Filed under: Ireland, anecdotes, art, colour, film and video, personal intrests | Tags: adventure, cinema, Dublin, experimental film, Film, french cinema, Ireland, Jacques Prévert, JDIFF, JDIFF 2009, Joon-ho Bong, José Luis Guerín, Lauren Selden, Leos Carax, les enfants du paradis, Liam Neeson, Liam Neeson Live, lighthouse, lighthouse cinema, Marcel Carné, memory, Michel Gondry, smithfield, Tokyo!
The film festival has finally ended, let me tell you it’s been a great 2 weeks! I’d say the personal highlight of the festival for me was getting to meet Liam Neeson- what a great Dublin experience. I saw 5 films during the festival, as well as attending the Liam Neeson talk, overall I enjoyed everything I had the pleasure of seeing, and each film was entirely different from the rest.
I’ve already shared with you my favorite parts of From the East and Franklyn, here are my favorite moments of the other films I saw;
Filed under: Ireland, Lauren Selden, anecdotes, art, colour, film and video, personal intrests, photography, travel | Tags: adventure, Chantal Akerman, Clouds, DIFF, Dublin, experimental film, Film, film festival, Franklyn, From the East, Gerald McMorrow, Ireland, Lauren Selden, memory, night life, travel
Well, its official. The Dublin International Film Festival has come to town. Last Thursday, actually. I’ve been to two films so far, both entirely and incredibly different. The first is a film called From the East, directed by Chantal Akerman. I found the film very interesting, although clearly the audience wasn’t as impressed- quite a few of them walked out. The film was mainly comprised of long, panning wide shots of parts of Eastern Europe. It was shot documentary style, and I found the most interesting part of the film was watching the subjects as they eventually realized the presence of the camera. There were also some lovely interior ’still lifes’ (for lack of a better word), my favorite was one where a young boy played with his toy car while a German Politician rambled on the evening news.
Tonight, I saw Franklyn. A more conventional type of film by Gerald McMorrow, starring among others Eva Green. The film was fantastic- and not just because of the wonderful talents of Eva Green- who I love. The film tracks the meshing of four stories through the eyes of one man, who lives his days out in a place called Meanwhile City. The graphics alone made me weak in the knees. Top 3
1. Eva speaking to a video of herself. She smears her red lipstick down her chin.
2.Photos of a boy having a picnic with his imaginary friend.
3. A giant buddah looms over a distopian London.
I will be seeing a few more films before the festival ends on Sunday, Les Enfants du Paradis tomorrow, Tokyo! on Wednesday- and likely a few more following that. It’s nice to feel like a part of the film scene here, and I love the way this festival feels in comparison to VIFF- it just feels so much more approachable.
