Midway point
There’s plenty of famous people to bump into and a great spirit that runs throughout Park City – taking the bus is actually fun!? As I’m writing this I’m sitting on a couch at the press headquarters with director Hany Abu-Assad of Paradise Now) and Luca Matrundola (middle) from DViant Films who’ll be producing his next picture – (look for his next film to be just as controversial as his Berlin winner).
Dude pointing finger = Idiot.
So far my favorite films have been The Science of Sleep for sheer brilliance, followed by the true gem so far is found in the teacher and student pairing found in Half Nelson, with great marks going to House of Sand for its visual poetry and surprising use of actresses, to Factotum just because Bent Hamer knows how to make me laugh (apparently the folks at IFC feel the same – they just picked it off Picturehouse) and the disturbing The Hawk is Dying gets my vote for being so brutal and dark that coming out of the theatre actually in this case a good thing. Two films that don’t get the high grades are Sherryberry and surprisingly Awesome I fuckin shot this? which is perhaps a good time for true Beastie fans, but 50 cameras filming the concert grows tired very quickly. Looking forward to seeing Little Miss Sunshine which had buyers in a frenzy and which saw Fox Searchlight as the taker.
Julian Goldberger’s The Hawk Is Dying
Read review here.
Hilary Brougher’s Stephanie Daley
Read review here.
Ryan Fleck’s Half Nelson
Read review here.
