3, 4, 5 & 6

so the doco, room 237, claims to dissect stanley kubrick's the shining in "amazing and unexpected ways". i guess that's true when the interviewees seem to be completely off the planet, one believing it's kubrick's confession to faking the moon landing, another the holocaust and yet another links it to the plight of native americans (because of the tins of baking powder that happens to display the head of a 'red indian' on it's label). played from a scratched dvd and the last couple of minutes was white snow. still don't want to watch the shining.

definitely hoping for something more than the documentary shock head soul offered up. based on shreber's autobiography of madness, i was expecting more from the slow moving and really, uninteresting facts divulged. i cat-napped through the 86 minutes.

then it was onto acmi and a couple of early french silent films, one being the fall of the house of usher. the second film was directed by jean epstein from a tale by edgar allan poe. interesting watching 20s silent films. i think we still have a lot of re-learn from the days of silents.

the world premiere of ian darling's documentary, paul kelly: stories of me. i was amazed at how many of his songs i actually know. yes, the soundtrack to many australian lives.