August 2001

Line Up

by James McNally on August 28, 2001

in Film Festivals,TIFF

Today I began the annual bit­ter­sweet ritual of lining up for the Toronto International Film Festival. Today it was picking up the pro­gram book. Thursday morning, it’s lining up to drop off my film picks. Monday morning is lining up to pick up tickets and see how many of my picks I got, then lining up again to pick altern­ates. Then during the actual fest­ival, it’s lining up at every film to get in. Lots of inter­esting con­ver­sa­tions are over­heard in line. Stay tuned…

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Trailer for Waking Life

by James McNally on August 15, 2001

in Uncategorized

This is the trailer for Richard Linklater’s new film, Waking Life. I’m hoping to see it at the Toronto International Film Festival this year.

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We Want Widescreen Wonka!

by James McNally on August 8, 2001

in DVD

Stop the insanity! Warner Bros. has changed its mind and is now threat­ening to release the DVD for Willy Wonka (the classic film star­ring Gene Wilder based on Roald Dahl’s “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”) in a full-screen only (ie. “pan and scan”) ver­sion as opposed to the ori­ginal widescreen aspect ratio. Hurry now and join almost 5,000 others in signing this peti­tion to get Warner to reconsider.

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