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[labellementeuse]

As you may or may not be aware, I've been kind of sick (though not as sick as poor old sixth_light and busy. :-/ However, this hasn't stopped me from making a bunch of icons- including the ones I owe you, Erin! They're going up next post- and planning to go see umpteen zillion Festival Films. :) Anyone up to come with me?


In order they appear in the Festival guide:
(I wanted to see Kung Fu Hustle because I have a vague idea Tze Ming Mok recommended it but sadly I have other plans for tonight and it's only showing once. :-/ oh well, it's life.)

Howl's Moving Castle Miyazaki Hayao, Japan *** MUST SEE THIS OH EM GEE.***
Because, you know, Miyazaki+ Diana Wynne Jones can only = good things, right? Also if you don't get this you are dead to me.
Sat 6th, Sun 7th, Tue 9th.

Machucha Andres Wood, Chile. *shrug* I only read about this one.
I've never seen a film about chile. :P Apparently story of friendship of two boys from opposite sides of track. Coolies.
Tue 9th, Thu 11th, Sun 14th.

Comme une Image (Look At Me) Agnes Jaoui, France/Italy
I need to see a French film- preferably more than one- for numerous reasons. this one's about a girl who like singing and her famous dad and corresponding, um, artistic difficulties. It looks fun. And good reviews.

Turtles Can Fly Bahman Ghobadi, Iraq/Iran ** looks really good
About children in a refugee camp (I know, my summaries are teh suck. The NZFilm Festival website will have better ones, don't rag on me...) I would really like to see this, maybe because the title reminds me of Pterry or maybe because the picture that went with the blurb was cool. Anyway.
Fri 29/Sat 30 July

Night Watch (nochnoy dozor) Timur Bekmambetov, Russia **heh
Um. It's about vampires. Russian vampires. Vampires? Film Festival? VAMPIRES? Yeah, so totally must go.
Sun 7 Aug, Wed 10 Aug

Mysterious Skin Gregg Araki, USA
A "bracing film about getting over child abuse." It got a rec on readingxrainbow but I might have difficulty finding someone to go with me so. It does have a good picture with its blurb. :P
Fri 5, Mon 8 august

Palindromes Todd Solondz, USA
It's about abortion, in a really crack-tastic way. Don't look at me like that, that's basically what the blurb says.
Wed 3, Fri 5, Sun 7

The Edukators, Hans Weingartner, Germany *
it's about a coupld of guys who break into rich peoples' houses, rearrange their furniture artistically and leave them notes saying "You have too much money." What's not to love?
Tue 2, Thu 4, sat 6 August

Banana in a Nutshell Roseanne Liang, NZL **
Doco about Ms Liang's relationship with her parents and fiance. Tze Ming Mok managed to review it without actually saying whether she liked it or not, which intrigues me; anyway, I want to see it. Also, it's the only Kiwi film on my list, wtf?
Sat 13, sun 14 august

10e Chambre: instants d'audiences (the 10th District Court: Moments of Trial) Raymond Depardon, France
Looks kind of like Judge Judy but better and French. :P
Wed 10, Thu 11th



So that's... ten films in two weeks. Um. I may have to cut down a little, I don't think my finances can stand it. But, anyway, if you wanna come with, Lucy et al, say so, kk. Also there are like half a dozen other things I would like to see too. *facepalm* NEVER MIND, TUI.

I had something else to say but I forget. Oh yeah, check out all my new icons. ^^

Comments

I don't get the icon?

[disturbed-kiwi.livejournal.com]

I shall come and see these with you. The only proviso is that you must provide airfare, accomadation, food and holiday wages.

Howl's Moving Castle

Night Watch

The Edukators

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I'm vaguely concerned about these things after going to see... Um... Some crappy eastern european movie that Neil Gaiman translated and was presented as a sort of anti-matrix and was teh megar suckiness.

O course, I also saw Princess Mononoke at one of these things so...

It's from "The Little Prince" by Saint-Exupery

[labellementeuse.livejournal.com]

:P I totally would if I had it! :P

I love Film Festivals but I never get round to seeing all the ones I want to... my mother's always been into FFs and taken me to see all sorts of bizarre films most of which I repress but some of which are also really fantastic so you know. Sure, there's some wierd shit out there but there's some good stuff too.

I haven't seen Princess Mononoke- wish I had. Saw Nausicaa: Valley of the Winds just last year though & thoroughly enjoyed it. Actually one year I saw this random anime- I think this was my twelfth birthday party actually- and I found it the other day and it turned out to be Miyazaki too (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097814/) so. *amused* He's just top of the pops, innee?

Re: It's from "The Little Prince" by Saint-Exupery

[disturbed-kiwi.livejournal.com]

Oh certainly, on the whole FF is something to go and see. I mananged to be poor and could only afford one movie that time, and seeing as Gneil was involved I figured the class would be automatic. I was sadly disspointed.

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Princess Mononoke is wonderful to and also has a Gneil link. Sometimes it seems way anti-iundustrial but other times not. The animal gods get pretty damn freaky.

[sennical.livejournal.com]

HMC is getting like, the limitedest of the limited releases over here, and it pisses me off. Not that I'd be seeing it anyway if it was more of a wide release, since I live in Alabama and Hollywood doesn't think that we want to see such things.

Hell, we only got Spirited Away after it won an Oscar, and even then that was only for a week.

[labellementeuse.livejournal.com]

I don't know if we're even getting a proper cinematic release over here. :-/ Which is why I absolutely have to see it while it's on here because, you know, otherwise DOOM.

It took us yonks and yonks to get Spirited Away too, but hopefully after that most anime will get wider releases. Just Howl's a bit obscure, I guess. *sporks*

[insane-ophelia.livejournal.com]

Also is you can see it - Tony Takitani because it is based on a short story of my very favourite Japanese author - Murakami Haruki who is a genius and his brain should be pickled. It's about lonliness and isolation but is so beautiful and the piano score is fantastic and just LOVE MAN LOVE.

I reckon HMC will go on general release as we get most of the film festival on GR and Miyazake is so famous and brilliant. Though - we will get a dubbed version, which is a downside.

[labellementeuse.livejournal.com]

XD Okay! I will try. *makes a note*

I hope it does- mind you surely a dubbed version wouldn't be that bad? Because, you know, it is originally and English work, like seriously English. <3 DWJ.

french movies are teh roxxors.

[kitsunerei88]

We watch a lot of them . . . on our trip to Quebec City, we were watching a really bad B rated horror movie about vampires and the thing that made it cracktastically funny was that it was in french. Then we watched Amelie in french in class, which was cool (really artsy movie. . . didn't understand it fully because of no subtitles, not even french subbies), and we watched Nez Rouge, which was an amusing comedy, and then yesterday we watched Les Invasions Barbares, and that made me want to cry. some other people actually did cry though.

I also saw Harry Potter 3 dubbed in french, and the dub is actually pretty good. Quite competent.

Re: french movies are teh roxxors.

[labellementeuse.livejournal.com]

We studied Amelie last year, but I missed it because I was in NYC :-/ Very Sad because although it had a general cinematic release here (with English subs) I still haven't seen it all the way through *facepalm* Which is just SO DUMB because it's one of Clara's favourite movies and she used to play piano music from the soundtrack and... well anyway. Yeah, I wanna see it all the way through sometime.

[aim-toothpaste.livejournal.com]

Hey,
I've seen you comment on a_linz's journal etc. Can I friend you?

Also, I saw Machucha. It was pretty good but it dragged quite a bit and I didn't know enough about the history in Chile to work it out properly. The little boys were so cute though.

Howl's Moving Castle will be released in NZ properly sometime. It has to be. Because otherwise I will never see it. I missed the screening at the Film Fest in Wellington.

[labellementeuse.livejournal.com]

Sure! Go ahead. *friendsback* :)

Hmm, thanks for tip. And, you know, I second that about HMC. *fingers crossed*