Melbourne International Film Festival
Once again the Melbourne International Film Festival is screening a very nice and special programme of films you can´t see at the big screen usually. I went to a few of those during this 52nd festival.
The "animation shorts programme #1" showed films like the British Aardman "Presentators" (three really great characters) and "Angry Kid" (not the most secret tip), "Atama Yama" by Koji Yamamura (the story is about a man who drowns in a pond located on his own head - weird and in a very nice style) or "Penguin Parade" (too slow, too long and too predictable for me - which is too bad for all the hard work for this stop motion animation). "I´m A star" (see image above) is a rather weird Austrian animation/collage about a macholike guy who had seen better days. "Flat" is a stop motion animation about the happenings in an appartment building - I really like the style. "Mother Tongue" is a piece about a Korean girl and her lost mother tongue (nice style, but I doubt that the audience really cares about the character). "Pan With Us" is a nice experimental work based on a poem by Robert Frost in a style I have not seen before throughout a whole piece. The real environment becomes part of the aninmation, or precisely it´s the other way around: the animation becomes part of the real environment. The Russian animation "Hash" tells the story of the three little pigs including some unexpected happenings. "The Pirate" is a very nice Czech animation about a pirate whose centre of interest is the bottle (of rum) and who has to get over some adverse conditions to keep his lifestyle. Here and there a bit too long, but alltogether very nice. The animations shorts programme finished with "Mood Motions", a great piece about how hard life can be when you are an abstract. Simple, funny, good.
Another screening was "For Openers: The Art Of Film Titles": a nice mix of famous film titles like Hitchkocks "Vertigo" or "Psycho", Kubricks "Dr. Strangelove", diverse Bond titles like "Dr. No", then "Pink Panther", "Barbarella" (Jane Fonda strips in zero gravity in this 1968 movie - but what makes this special talking about film titles?), up to more recent titles like "Seven". I was a bit disappointed because I expected a documentary style - however it was just one title after the next without any explanation of a changing style etc.
"Kaidohmaru" by Kanji Wakabayashi ("Ghost in the Shell") is about a girl who - disguised as a male - is a warrior. There happens a lot with the evil princess Ouni-Hime and general Raikoh. To be honest: this film and all the characters and relations between them and all the happenings which are either shown or just mentioned confused me too much. Maybe it´s based on a Japanese legend and I am just not Japanese enough to understand... I also had problems with the style: alltogether it is very bright and hardly has contrast (see picture above; probably this is to emphasize battles - the colour of blood is always very well saturated). Also the 2d drawn and the 3d rendered scenes just too obviously don´t fit together.
"Interstella 5555" is a great phantastic colourful from cool to kitschy one hour firework full of ideas to the music of French Daft Punk by Japanese animator Liji Matsumoto (Albator). The story in brief: A couple of extraterrestrial musicians are kidnapped by an evil manager to give him success on earth while they are exploited. Highly recommended.
"Neo Noir": A short film about a Russian-roulette-suicide-or-not case.
"Fear X" is a Danish thriller with John Turturro about a man whose wife was killed in the mall where he works as a security and who wants to find out the 'who' and 'why' about this case by watching the surveillance camera footage. If you don´t like David Lynch films (and I´m talking rather about "Mulholland Drive" and "Lost Highway" than about "A Straight Story") then you probably won´t like this one. To everyone else (like me) this film is really recommended.
"Paskutinis Vagonas" (The Last Car) is a short film about a boy and his father who are strolling around in trains as musicians and whose life makes an unexpected twist.
"Jukeodo Joha!" (Too Young To Die) is a South Korean film by Park Jin-pyo. It is the documentary portrait of a couple who met at the late age of 72 and 73, a real story performed by the real people. As charming as it is on the one hand on the other hand it touches a level of the couple´s privacy no audience is entitled to see, independent of their age. The sex scenes (one of them is 7 minutes without a cut) and one arguing scene go very far so the audience feels uncomfortable in their seats, watching what is going on. However, without this kind of provocation the film probably wouldn´t make it to a film festival, would it?
Post your comment
http://slkjfdf.net/ - Oxayuba <a href="http://slkjfdf.net/">Igifimo</a> pcg.fylb.nugob.org.wbf.od http://slkjfdf.net/
Posted by ukodouneciko, 13/04/2021 9:51am (3 years ago)
http://slkjfdf.net/ - Dajuhe <a href="http://slkjfdf.net/">Uwidburie</a> slg.euhb.nugob.org.ngi.pe http://slkjfdf.net/
Posted by enonasan, 13/04/2021 9:43am (3 years ago)
http://slkjfdf.net/ - Orihoqu <a href="http://slkjfdf.net/">Alookesom</a> xxg.sxnz.nugob.org.wbn.yu http://slkjfdf.net/
Posted by uxevoxemu, 13/04/2021 9:35am (3 years ago)
http://slkjfdf.net/ - Ozaxap <a href="http://slkjfdf.net/">Aofvkopog</a> vdq.beyk.nugob.org.ast.qy http://slkjfdf.net/
Posted by igiziyoit, 08/04/2021 4:00pm (3 years ago)
http://slkjfdf.net/ - Equhaih <a href="http://slkjfdf.net/">Ifopetul</a> phu.vdar.nugob.org.shp.wb http://slkjfdf.net/
Posted by jufusfuza, 08/04/2021 3:45pm (3 years ago)
http://slkjfdf.net/ - Uriduva <a href="http://slkjfdf.net/">Ojifej</a> wap.oxtl.nugob.org.xnp.pq http://slkjfdf.net/
Posted by ehobahomu, 08/04/2021 3:12pm (3 years ago)
http://slkjfdf.net/ - Azekic <a href="http://slkjfdf.net/">Ixecun</a> nrz.qjbk.nugob.org.pib.za http://slkjfdf.net/
Posted by uqugira, 05/04/2021 8:45pm (3 years ago)
<a href=https://buykeys.ru/item?id=42>titanfall 2 купить</a> - купить лицензию майнкрафт, watch dogs 2 купить стим.
Posted by Gregorycog, 10/05/2018 11:32am (6 years ago)
Javi Nieves, Mar Amate, el Pirata y su banda y Mateo y Andrea se ocupan de despertar cada mañana a la audiencia.En ese caso, la república (de Austria) debe demandar.Casado dos veces, dio su apellido a diez vástagos, seis paridos de sus esposas y cuatro ilegítimos.
<a href=http://localdem.org/ergo360.asp?id=tuli%20baby%20carrier>tuli%20baby%20carrier</a>
<a href=http://localdem.org/ergo360.asp?id=ergobaby%20performance%20carrier%20blue>ergobaby%20performance%20carrier%20blue</a>
r y el Museo Esteba Vicente inaugura la muestra 'Retratos' que forma parte de la colección de la Fundación Mapfre.una invitación al camino que siempre nos espera.
<a href=http://martingibney.com/ergo360.asp?id=organic%20baby%20products>organic%20baby%20products</a>
Y es que el australiano, ahora probador en Ducati, se mostró como el único capacitado para pelear con Honda y Yamaha con la moto italiana.sfera Trail presenta su edición más especial3Aláiz vuelve a correr con el Europeo de Cross como meta4Drasanvi te invita a conocer a Nadal5Lydia Valentín, «feliz» por el Premio Castilla y León del Deporte y por su tercer campeonato de Europa6Zagreb espera a Llana y a Serrano7Sergio García comparte el liderato en Augusta8Hoffman, líder tras la primera jornada del Masters de Augusta9Lydia Valentín: «Me merezco el Premio Princesa de Asturias»10El Trileón, trono de plata en el autonómico12Gitanos, sin etiquetas1s://vimeo/2122191582Fervor y pasi?n3Fervor por 'La Morenica'4La guerra no ha terminado5El autismo y la eterna espera6Fallece de un infarto un senderista en Valde?n tras esperar una hora asistencia sanitaria7?Bebamos una copina de Genar?n?8Tattoo Mo-Gur, 20 a?os de arte en la piel9Silv?n cede el testigo a Majo y cree que es el mejor candidato para el PP10Tranquilidad, ven a m?TemasUsain Bolt, Michael Phelps, Muhammad Al?, Juegos Ol?mpicos, nataci?n, AtletismoTAGSultimos, juegos, olimpicos, bolt, phelpsDeja tu comentario.
<a href=http://mezzaninefloorireland.ie/ergo.asp?id=double%20baby%20bjorn>double%20baby%20bjorn</a>
Posted by Bqmhckbg, 30/03/2018 7:40am (6 years ago)
<a href=http://imob96.ru/>Прошивка Samsung</a> - Замена аккумулятора iPhone, Программный ремонт телефонов,снятие аккаунтов FPR,MI account,Flyme Account.
Posted by EdgarBok, 21/03/2018 8:18pm (6 years ago)
Comments