First Film wins at Cannes & Sundance.. what a great blog

[SoCalDem]

I had never heard of the film or the woman who made it...Now I MUST see it :) I stumbled across her blog by accident and have spent a few hours reading it.. What fun !!

main site
http://meandyou.typepad.com/weblog/2006/01/all_good_things.html


best section: (scroll past poems to get to the chronology of the film festivals and the goings on )
http://erikbenson.com/person/view/miranda

[CarpeDiebold]

1. i watched it thinking the same thing, that it'd be wonderful

i did not enjoy it. at all. there was no subtlety, and it was being strange for the purpose of being strange. there are far better movies to spend your time and money on IMO.

[SoCalDem]

2. Hmmm Roger Ebert said it was one of the best folms he had ever seen

I usually like his op[inions.. but them I watch stuff on TV when it's shown there, so I'll wait for this one too :) Her blog is fun though.

[CarpeDiebold]

3. To each his/her own :)

I vehemently hated that film. But then, I have no idea what your taste in movies is like. Let us know if you enjoy it :D

[Monkey see Monkey Do]

4. (Opinions are assholes, etc, etc but) I loathed that film

It's up there in my mind with Batman & Robin as a film which was like nails on a blackboard to watch and just made me angrier and angrier. I seem to be in a minority though (other posters in this thread notwithstanding) so I wouldn't take my word for anything.

That said, kudos to Miranda for getting her vision onto celluloid and (from what I gather) not having to compromise too much. Also always good to see artists of whatever stripe with blogs - she certainly had a whirlwind year. It'll be interesting to see where she goes from here.

Re film awards, I've been trying to find in my bookmarks a site I used to use a bit. It had a history of some of the bigger international festivals with links to DVDs/videos/websites/etc. Frustratingly I've either deleted it, or I'm too tired to focus properly.

(For my money I'm hoping that this year the world will discover the work of Giuseppe Andrews, although given that his latest film is premiering at Tromadance I doubt the likes of Redford will be there to cheer him on. http://www.giuseppe-andrews.com/ )