{"id":168,"date":"2012-08-08T22:05:21","date_gmt":"2012-08-08T10:05:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/svendsblog.isprettyawesome.com\/?p=168"},"modified":"2012-08-08T22:05:21","modified_gmt":"2012-08-08T10:05:21","slug":"film-festival-day-13-wednesday-08082012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/svendsblog.isprettyawesome.com\/?p=168","title":{"rendered":"Film Festival Day 13: Wednesday, 08\/08\/2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

I think the key predictor for whether a daytime film is going to generate long lines is it’s appeal to retirees. I’d expect a new Miyazaki to bring out the crowds, but while there was a respectable turnout, it was not the crush that Farewell My Queen <\/em>generated. This is an important factor for how long a lie-in I can have, which is obviously the most important part of the Festival.<\/p>\n

Film #62: From Up On Poppy Hill<\/em><\/a><\/h2>\n

This was a typically mild Miyazaki film, with no real villains (except, perhaps, the never-seen Board who wants to tear down the student’s dilapidated clubhouse), beautifully painted backdrops, and good natured, dutiful people. There’s no situations that could really be called \u201ctense\u201d, but I enjoyed it, and could easily watch it again.<\/p>\n

Film #63: Song of the Kauri<\/em><\/a><\/h2>\n

This was a good documentary \u2013 it had a message without being preachy, showed what has been done and what can be done, and had a lot of interesting and engaging information and characters. It sounds like there’s a lot of cool material there, and I hope that more footage comes out of it.<\/p>\n

I should mention that I wouldn’t be able to pick a good instrument from an excellent one (any more than I’m interested in super-high fidelity sound systems); good enough is enough for me. But the enthusiasm of the musicians, that’s something I’m interested in. I guess there’s something similar to my enthusiasm for dance documentaries, despite my lack of interest in dance.<\/p>\n

I hope that this is seen by a bunch of important people, and that sustainable, well-managed kauri plantations spring up.<\/p>\n

Film #64: V\/H\/S<\/em><\/a><\/h2>\n

This anthology had plenty of gore, which I find gross but not frightening, and jump-scares, which I’m certainly susceptible to. But it also had a fair number of unexpected twists, which I appreciated; and I liked that they did digital stuff (in the form of a series of skype-like chats) as well as VHS. The framing story was probably the weakest, which is a shame, because it had to carry so much.<\/p>\n

I don’t think I’ll watch it again, but thought it was pretty good.<\/p>\n

Film #65: The Red House<\/em><\/a><\/h2>\n

I’m not sure how to talk about this film. I approached it as a documentary, and it wasn’t, although it had elements of it. As a feature film it was oddly structured, with weird bits poking out \u2013 the fact it featured the film-maker’s parents as a couple, and used bits of dialogue that they’ve said at one time or another probably contributes to the sense of reality, and oddness. It wasn’t a film that I intend to buy, but I’m not sorry that I saw it.<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

I was going to see Photographic Memory<\/em><\/a>, but I stayed for the Q&A for The Red House<\/em> (which was a little disappointing, actually), not realising how late it was \u2013 and then I had missed the first quarter-hour of the film, and decided that I’d just go home. And since I met C on the bus, and got to have dinner with her at home, I feel like I made the right decision.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Films seen: \u201cFrom Up On Poppy Hill\u201d, \u201cSong of the Kauri\u201d, \u201cV\/H\/S\u201d, and \u201cThe Red House”.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/svendsblog.isprettyawesome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/svendsblog.isprettyawesome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/svendsblog.isprettyawesome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/svendsblog.isprettyawesome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/svendsblog.isprettyawesome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=168"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/svendsblog.isprettyawesome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":170,"href":"https:\/\/svendsblog.isprettyawesome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168\/revisions\/170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/svendsblog.isprettyawesome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/svendsblog.isprettyawesome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/svendsblog.isprettyawesome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}