Penultimate
It's the end of the second to last real day of Sundance. Tomorrow is Saturday, and then Sunday they just screen the award winners.
We are about to see our fifth film of the day.
This morning began with a delightful road movie called The Go-Getter, starring Lou Pucci (Thumbsucker), Zooey Deschanel and Jena Malone. Hilarious script, complex characters, etc. Loved, loved, loved it. It's about a teenage boy who steals a car to drive cross country to tell his estranged brother that their mom is dead. Superbbbbb.
After that, we stayed at the Library for a documentary called Banished, about the racial cleansing that occurred in the deep south in the early 1900's when blacks were driven out of their communities in droves, and the issue of repairation. I thought it was good. Shiri wasn't convinced.
The 5:30 timeslot brought us to Sweet Mud, an Israeli film about a young boy living on kibbutz dealing with his mentally troubled mom. Very good, and of course Shiri enjoyed the whole experience a great deal.
After that, we made our way over to the Prospector for La Misma Luna, a Mexican film about the human side of illegal immigraion. I fell in love with the 9 year old boy in the film who risks his life to reunite himself with his mother who has been working across the border in the US. This one was purchased very early on in the fest, and for good reason. It's soooooooo good, and sweet. A little sentimental, but all of the positives weigh out that one kind of negative.
Now we're waiting at the Egyptian to see The Signal. Aint It Cool News calls it "the discovery of the festival," so for that reason I am excited. But, I'm nervous since it's a horror movie and I'm not too big on gore. We shall see.
Tomorrow we will probably see four movies, or maybe five, if we can get into The Ten at the Holiday (yeah right).
Now I will sip my Mountain Dew and hope not to fall asleep during the film (soooo tired).
We are about to see our fifth film of the day.
This morning began with a delightful road movie called The Go-Getter, starring Lou Pucci (Thumbsucker), Zooey Deschanel and Jena Malone. Hilarious script, complex characters, etc. Loved, loved, loved it. It's about a teenage boy who steals a car to drive cross country to tell his estranged brother that their mom is dead. Superbbbbb.
After that, we stayed at the Library for a documentary called Banished, about the racial cleansing that occurred in the deep south in the early 1900's when blacks were driven out of their communities in droves, and the issue of repairation. I thought it was good. Shiri wasn't convinced.
The 5:30 timeslot brought us to Sweet Mud, an Israeli film about a young boy living on kibbutz dealing with his mentally troubled mom. Very good, and of course Shiri enjoyed the whole experience a great deal.
After that, we made our way over to the Prospector for La Misma Luna, a Mexican film about the human side of illegal immigraion. I fell in love with the 9 year old boy in the film who risks his life to reunite himself with his mother who has been working across the border in the US. This one was purchased very early on in the fest, and for good reason. It's soooooooo good, and sweet. A little sentimental, but all of the positives weigh out that one kind of negative.
Now we're waiting at the Egyptian to see The Signal. Aint It Cool News calls it "the discovery of the festival," so for that reason I am excited. But, I'm nervous since it's a horror movie and I'm not too big on gore. We shall see.
Tomorrow we will probably see four movies, or maybe five, if we can get into The Ten at the Holiday (yeah right).
Now I will sip my Mountain Dew and hope not to fall asleep during the film (soooo tired).
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