i won tickets to the trial at the malthouse. an absurdist play by kafka. nice to see theatre again, a strong, strange cast and the staging was amazing. bit of a mind bender and fun.
Friday, 13 August 2010
malthouse theatre
i won tickets to the trial at the malthouse. an absurdist play by kafka. nice to see theatre again, a strong, strange cast and the staging was amazing. bit of a mind bender and fun.
Thursday, 12 August 2010
at home on couch
i watched the movie state of play a month or so ago (it was good) and now i'm watching the bbc tv series. it's a fantastic show if you can find it, thrilling story and great actors, two of my favourites being john simm and james mcavoy - oh yeah. there really is nothing on australian tv at this moment - where has all the quality gone?
Wednesday, 11 August 2010
a new beginning
bek and my office at footscray park... furniture has been moved in since. will get back to you. note the brilliant view of the grey concrete building out the window. but hey, we have a window, which let's in real light. yah!
Tuesday, 10 August 2010
on reflection
my top 10 movies of the melbourne international film festival of 2010 would have to be...(tried making it 5 but i got carried away) and they're in order only by the date i watched them. i would just like to say that all of the movies i sat through in the last weekend were bloody fabulous (even though some of them didn't make this list).
*the illusionist
*the red chapel
*spine tingler: the william castle story
*four lions
*bill cunningham new york
*matching jack
*wasteland
*when you're strange: a film about the doors
*waking sleeping beauty
*scott pilgrim vs the world
special mention goes to joe dante's gremlins. and i was going to put my worst pick but i shall leave that nameless, you know who you are.
*the illusionist
*the red chapel
*spine tingler: the william castle story
*four lions
*bill cunningham new york
*matching jack
*wasteland
*when you're strange: a film about the doors
*waking sleeping beauty
*scott pilgrim vs the world
special mention goes to joe dante's gremlins. and i was going to put my worst pick but i shall leave that nameless, you know who you are.
Monday, 9 August 2010
a brave new world appears....
where there is light and people walking aimlessly about. there is dancing and music in real life, not just 2 dimensionally. i'd forgotten it could be like this. ah life, thou art sweet.
Sunday, 8 August 2010
39, 40, 41 & finally 42
last day of the melbourne international film festival, last day of queues upon queues, last night of choc top dinners (well, maybe not).
film 39: summer wars, a japanese animation at acmi2. a fun and engaging story of love and technology and family.
film 40: waking sleeping beauty. what a doco to break last year's record on. i love disney. and i love movies. it's history, present and future. i love the creation of supposedly impossible things. the magic of movies, ahhh.... i suspect the only thing better is being in love. this film was about the rebirth of disney animation 1984-1994. fun and inspiring.
film 41: sex & drugs & rock & roll and choc tops with jamie. an entertaining film on the rock and roll lifestyle of ian dury and the blockheads. there wasn't anything shocking or new about this story but i really liked the way the story was told more than anything, little off-kilter, a bit carnivalesque.
film 42: scott pilgrim vs the world. fabulastic this film was. comedy and fantasy with a bit of romance thrown in - awww... melbourne was the first in the world to see it, which meant handing over our phones (recording devices) at the door. a few of us to see this movie. i think i might even be persuaded to see it again.
****
the festival is over. life can begin again.
film 39: summer wars, a japanese animation at acmi2. a fun and engaging story of love and technology and family.
film 40: waking sleeping beauty. what a doco to break last year's record on. i love disney. and i love movies. it's history, present and future. i love the creation of supposedly impossible things. the magic of movies, ahhh.... i suspect the only thing better is being in love. this film was about the rebirth of disney animation 1984-1994. fun and inspiring.
film 41: sex & drugs & rock & roll and choc tops with jamie. an entertaining film on the rock and roll lifestyle of ian dury and the blockheads. there wasn't anything shocking or new about this story but i really liked the way the story was told more than anything, little off-kilter, a bit carnivalesque.
film 42: scott pilgrim vs the world. fabulastic this film was. comedy and fantasy with a bit of romance thrown in - awww... melbourne was the first in the world to see it, which meant handing over our phones (recording devices) at the door. a few of us to see this movie. i think i might even be persuaded to see it again.
****
the festival is over. life can begin again.
Saturday, 7 August 2010
35 & 36 & 37 & 38
saturday in the dark, i wish it was the fourth of july (strains of an old chicago song). i need extra time, it's running out and i've too much to do.
but instead i've been sitting in cinemas.
film 35: catfish. this could have been a film or a documentary to be honest. was it a true story of a guy fooled by someone on facebook? it was amazing how elaborate the lie got.
film 36: wasteland. artist vik muniz turns articles from the rubbish into art and in the meantime helps people transform their lives. a beautiful story from the world's largest rubbish dump in brazil.
film 37: when you're strange: a film about the doors. this was a great doco - i really loved the way it was told, stock footage aplenty, great script and narration. hit exactly the right tone. will be listening to their music in the future, it just grabbed me as it never has before.
film 38: strange powers: stephin merrit and the magnetic fields (which i keep calling the magical fields) with a whole bunch of friends. another fabulous music documentary. introducing me to a new sound to listen too. will hunt out the albums in the next week.
it was still early so we all moved across to a bar called berlin, where you are seated in east or west berlin after you knock on the door and they allow you entry. i was given a passport that had to be handed back in before we left (with payment of beverages). it was good to catch up with people in real conversation again. who'd have thought there was life outside the cinema???
but instead i've been sitting in cinemas.
film 35: catfish. this could have been a film or a documentary to be honest. was it a true story of a guy fooled by someone on facebook? it was amazing how elaborate the lie got.
film 36: wasteland. artist vik muniz turns articles from the rubbish into art and in the meantime helps people transform their lives. a beautiful story from the world's largest rubbish dump in brazil.
film 37: when you're strange: a film about the doors. this was a great doco - i really loved the way it was told, stock footage aplenty, great script and narration. hit exactly the right tone. will be listening to their music in the future, it just grabbed me as it never has before.
film 38: strange powers: stephin merrit and the magnetic fields (which i keep calling the magical fields) with a whole bunch of friends. another fabulous music documentary. introducing me to a new sound to listen too. will hunt out the albums in the next week.
it was still early so we all moved across to a bar called berlin, where you are seated in east or west berlin after you knock on the door and they allow you entry. i was given a passport that had to be handed back in before we left (with payment of beverages). it was good to catch up with people in real conversation again. who'd have thought there was life outside the cinema???
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