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| "Wasz that?" |
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| "fark!" |
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| "Shit!" |
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| Stand Off |
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| "Piss Off" |
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| "fuck it! I'm outa here too!" |
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| There's a storm a'brewing |
Saturday 28 February 2015
Down By The Sea Wall One Evening
Tuesday 24 February 2015
The Troops Rally to Support BIFF
A few weeks ago I posted a little something about the trouble in Busan regarding the Director of BIFF, Lee Yong-kwan, being pressured by the Lord Mayor of Busan City to stand down from his position one year earlier than the expiry of his contract. The reason? because his festival showed the documentary 'Diving Bell' or 'The Truth Shall Nit Sink With Sewol' when the city had expressly requested that the festival not show the film. (read here for the background)
This is dangerous ground when politics expresses a desire to influence an independent film festival of international repute. Princess Park is putting her finger indirectly into the pie where she is most unwelcome. There has been an international response from festival directors, filmmakers and cineastes to the political manoeuvrings happening in the south of Korea.
Rather than bang on about stuff more eloquently written elsewhere here is a link that contains what the Director's of Cannes & Venice film Festivals say and what some of the filmmakers are saying in statements of support for BIFF and its director Lee Yong-kwan.
In English
In Korean
And another in English that also broadens the debate beyond Busan
Watch this space!
This is dangerous ground when politics expresses a desire to influence an independent film festival of international repute. Princess Park is putting her finger indirectly into the pie where she is most unwelcome. There has been an international response from festival directors, filmmakers and cineastes to the political manoeuvrings happening in the south of Korea.
Rather than bang on about stuff more eloquently written elsewhere here is a link that contains what the Director's of Cannes & Venice film Festivals say and what some of the filmmakers are saying in statements of support for BIFF and its director Lee Yong-kwan.
In English
In Korean
And another in English that also broadens the debate beyond Busan
Watch this space!
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| Lee Yong Kwan's domestic troubles are gaining International support |
Tuesday 17 February 2015
What We Did On Our Holiday
Always water cooler bragging rights, especially if it was something cool.
Like a 200+ formal birthday party where the birthdayee didn't even show!
Or a Viking funeral, burning boat and all.
Maybe just a super dysfunctional family get together?
What We Did On Our Holiday is a crack'n British comedy with a stellar cast and a lot of side spitting belly laughs.
Read my review for The Reel Word.
Directors-writers Andy Hamilton and Guy Jenkin were behind a hit BBC comedy series titled Outnumbered, and it was in this format that they developed a method of improvisation for children’s dialogue. They have used this same method to produce a very tight, sharp and witty tale that, like all good comedy, shines a spotlight on the darker side of our lives. read more
Like a 200+ formal birthday party where the birthdayee didn't even show!
Or a Viking funeral, burning boat and all.
Maybe just a super dysfunctional family get together?
What We Did On Our Holiday is a crack'n British comedy with a stellar cast and a lot of side spitting belly laughs.
Read my review for The Reel Word.
Directors-writers Andy Hamilton and Guy Jenkin were behind a hit BBC comedy series titled Outnumbered, and it was in this format that they developed a method of improvisation for children’s dialogue. They have used this same method to produce a very tight, sharp and witty tale that, like all good comedy, shines a spotlight on the darker side of our lives. read more
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| Emilia Jones, Bobby Smalldridge and Harriet Turnbulland and a can of gasoline about to blaze the Scottish landscape |
Wednesday 11 February 2015
Videos that are a GAS # 012
Welcome to Nowness.
Dance and Video put together and the results are here in a brand new shopping experience.
I've seen this film technique in gag videos on YouTube but I love the way it has transcended into a dance video
and then the whole touch enabling thingy, well that is all just a bit fabo cause and it all morphs into a wolf in sheep's clothes advertisement.
Quite a beautiful way to sell your clothes.
Next Gen exploration of potentiality?
Dance and Video put together and the results are here in a brand new shopping experience.
I've seen this film technique in gag videos on YouTube but I love the way it has transcended into a dance video
and then the whole touch enabling thingy, well that is all just a bit fabo cause and it all morphs into a wolf in sheep's clothes advertisement.
Quite a beautiful way to sell your clothes.
Next Gen exploration of potentiality?
Tuesday 10 February 2015
Back in 1971
How easy were things back then? Back in 1971? Especially compared to now in our high alert terrorist riddled world. Back then it was simple, religion wasn't at each others throats right?
Well Wrong!
Back in 1971, in the UK and more specifically Belfast, Northern Ireland life was anything but easy.
This was the peak of 'The Troubles', the conflict between Catholic and Protestant, separatists and loyalists, those who wanted the British out of Northern Ireland and those who didn't.
The fighting was fierce, bombs were common and devastating and violent death was frequent.
'71 is a film about one particular night spent by a rookie British soldier running for his life in a very hostile Belfast after he becomes separated from his regiment. It is action packed and thought provoking and says plenty about the times back then that are applicable to the times right now. Directed by Yann Demange and written by Gregory Burke here's a little review of the film I did for the Reel Word website.
The regiment tries to hold back the gathering crowd of angry residents. Women, kids and menfolk all screaming vitriolic hatred as emotion escalates. People are shouting, spitting, punches are thrown, chaos builds. A sudden and shocking execution leads to a stunned and blood-splattered Hook taking his cue and running for his life. Welcome to Belfast. Welcome, to ’71. read more
Well Wrong!
Back in 1971, in the UK and more specifically Belfast, Northern Ireland life was anything but easy.
This was the peak of 'The Troubles', the conflict between Catholic and Protestant, separatists and loyalists, those who wanted the British out of Northern Ireland and those who didn't.
The fighting was fierce, bombs were common and devastating and violent death was frequent.
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| The War Zone in Belfast 1971. Army, Police, IRA, Ulster Boys & lots of Civilians. |
'71 is a film about one particular night spent by a rookie British soldier running for his life in a very hostile Belfast after he becomes separated from his regiment. It is action packed and thought provoking and says plenty about the times back then that are applicable to the times right now. Directed by Yann Demange and written by Gregory Burke here's a little review of the film I did for the Reel Word website.
The regiment tries to hold back the gathering crowd of angry residents. Women, kids and menfolk all screaming vitriolic hatred as emotion escalates. People are shouting, spitting, punches are thrown, chaos builds. A sudden and shocking execution leads to a stunned and blood-splattered Hook taking his cue and running for his life. Welcome to Belfast. Welcome, to ’71. read more
Sunday 8 February 2015
A Girl At My Door
Queer Screen presents the 22nd Mardi Gras Film Festival in Sydney later this month.
I know it's all about the parade but you know it's not!
This year they're screening a gem from South Korea called A Girl At My Door (Do Hee Ya, 도희야).
It stars Bae Doona (Cloud Atlas, Airdoll,...), is a first feature for July Jung, is produced by legendary filmmaker Lee Chang Dong and is a prime example of the excellence that comes out of this country on a regular basis.
I tapped out a review for a website called Reel Word that goes into my thoughts on this film.
If you're in Sydney on the 21st of Feb and you love good cinema, this could be a part of your day.
A Girl At My Door (review and trailer)
Faced with the choice between lover or career, she chooses career, because her lover is a woman and that love will end her career. This is the unfairness of life for Young-nam (Bae Doona) in A Girl at My Door. A career in the police force is a lifestyle not a job, and she chooses to play society’s game and hide her sexuality. read more
I know it's all about the parade but you know it's not!
This year they're screening a gem from South Korea called A Girl At My Door (Do Hee Ya, 도희야).
It stars Bae Doona (Cloud Atlas, Airdoll,...), is a first feature for July Jung, is produced by legendary filmmaker Lee Chang Dong and is a prime example of the excellence that comes out of this country on a regular basis.
I tapped out a review for a website called Reel Word that goes into my thoughts on this film.
If you're in Sydney on the 21st of Feb and you love good cinema, this could be a part of your day.
A Girl At My Door (review and trailer)
Faced with the choice between lover or career, she chooses career, because her lover is a woman and that love will end her career. This is the unfairness of life for Young-nam (Bae Doona) in A Girl at My Door. A career in the police force is a lifestyle not a job, and she chooses to play society’s game and hide her sexuality. read more
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| A selection of screen shots from A Girl At My Door (July Jung 2014) |
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| Bae Doo Na and actor Song Sae Byuk do publicity for Vogue |
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| Kim Sae Ron (Do Hee) and Bae Doo Na (Young Nam) |
Friday 6 February 2015
Rants Rave & Reviews
So I've been reviewing some films for a website called Filmed in Ether.
Set up and run by Hieu Chau who is also Entertainment Editor for Meld Magazine and a contributor for Japan Cinema and Modern Korean Cinema.
Filmed in Ether has been running since the end of 2014, it's got news, reviews and feature articles on Asian Cinema with the accent of 'in Australia'.
"Based in Australia, the website also serves as a news resource on Asian films and film festivals screening throughout the country."
I've got a couple of reviews up
The Wind Rises by Hayao Miyazaki (his swan song animation)
"The Wind Rises is certainly no My Neighbor Totoro, nor a Kiki’s Delivery Service and certainly not a Ponyo but it nevertheless is unmistakably a Miyazaki picture. The Wind Rises is much more a biography, albeit a fictionalised one, and it tells the story of a famous man whose achievements had a dramatic effect on the world." read more
Waves by Don Frasco (an indie film from the Philippines)
"Waves are the only physical manifestation of energy on this planet, ask any surfer. You can see the energy, you can feel the energy, you can ride the energy – waves are amazing. Think about it, they are our access to understanding a phenomena that drives our very existence. They let us grasp the intangible." read more
I'm hoping to contribute more on a regular basis but regardless this is a pretty neat site to keep up with Asian cinema and film happenings in Australia. Check it out.
Set up and run by Hieu Chau who is also Entertainment Editor for Meld Magazine and a contributor for Japan Cinema and Modern Korean Cinema.
Filmed in Ether has been running since the end of 2014, it's got news, reviews and feature articles on Asian Cinema with the accent of 'in Australia'.
"Based in Australia, the website also serves as a news resource on Asian films and film festivals screening throughout the country."
I've got a couple of reviews up
The Wind Rises by Hayao Miyazaki (his swan song animation)
"The Wind Rises is certainly no My Neighbor Totoro, nor a Kiki’s Delivery Service and certainly not a Ponyo but it nevertheless is unmistakably a Miyazaki picture. The Wind Rises is much more a biography, albeit a fictionalised one, and it tells the story of a famous man whose achievements had a dramatic effect on the world." read more
Waves by Don Frasco (an indie film from the Philippines)
"Waves are the only physical manifestation of energy on this planet, ask any surfer. You can see the energy, you can feel the energy, you can ride the energy – waves are amazing. Think about it, they are our access to understanding a phenomena that drives our very existence. They let us grasp the intangible." read more
I'm hoping to contribute more on a regular basis but regardless this is a pretty neat site to keep up with Asian cinema and film happenings in Australia. Check it out.
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