Comments on: 2008 SXSW Film Festival Full Lineup http://www.torontoscreenshots.com/2008/02/05/2008-sxsw-film-festival-full-lineup/ Covering film in Toronto Sun, 06 Jul 2008 08:45:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Daniel Stamm http://www.torontoscreenshots.com/2008/02/05/2008-sxsw-film-festival-full-lineup/#comment-5640 Daniel Stamm Sat, 09 Feb 2008 06:52:58 +0000 http://www.torontoscreenshots.com/2008/02/05/2008-sxsw-film-festival-full-lineup/#comment-5640 You don't want to miss A NECESARY DEATH. That would just be a big fat mistake... You don’t want to miss A NECESARY DEATH.
That would just be a big fat mistake…

]]> By: Bob Turnbull http://www.torontoscreenshots.com/2008/02/05/2008-sxsw-film-festival-full-lineup/#comment-5614 Bob Turnbull Wed, 06 Feb 2008 18:16:19 +0000 http://www.torontoscreenshots.com/2008/02/05/2008-sxsw-film-festival-full-lineup/#comment-5614 There's a lot of great sounding docs in that list - "Front Runners", "Some Assembly Required", "A Necessary Death", "Obscene", "Second Skin", "Shot In Bombay" and a whole bunch of the music ones...I hope a big crop of them make their way up to Hot Docs. Some other comments: "The Amazing Truth About Queen Raquela" - A prostitute makes her way to Iceland with unexpected outcomes. You know you want to see this James! "American Teen" - I thought I heard this was quite good. A doc on high school cliques could be fascinating and possibly painful (depending on one's remembrances of high school). "Assassination Of A High School Principal" - High school noir? It's doubtful it could top "Brick" or even an episode of "Veronica Mars", but I like the concept. "At The Death House Door" - Any doc with Steve James' name attached is good enough reason to see it. "Choke" - Good reports out of Sundance. "Love Songs" - Ludivine Sagnier. "The Order Of Myths" - I read a couple of fabulous reviews of this coming out of Sundance. "Wild Blue Yonder" - If I remember correctly, Celia Maysles didn't exactly have the full participation of her uncle. This could make the film even more interesting. "Throw Down Your Heart" - I love Bela Fleck's music, so his journey to Africa to discover the roots of the banjo is an automatic sell for me. "Do You Sleep In The Nude?" - Hmmm, that may be a bit too much Rex Reed for one sitting... "Here Is What Is" - I think this was at TIFF as well. Any doc that takes you into a recording studio already has my attention. "Mongol" - Heard some good talk about this at TIFF and it's up for an Oscar as Best Foreign Language Film (Yeah, I know that means squat...). "The Night James Brown Saved Boston" - I'm not sure this could possibly be as good as I make it out to be in my own mind, but it's gotta be worth a viewing. "The Visitor" - The first film from Thomas McCarthy since "The Station Agent". Don't know much more about it though... And my favourite movie description (for "Don't Get Me Wrong") : "Within a stark Romanian psychiatric hospital, patients move stones, help each other perform daily tasks and discuss the existence of God and how to stop the rain." I think that film really needs a new marketing team to come up with a snappier blurb...B-) There’s a lot of great sounding docs in that list - “Front Runners”, “Some Assembly Required”, “A Necessary Death”, “Obscene”, “Second Skin”, “Shot In Bombay” and a whole bunch of the music ones…I hope a big crop of them make their way up to Hot Docs. Some other comments:

“The Amazing Truth About Queen Raquela” - A prostitute makes her way to Iceland with unexpected outcomes. You know you want to see this James!

“American Teen” - I thought I heard this was quite good. A doc on high school cliques could be fascinating and possibly painful (depending on one’s remembrances of high school).

“Assassination Of A High School Principal” - High school noir? It’s doubtful it could top “Brick” or even an episode of “Veronica Mars”, but I like the concept.

“At The Death House Door” - Any doc with Steve James’ name attached is good enough reason to see it.

“Choke” - Good reports out of Sundance.

“Love Songs” - Ludivine Sagnier.

“The Order Of Myths” - I read a couple of fabulous reviews of this coming out of Sundance.

“Wild Blue Yonder” - If I remember correctly, Celia Maysles didn’t exactly have the full participation of her uncle. This could make the film even more interesting.

“Throw Down Your Heart” - I love Bela Fleck’s music, so his journey to Africa to discover the roots of the banjo is an automatic sell for me.

“Do You Sleep In The Nude?” - Hmmm, that may be a bit too much Rex Reed for one sitting…

“Here Is What Is” - I think this was at TIFF as well. Any doc that takes you into a recording studio already has my attention.

“Mongol” - Heard some good talk about this at TIFF and it’s up for an Oscar as Best Foreign Language Film (Yeah, I know that means squat…).

“The Night James Brown Saved Boston” - I’m not sure this could possibly be as good as I make it out to be in my own mind, but it’s gotta be worth a viewing.

“The Visitor” - The first film from Thomas McCarthy since “The Station Agent”. Don’t know much more about it though…

And my favourite movie description (for “Don’t Get Me Wrong”) : “Within a stark Romanian psychiatric hospital, patients move stones, help each other perform daily tasks and discuss the existence of God and how to stop the rain.”

I think that film really needs a new marketing team to come up with a snappier blurb…B-)

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