Is it silly that I sat for thirty-five minutes glued to YouTube and my computer watching the latest, if not greatest, showcase of Kanye West‘s pleionosis? No.
Kanye’s new music video film shows off a handful of songs from his album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasyincluding the namesake Runaway and borrows heavily from the film styles of some of my all time favorite films. Continue reading →
I’ve live in Columbia Missouri, off and on, since 2003. In my nearly seven years here I have managed to miss True/False 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009! That’s pretty despicable if you ask me. This year, with the help of Laura (@BigRed77) I vowed to make it to at least one film.
True/False started out for me with a wine tasting at Top Ten Wines (@TopTenWines) with Laura. The wines were delicious, a selection from Latin America, a wine region too often overlooked in a country seemingly obsessed with Australian, New Zealand and South African wines.
I feel I must confess that this picture isn’t exactly from the wine tasting but from a few days earlier. I just wanted to feature Laura’s husband (@EricCox) in a post, it’s been way too long since we’ve gotten to hang out!
Just before our tasting began, the True/False Film Festival parade broke out. It’s one of the most unique parades I’ve ever experienced, reminded me a lot of the Houston Art Car Parade. Crazy costumes, grandmas dancing, marching bands marching and artists just doing their art. So much fun and love and happiness. Oh, and a side of just weird!
I bumped into my friend Paul shooting as a volunteer for True/False, something else I always forget to do. Apparently, volunteering not only gets you into the fun after-parties but also a sweet hoodie and access to the films!
Laura and I saw Colony together which investigates the vanishing bees all across America. The film started out really strong, mixing comedy with the serious ramifications of a bee shortage but began to fall apart towards the end. Still, a definite recommendation if you can find it for rent somewhere.
After the movie, and a little more time at Top Ten Wines, we caught a late dinner at Sycamore followed by a short stint at The Blue Fugue for some live music. It was a great evening and a wonderful start of my very first True/False Film Festival.
The next day I wandered around town, shot some photos with my new Nikon 85mm f1.8 lens and just generally enjoyed the wonderful weather gifted to us for the weekend.
I managed to snag tickets to the closing ceremony and film on the last night of the festival. The film was Last Train Home, a film about the annual migration of Chinese workers back home for Chinese New Year. It’s the largest migration of people in the world and it happens once a year, every year. The film was pretty great and will be shown again at SXSW.
However, perhaps the best part of the finale was getting to see a short recap video that the company I work for created. As a bonus, it turns out a great friend of mine did a large portion of the video! I was so impressed and pleased to see that they put it on Vimeo so I can share it with you guys right here. If you’ve never been to Columbia Missouri, here’s a wonderful look at our amazing city.
M. Night Shyamalan lost my respect several films ago. The Sixth Sense was awesome but it seemed every film after that was a little bit more horrendous than the one before it.
But maybe that’s changing. I know it doesn’t really show all that much, and the first half of the trailer looks like it’s going to be some National Lampoons ninja spoof, but it looks pretty interesting.
Can’t believe I’m about to say this BUT, I’m actually interested in a movie by Tyler Perry starring Mo’Nique along side Mariah Carey. I would normally say any combination of those listed in a film equaled disaster, but this time I’m not so sure…
What do you think? Worth seeing? Sundance thought so, plus it is inspiring and uplifting. So… I think it’s a go for me. Plus, one killer soundtrack!