Thursday, October 18, 2007

Three Rivers Film Festival 2007

The Three Rivers Film Festival website posted its list of films recently, and I'm a bit disappointed. I suppose I shouldn't be; I've seen the up-and-down crowds at the screenings I've attended over the past few years. But I remember how exciting it was to see Notre Musique in a packed theater on a Saturday afternoon. And three years ago Guy Maddin appeared at the festival's opening night with Cowards Bend the Knee, on the same night they screened Moolade. Don't get me wrong-- there are a few really great films in there. We'll get a baby sitter and see Persepolis, and I'm going to catch the Kenneth Anger program and the Burnett film and a couple of others look really good. I'm sure there are some great films in there that I just haven't found yet. I had just been hoping we'd get more of the Toronto films, like we have in years past. I'm not as surprised that 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days is absent, but from the nothing I know about festival programing it seems like Silent Light or The Banishment or The Man From London or Secret Sunshine or Useless would have been in the range.

As always, any recommendations would be warmly appreciated.

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