Krispy's Blog

It’s the third day of the festival and today I will have my first shift at one of the press&industry viewings. I did went by the crew room yesterday, nice to see a lot of familiar faces again this year. Feels like a sort of homecoming every year. This might be the last post during the festival, because I expected some place to be able to A short description of the films I have seen (longer descriptions may follow after the festival):

With Blood on My Hands – Pusher II Danish movie about the downside of society. Hard, rough and unpolished, the movie tells the story about a pusher, who doesn’t seem to be able to make a good decission in his life. The movie breaths a 70’s atmosphere, because of the art direction and

The Tuner Russian black and white avant-garde movie. The movie starts very strong, with beautifull camerawork in it and some fascinating games with light and shades, just as frenchy wrote already. It felt a bit like Tuvalu. The same atmosphere and stiff acting. But the plot of the movie is weak and unsurprising. After an hour I was about to leave the screaning. I stayed to the end, because I thougth I was not good to walk out during the second day already. To bad I didn’t walk out.

Buffaly Boy Beautifull Vietnamese movie about people who live in an area that floods every year. The movie tells the story about a boy who groes up there at a small farm and goes to work with the buffalo herds. The movie contains lovely shots from the surroundings. Although The Netherlands contain a lot of water, it was strange for me to see people living in houses which were completely surrounded by water (not an inch of dry land left besides the house).

Illumination French movie about a young fisherman living on the edge of water and land, and living on the edge of mental illnes as well. Nice camerawork, both on the sea and on the land. Powerfull actors, who acted very convincing. A very good example of the best France can make.

A Portrait of America as a Young Empire This wasn’t actually a movie. It was more a programme with old American propaganda and instruction movies, dating back from the ’50 and ’60. Interesting to see the same retoric, which is now beiing used against terrorists, used against the communists. Makes you wonder what kind of instruction movies about psyops they show now a days. The director, Francois Bucher, told me after the screening that the old material is available under the Creative Commons license at the internet archives.