too many movies...

#7 - Diary of the Dead
#8 - Ballast
#9 - My Winnipeg (my equal fave with Blind Loves and In My Father's Country)
#10 - Barry Mackenzie Holds His Own
#11 - Ashes of Time Redux

Wow - inspiring but exhausting. I have now consequently been struck down with a gnarly cold. i am full of fever, snot and flu aches. Managed to get the whole week through work so far but just had to go home this arvo cause I was incapable of holding a conversation...

film #6

fata morgana

a werner herzog film that seemed to be (although can anyone ever be sure with a herzog film) about creation. amazing soundtrack with everything from opera to leonard cohen. little dialogue and mainly continual panning shots of landscape set to said music. visual meditation. highly recommended!

film #5

kate bush: under review

what a shame! this was a horrible documentary with the most useless interview with british twodgy men who claimed to know all about kate bush. narration from hell. dry as biscuits and we would have walked out if it weren't luckily filled with awesome clips of kate bush's songs. it was a sold out session and recommended by MIFF - umm, maaa! it was shocking but thoroughly enjoyable as the whole audience was in fits of laughter over the moronic narration.

film #4

blind loves

a gorgeous slovakian documentary that gave snippets of a handful of people who lived their lives with little to no eyesight with love and wanting to be loved as the universal theme. my equal favourite so far!

film #3

in my father's country

a beautiful, no frills documentary about initiation of the Law of Men in a community in north west Arnhem land. no narration. just beautifully poignant moments about a community striving to acknowledge ancient traditions amongst the sometimes pointless bureaucracy of the past government. not trite or too ernest, nor any tinge of condescending romanticism. beautiful contrasts between ancient and modern life. i hope this movie gains general release. highlight so far!