ghost Okay
The Chances of The World Changing Pretty Good
Suicidals Sucked
Al Franken: God Spoke Okay
Ski Jumping Pairs Sucked
Puffy Chair Sucked
The Death of Mr. Lazarescu Great
Container Okay
Case of The Grinning Cat Okay
The Proposition Great
The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes Sucked
Lunacy Good
Dear Pyongyang Okay
What Are You Going to Do When You Get Out of Here? Okay
Jack Smith and The Destruction of Atlantis Great
A Darkness Swallowed Okay
C.R.A.Z.Y. Pretty Good
Princess Raccoon Pretty Good
Frostbite Good
Wristcutters: A Love Story Okay
The Days Good
Destricted The Larry Clark piece was great, the Marina Abramovic piece was pretty good, the Marco Brambilla piece was pretty good, the Matthew Barney Piece was okay, The Richard Prince piece was okay, the Sam Taylor-Wood piece was okay, the Gaspar Noe piece sucked.
20 Centimeters Okay
In addition I saw the following short films, all of which were great:
Diesel Engine
A Half Man
Chronicles of A Professional Eulogist

If I have time I'll do a write-up of Destricted.

3 comments:

  1. Heh. Nice rating system! Were you at the Saturday night Neptune showing of Wristcutters? I was as well...

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  2. I didn't see it at the Neptune. I took a screener home from the press office, so I was able to watch the film while doing my laundry; the true benefit of having a press credential!

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  3. I was at the Saturday screening. I liked the movie better than I thought I would (great look, fun soundtrack), although I wish the director had given John Hawkes more to do. With the one-two punch of "Me & You & Everyone We Know" & "Deadwood," he's quickly become one of my favorite character actors.

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