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billyireland
31 Jan 2004, 10:55 PM
Just two weeks from now, I'll be starting off on a 10-day film festival, with some SERIOUSLY good-looking movies in he lineup... I can get a limitless pass for €225 or a 20 movie pass for 110, which I think I will get since I'm tied up until 3.30 on Monday, 12.30 on Tuesday & Wednesday, 6.30 on Thursday and 4.30 on Friday with school. That said, the Thursday lineup looks so promising that I might just call it a day at lunch... here's the full list of the movies, oh and it's the Jameson Dublin International Film Festival, for the record...

Thursday
Timbuktu

Friday
Vacas
Blind Shaft
The Red Squirrel
Edi
Osama
The Cat’s Meow
My House in Umbria
On the Road
Monster (has Beecher)
The Barbarian Invasions

Saturday
21 Grams
It’s All About Love
Valentin
The Other Side of the Bed
One Last Chance
Love Me if You Dare
Sophiatown
Pieces of April
Pas Sur La Bouche
The Last Kiss
Mambo Italiano

Sunday
Wonderland
The Best or Youth
Forest
The Cooler
I’m Not Scared
The Clay Bird
Evil
Grand Theft Parsons (got Johhny Knoxville)
Arimpara
Distant
Leo
Anything Else

Monday
Close Your Eyes
Aileeen: Life & Death of a Serial Killer
My Brother In Law
The Lease
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
House of Sand & Fog
El Bonarense
The Station Agent
Spare Parts
Bon Voyage

Tuesday
Tierra
Under The Stars
The Python
Good Morning Night
National Film School Tribute
The Story of the Weeping Camel
The Dreamers
The Architect
The Company

Wednesday
Somnambuul
Lovers of the Arctic Circle
The Honeymooners
Errance
The Fog Of War
The Missing
At Five in the Afternoon
Rosenstrasse

Thursday
Sex & Lucia
Pupendo
Basque Ball
Headrush
Wondrous Oblivion
Blind Flight
The Return
Mister V

Friday
Bad Boys
Comedian
Internal Affairs
A Thousand Clouds of Peace
Capturing the Friedmans
Cowboysd & Angels
Japanese story
16 Years of Alcohol
Switchblade Romance

Saturday
Carandiru
Twilight Samurai
Fear X
Northfork
The Principles of Lust
Vodka Lemon
Bloom
Shattered Glass
Dans Ma Peau
Zatoichi
Buddy

Sunday
Battle Royal II: The Requiem
The Tulse Luper Suitcases: The Moab Story
The Saddest Music in the World
Tais-Toi
Choses Secrets
Greendale
Surprise film
Tha Halo Effect

Some of the movies I have to see there are 21 Grams, Edi, The Barbarian Invasions, the Best of Youth (SIX and half hurs long, fro m1pm to 7.30... if I do go to it, I'll miss every movie listed between it and Grand Theft Parsons, but Distant will still be there to see), the Fog of War & the Return. Still ,there are at least 30-40 movies I'd love ot be able to watch, too... I just hope I can coax a mate or two not spending €60 on a 10 movie pass, or getting a 20 movie pass... wouldn't want more than 2 or 3 of us there, though... bar 2 or 3 of my firends, the rest yap all through movies... REALLY irritating.

Still, two days back I didn't even know it was on, now I'm going to get at least a 20 movie pass, even if it means going to it alone in the pissing rain and wind of Dublin city centre, amidst a plethora of strung out heroine addicts... lovely.

So, anybody ever been to many festivals? I've been to soem music festivals, but they are obviously far different... what's the atmosphere usually like in movie festivals, and what other movies there would people recommend to see, or even avoid? feedback would be much appreciated, thanks.

Bilbao2Brooklyn
07 Feb 2004, 11:00 PM
Please comment on the Basque Ball film, if you see it.

nicodemus
08 Feb 2004, 01:54 AM
Originally posted by billyireland
So, anybody ever been to many festivals? I've been to soem music festivals, but they are obviously far different... what's the atmosphere usually like in movie festivals, and what other movies there would people recommend to see, or even avoid? feedback would be much appreciated, thanks. Film festivals are a lot of fun, but you need to be armed with a high tolerance for pretense. You'll be forced to suffer listening to every wannabe director and his brother while waiting to get into films. A lot of the crowds as well as the industry people take themselves way too seriously. They forget it is just entertainment. Be prepared to roll your eyes a lot and to ignore them and you'll have a great time. I love film festivals.