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My SDFF - Some Short Thoughts on Some Short Films

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2008-11-20 00:28:12 by peter in Coffee coffee and more coffee
There are several programs of short films presented at the SDFF. I chose two of the programs based on past interests - "Faux Movements . . . and other excursions" to get a glimpse of the current state of so-called experimental filmmaking, and "Fear & Dystopia" in order to see something by local legend Ronnie Cramer. The problem with short films...
 
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My SDFF - Happy/Chocolate

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2008-11-19 00:40:12 by peter in Coffee coffee and more coffee
Terribly Happy/Frygtelig Lykkelig Henrik Ruben Genz - 2008 Nordisk Film 35mm film Advanced comparisons of the Danish Terribly Happy with films by the Coen Brothers are overstated. While Genz's film begins with the statement that the story is based on fact, with a fish out of water cop, this is no Fargo . There are moments that may strike some as...
 
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My SDFF - Sita Sings the Blues

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2008-11-18 00:42:26 by peter in Coffee coffee and more coffee
Nina Paley - 2008 I have a problem with most animated features. They put me to sleep. I know there are some people who really like Sita Sings the Blues , but for me, the gimmicks weren't enough to sustain the length of the film. The idea of an animated version of "The Ramayana" played against Nina Paley 's own story of the break-up of her...
 
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My SDFF - I see Tokyo! I see France

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2008-11-17 00:41:12 by peter in Coffee coffee and more coffee
The Class/Entre les Murs Laurent Cantet - 2008 Sony Pictures Classics 35mm film Yes, The Class is as good as you've probably read by now, and will read more of, when Laurent Cantet's film gets its theatrical release in January. François Begaudeau should probably get much of the credit as well as the film is based on his autobiographical novel,...
 
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Coffee Break

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2008-11-16 00:35:11 by peter in Coffee coffee and more coffee
Humphrey Bogart and Lizabeth Scott in Dead Reckoning (John Cromwell - 1947
 
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My SDFF - Two Documentaries on Hollywood Filmmakers

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2008-11-15 16:06:21 by peter in Coffee coffee and more coffee
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story Jeffrey Schwarz - 2007 Automat Pictures No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos James Chressanthis - 2008 NC Motion Pictures Seeing documentaries back-to-back on William Castle and Laszlo Kovacs seems less coincidental when you realize the two had crossed paths in real life. Castle has a small walk-on...
 
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My SDFF - Trinidad

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2008-11-14 00:26:05 by peter in Coffee coffee and more coffee
Jay Hodges and J. P. Ravel Surly Puppy Production The most interesting aspect of Trinidad would be the questions raised, and the conflicts revealed. Part of the film is the story about how a small town in southern Colorado became the "sex-change capital of the world" through an unlikely confluence of one doctor's opportunity with the needs of...
 
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My SDFF - Slumdog/Christmas

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2008-11-13 00:22:48 by peter in Coffee coffee and more coffee
A Christmas Tale/Un conte de Noel Arnaud Desplechin - 2008 IFC Films 35mm film Slumdog Millionaire Danny Boyle & Loveleen Tandan - 2008 Fox Searchlight/Warner Brothers 35mm film I'm titling my pieces on the Denver International Film Festival, officially now known as the Starz Denver Film Festival (SDFF), in the possessive because this will not...
 
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Tension

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2008-11-11 00:01:31 by peter in Coffee coffee and more coffee
John Berry - 1949 Warner Brothers Region 1 DVD The only real tension to Tension is detective Barry Sullivan stretching a rubber band in the pre-credit opening. What makes this film instantly endearing are some great scenes of the characters drinking coffee. Is that a reason to like a film? Probably not. Still, whatever deficiencies Tension may...
 
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Coffee Break

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2008-11-09 07:02:10 by peter in Coffee coffee and more coffee
Beyonce Knowles in Dreamgirls (Bill Condon - 2006
 
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