NZ Film Festival
The Wellington Leg of the NZ Film Festival started on Friday and being the film geek I am, I'm taking full advantage of this and catching as many films as I can. So far I have managed to watch quite a mix, both in theme and quality;
Water - set in Colonnial India 1938, a girl becomes a widow at the age of 7 and it follows her time in a widow's commune. It's really about how Ghandi changes the attitudes of people in India though and I quite enjoyed it despite it not being something I'd normally go to. Mind you the ticket was free.
Once in a Lifetime - A documentary about how Warner Communications mogul Steve Ross attempted to turn Football (Soccer) into a major sport in the US in the 70's and for a few years it succeeded, before it all fell apart and the league was disbanded. Fantastic film and well worth catching for any Football fans.
Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story - Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon british comedy, quite surreal but very funny, especially Steve Coogan doing an impression of having a hot chestnut down his trousers (has to be seen to be appreciated). Missed the last 5 minutes of this though due to a fire alarm but got a free ticket for another showing after complaining. Bonus.
From the Outskirts of Nothing to the Suburbs of the Void - This was a terrible, terrible film and the worst thing I have ever seen. It was basically just a series of pictures that very, very slowly blended into the next one while noise played over the top. Worst hour of my life.
Luckily A Scanner Darkly an hour later was a vast improvement. It's "a rotoscope animation of Philip K. Dick’s 1977 novel about government surveillance, fractured identity and dope-fuelled paranoia." Fantastically weird and wonderful film, Robert Downey Jnr is excellent and Woody Harrelson is back to his comic best. The scene about the number of gears on a bike is a classic (again, needs to be seen to be appreciated).
The Sasquatch Dumpling Gang - Went with Andy to this one and it is a brilliant movie, I would highly recommend it to everyone. A few geeky kids find some tracks that they think belong to the Sasquatch (bigfoot) and it snowballs from there. The film is shot from various character's involvement in the story and it's geeky in the same way Napolean Dynamite was. Really funny though and stupid at the same time.
5 more films to go so verdicts will be posted once I've seen them.
posted by Fred & Laura at
Monday, July 24, 2006
10 Comments:
Glad to see you're making use of the cool stuff welli has to offer whilst we are not there to appreciate it for ourselves. Keep up the good work my good man, eh albi what what!! Rodgaar and out
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Kt, at 12:49 pm
Alright guys?
Sal gave me this address. That film festival sounds awesome. Anyway, this was just a quick post to say hi but I'll be sure to start commenting properly soon enough, don't you worry!
Must get back to writing my groundbreakingly original phD now.... Aye right! Oh and Fred, don't worry there have been no more graveyard kips since we last spoke.
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Alan D, at 1:02 pm
Just to let you know how good 'A Scanner Darkly' is, I was laughing my head off even though I felt super ill (i ate a double cheeseburger meal directly after a deep heat yoga class...yup...I know....stupid!). But yeah, its a good film, and the scene about the gears is stupidly hysterical!
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Fred & Laura, at 2:09 am
Aaaallright! Hey guys, how are you doing? Now I can repay all your ace blog comments in kind. I'm so glad you've found a place to stay, but I'm gutted I won't get to see it! Fred you must see the end of 'Cock and Bull' if you can, it was the funniest bit- I'm very jealous of you seeing 'A Scanner Darkly', I can't wait to see it!
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Anonymous, at 9:06 am
A film with pictures blending together while noise plays? What the fuck?! It's got a bloody pretentious title as well.
Both A Scanner Darkly and A Cock and Bull Story look excellent. I missed Cock and Bull when it was outover here and really want to catch it.
How's settling into the new place going?
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Alan D, at 12:22 pm
Yo! We just went to see Stingray's band, and he came and sat next to us!! Sal's pissed - she says to tell you that she has the matches that he touched. ha ha! xx
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Anonymous, at 3:42 pm
Oh and we must add he was absolutely lovely, and he did jazz which was cool, and an unexpected surprise. Sal again would like to add that the sax player was fit (and 18).
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Anonymous, at 3:44 pm
Ladies ladies what are you like being all drunk on our blog! Well...maybe just Sal hahaha I love it!
Now, remind me who Stingray was again? Come on dodfather, hit me with the answer, you know you want to!
L x
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Fred & Laura, at 12:02 am
Ahhhh you guys know me too well!
Stingray is by far the most annoying of the Timmins children. A complete idiot. He's the prat that says things like 'spiggin Hufters' all the time. Aaaaarghhh!
By the way, I remember a certain Neighbours DVD you and Fred borrowed from me. See, you're just as much of a Neighbours geek as I am, haha! Said DVD got nicked when I was burgled and I couldn't get it replaced on insurance. Gutted.
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Alan D, at 4:23 pm
Trust you to get something about the football in Heather! Good to hear from you though babes, keep em coming! I'm sure Kt and Sally will appreciate your user name too, since they've just been to Oz and they absolutely love that number too (...maybe a little too much girls).
L x
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Fred & Laura, at 11:46 pm
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