2007 sydney film festival (1 Viewer)

[icecreamdisco]

here's the program:

http://sydneyfilmfestival.org/content.asp?id=71&p=5

pretty fucking impressive stuff.

there's a bunch of stuff i wanna see, here's some that might interest the uninitiated...

Away From Her (sarah polley's directorial debut, stellar reviews)
Black Sheep (nz horror-comedy about cannibalistic sheep!)
Black Snake Moan (hustle & flow director, samuel l. jackson and a nekkid christina ricci)
Control (joy division doco)
Inland Empire (lynch 3-hour cruddy-video-shot opus, seen it already, awesome, only for fans tho)
Paprika (satashi kon's new one)
Pixar: 20 years of animated shorts
Rescue Dawn (werner herzog + christian bale)
Scott Walker: 30 Century Man
Sonic Youth: 'Do You believe in Rapture?'
Teeth (horror-comedy about girl with carniverous vaginal teeth!)

+ plenty more.

 

[justbecause]

This sounds really good. Tickets on sale tomorrow! Too many I want to see!

 

[666_blessings]

I had a flick through the guide in the SMH today and it looks freaking awesome. Definitely want to check out Paprika and Black Sheep (the idea of a flesh eating sheep is just too good to pass up).

 

[icecreamdisco]

oh man, if you're aged 18-24, you can see 25 films for $175.

my ass is going to be so sore by the end of june.

 

[walrusbear]

ooo inland empire is finally here

have you seen black snake moan yet icecream?

edit:
the inland empire page on that site lists the running time as 79
i can only hope that should read 179 mins

 

[666_blessings]

oh man, if you're aged 18-24, you can see 25 films for $175.

my ass is going to be so sore by the end of june.

Can you split those 25 tickets between a group of people?

 

[icecreamdisco]

walrus - haven't seen bsm, and the inland empire thing was mos def a typo (listed as three hours in the smh pullout booklet).
666_blessings - yeah, you can split it w/ friends.

i bought tix 2day, and here's my lineup, with two vouchers left (i'll decide later)...

12:08 East of Bucharest - 9th
Brand Upon The Brain!
I Don't Want to Sleep Alone - 12th
Ad Lib Girl
Away From Her - 15th
Woman on the Beach
Out of the Blue
Killer of Sheep - 16th
Rescue Dawn
Syndromes and a Century - 17th
Control
Scott Walker: 30 Century Man - 18th
Poison Friends
Flanders - 19th
The Case of the Grinning Cat - 21st
Red Road
Taxidermia
Don't Touch the Axe - 22nd
Black Snake Moan
Mala Noche - 23rd
Black Sheep
Teeth
Pixar: 20 years of animated shorts - 24th
Paprika

anyone who wants to join me and get icecreamdisco'd, just let me know. ACTUAL TESTIMONIES:

AlleyCat - "HOTT"
lessthanthree - "<3"

 

[spiny norman]

You're not going to go to any of the Huston films?

 

[icecreamdisco]

You're not going to go to any of the Huston films?

i've already seen most of 'em, and admittedly i'm not a huge fan, aside from the maltese falcon and fat city. i might try and catch either of them again with my spare tix.

i wish they did a retrospective on a director whose films are hard to come by in oz, like the melville one last year.

 

[walrusbear]

yeah those huston movies are easy to track down
but i've never seen the asphalt jungle - so i might check that out

pending funds i'm a close certainty to see inland empire and rescue dawn

 

[spiny norman]

Agreed, his films are fairly common, but I'd still love to see The Man Who Would Be King on the big screen. Plus I've never seen Fat City, so might give that a watch.

And yeah, Inland Empire and Rescue Dawn should be worth seeing. Isn't IE released in cinemas before then, though?

 

[walrusbear]

hmmm

just looking up it is apparently released through dendy on the 21st of june
i guess i'll just see it then

 

[icecreamdisco]

IE is slated for a june 21 release, according to infilm... weird, since it's playing on the 20th and 21st at the festival. maybe it'll be pushed back.

fat city is the one essential huston, imo. the asphalt jungle was a huge letdown to me; rififi (its loose remake) is much better.

 

[walrusbear]

i had no idea rififi was a remake
it's pretty cool

i've never even heard of fat city - maybe i'll see that instead

also, no love for the treasure of the sierra madre? too preachy?

 

[icecreamdisco]

saw sierre madre too long ago. i remember it being ok but not up to its rep.

 

[bored6]

here's the program:

http://sydneyfilmfestival.org/content.asp?id=71&p=5

pretty fucking impressive stuff.

there's a bunch of stuff i wanna see, here's some that might interest the uninitiated...

Away From Her (sarah polley's directorial debut, stellar reviews)
Black Sheep (nz horror-comedy about cannibalistic sheep!)
Black Snake Moan (hustle & flow director, samuel l. jackson and a nekkid christina ricci)
Control (joy division doco)
Inland Empire (lynch 3-hour cruddy-video-shot opus, seen it already, awesome, only for fans tho)
Paprika (satashi kon's new one)
Pixar: 20 years of animated shorts
Rescue Dawn (werner herzog + christian bale)
Scott Walker: 30 Century Man
Sonic Youth: 'Do You believe in Rapture?'
Teeth (horror-comedy about girl with carniverous vaginal teeth!)

+ plenty more.

=OO Looks good.

 

[icecreamdisco]

oh, i should've mentioned that the joy division doco is actually a BIOPIC. by some music video director. ian's played by an unknown instead of jude law (the original choice LOL), and samantha morton plays his wife. could go either way, but i'm interested nonetheless.

 

[walrusbear]

i didn't realise that was made

i remember reading about jude law playing ian curtis years ago and hoping it would never happen
this is going to suffer from comparison to 24 hr party people

 

[vulgarfraction]

But if you're under 18 you can't get in unless the film's rated, right?

And anyway you can't get in without adults.

Correct me if I'm wrong...

 

[bored6]

i didn't realise that was made

i remember reading about jude law playing ian curtis years ago and hoping it would never happen
this is going to suffer from comparison to 24 hr party people

Yeah I agree - I love 24 hour party people too much for it to be challenged by something new..