2008 Woodie Awards
JHU film festival stretches boundaries
Issue date: 4/24/08
As the ridiculousness of the film unfolds and the plot twists unexpectedly, we are led to believe that this film may not be all fun and games and exploding heads.
The whole final scene was just insane, but not in a "why did I watch this?" way, but in a "why haven't I seen this before?" kind of way.
If this isn't evidence that the organizers aren't trying to torture us with theory-heavy Godard flicks but instead with though-provoking, boundary-stretching cinema, then I'm not sure what is.
Rounding out the rest of the weekend were Michael Cuesta's 2001 coming of age piece L.I.E., Night Fifty, a documentary about the Mexican National Guitar Festival called Guitar Holiday, Abel Raises Cain - a glance into Alan Abel's life including a discussion by Abel - The Delicate Art of the Rifle - a bizarre take on the '66 UT shootings - and a few fantastic documentaries.
So, with some choice films and very little pretense, the Film Festival has once again put on a spectacular show.
My only wish is that it had been longer and better promoted so that the turnout might have been more than a dozen people for a few of the showings.
The whole final scene was just insane, but not in a "why did I watch this?" way, but in a "why haven't I seen this before?" kind of way.
If this isn't evidence that the organizers aren't trying to torture us with theory-heavy Godard flicks but instead with though-provoking, boundary-stretching cinema, then I'm not sure what is.
Rounding out the rest of the weekend were Michael Cuesta's 2001 coming of age piece L.I.E., Night Fifty, a documentary about the Mexican National Guitar Festival called Guitar Holiday, Abel Raises Cain - a glance into Alan Abel's life including a discussion by Abel - The Delicate Art of the Rifle - a bizarre take on the '66 UT shootings - and a few fantastic documentaries.
So, with some choice films and very little pretense, the Film Festival has once again put on a spectacular show.
My only wish is that it had been longer and better promoted so that the turnout might have been more than a dozen people for a few of the showings.
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