September 26, 2007
Fantastic Fest - Day 6
Draft - final revisions by 9/30
Tue, Sep 25
Criticized (short) - an unoriginal and predictable short about a director who is upset over a bad review. blech.
Five Across The Eyes (95 min.) - Were I a man of means, I would give this director a wad of cash with instructions to buy new equipment, replace 50% of the cast and shoot/edit the exact same film. About 5 minutes after the exposition is over you forget the low quality and become committed to the story. This film is why these festivals are in place.
Demonology of Desire, The (short) - Funny, well-shot and original short about a manipulative school girl who would love nothing better than to have someone love her so much they would die for her.
Jack Ketchum’s The Girl Next Door (90 min.) - This is one of those films that hurts to watch. Not just the physical torture, but the emotional torture of a person in a bad place making bad decisions and knowing that no good will come of it. The director should be proud of this film even though I don’t think I would tell anyone that they should see it.
Un-Gone (short) - Looking like a Doctor Who special, this short presented an intriguing hard science concept with almost no special effects.
Timecrimes (103 min.) - Timecrimes is a labyrinth of story with repeating layer passages that are fresh each time around. A script this original and complex deserves to be seen cold. Possibly the most accessible film at the festival.
Far Out (short) - Cute story that leaves you with more questions. It is a little heavy-handed on the “hey, this is the 70s!” sets, costumes and camera work.
Hell’s Ground (90 min.) - If Adam Green lived in Pakistan, this is the movie he would have made. It is especially rewarding to see this film and catch an insight into Pakistani teenage lifestyles and Pakistani culture including a couple hijra. I am over-recommending considering the source of the film and ignoring some of the stylized choices used as transition devices, but the director hits all the right notes in this slashers vs teenagers rewrite for the Middle-East.
Waiting for Yesterday (short) - Highly technical camera work combined with highly trained performers seals the professional look of this world in reverse. Great sci fi.
Inside (90 min.) - Extremes of blood and gore with high tension in this film about a pregnant woman attacked in her own home the day before she is to be induced. It must have cost the filmmakers a fortune in fake blood and rubber body parts since so much of the violence is meted out in detail in flesh. This film may not be suitable for expectant mothers, but gore fans will flip over it.
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