so what's going on at the 2009 Toronto Film Fest?

I only know what I skim here:

http://www.theauteurs.com/notebook/posts

Kinda willing to see the Campion film, actually.

There's nothing I want to see even half as much as I want to see the Tom Ford softcore gay porn.

OK wait -- is that an adap of Isherwood's A Single Man, or am I confused?

(also there was a guy on a gay BB i post on a few years ago wh went by 'Tom Ford', and I had no idea he was namechecking some designer)

I think so, yeah.

Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Tom Ford screenplay
Christopher Isherwood novel
David Scearce screenplay

thx!

so, it's the fucking designer, right? (remember, Joel Schumacher used to dress store windows ... the Peter principle?)

Yes, but at least Tom Ford admits he likes good looking guy-on-guy action.

i'm looking forward to eventually seeing my boyfriend's* two new short films: http://www.theauteurs.com/films/4093

*girl can dream etc etc

Dare to dream.

joe & joe wd be confusing

bright star was good. it was really ~beautiful~

anyway, i've seen a lot of movies. most of them pretty good!!!

22 movies and counting so far.

Plz to report that the Mo'Nique perf is the real deal?

haven't seen it yet

something about the fact that the title of the movie is PUSH BASED ON THE NOVEL BY PRECIOUS has kept me away

highlights for me: bad lieutenant, first 10 mins of antichrist (and the fox), leaves of grass, glorious 39, bright star, enter the void (no shit), a prophet (if it were only 30 mins shorter :( )

even the terry gilliam was dece

survival of the dead sucked balls tho :(

I'm pretty sure I'll mostly hate Precious, but I'm also pretty sure I'll end up thinking Mo'Nique's perf is all-time.

enter the void (no shit)

Finally, someone likes it!

oh, that's what it is. Noe thanks.

i wasn't the only one, seems like it's been changed a bunch since cannes too so

interviewed werner herzog & nic cage today :D

I don't say this lightly -- soooo jealous!

they were both awes

WH was really warm and generous & inspiring... loved him

I would pay him to just talk and talk and talk for the rest of my life.

haha so true.

interviewed werner herzog & nic cage today :D

― fountain bleaut (s1ocki), Wednesday, September 16, 2009 1:08 AM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

rad!

cool. but they are both, in their differing ways, NUTS.

I mean, I couldn't even hate the shits in the Film Forum audience for laughing at Herzog's narration in the South Pole movie.

(however, The White Diamond is probably in my top 50 of the '00s)

cool. but they are both, in their differing ways, NUTS.

― A Patch on Blazing Saddles (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, September 16, 2009 12:51 AM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

that's why interviewing them (separately) was great!

also i think you are meant to laugh at at least some of the narration in all of his films. he is a really funny guy. that stuff is definitely done with a level of self-awareness/sense of humour.

was kind of underwhelmed by VINCERE today.

have you seen Police, Adjective?

i'm seeing it today! stoked

also interviewing marco bellochio. though TBH was underwhelmed by vincere.

did anyone see The Road?

yes. it was more like the choad iirc

man so awesome you interviewed herzog!!!!

made my week for sure.

glad to know that he's funny too. the south pole movie especially, when that penguin starts marching away towards the mountains was 100% hilarious

he really is a funny dude. and super warm and charming. i did the interview with a couple of other douchey journalists asking dumb questions at the table too and he deflected them perfectly w/o being mean... it was quite a feat actually. like he can tell you you're dumb to your face and make you feel good about it.

plz to know the dumb questions

because it looks like a dumb movie, frankly

well i mean questions by ppl who obv didnt see the movie and didnt really know who he was, like you can tell they just looked at his imdb and were like "oh you've made a lot of movies, can you tell us... what's up with that?"

the movie is kind of great tbh

I'm sure I'll love it, but I tend to like dumb movies by smart people.

i think you will love it

From some of the reports, I almost wish I was there for this one, but I'm sure all the ones I want to see will trickle down here eventually.

I had to come back yesterday. Didn't get to see "Lieutenant" but I did see "My Son, My Son..." which I really enjoyed.

s1ock were you at the "Trash Humpers" screening by any chance? good times.

also I had the bright idea of avoiding Survival of the Dead but still wound up at Bitch Slap, which I'm sure was many times worse.

The Loved Ones, on the other hand...that kicked ass.

The film festival annoyed me this year in a way it never has before. It's been trending this way for a little while now, but I think this might have been the year where it completed the transition from celebration of film to embarrassing celebrity worship. This thread is the first thing I think I've read where people are actually talking about movies instead of what George Clooney is wearing or what party Matt Damon will be attending tonight. The first 10 minutes of all the local news broadcasts look more like Entertainment Tonight than actual news programs.

anyone care about this story?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/film-news/6202117/Jane-Fonda-abandons-protest-against-Israel-at-Toronto-film-festival.html

The actress and veteran peace activist initially joined a group denouncing the event as propaganda for Israel after wading into a row over the decision to choose Tel Aviv as the subject of the first of a series of "City to City" showcases at the festival.

The British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen, Jerry Seinfeld, Lenny Kravitz and Natalie Portman have signed an open letter in support. But Fonda joined the British director Ken Loach, Julie Christie and Harry Belafonte among others in claiming that the festival organisers have fallen victim to lobbying by Israel.

related (sorry if I'm spamming:)

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/arts/movies/portman-speaks-out-against-protest-director-taps-nasa/article1290783/

In a roundtable interview yesterday morning for her new film Love and Other Impossible Pursuits, Natalie Portman explained why she signed a letter in support of Tel Aviv's inclusion in TIFF's City to City program - a choice that sparked a protest from other filmmakers.

"I just think the protest was very poorly considered," the Jerusalem-born actress said.

"I'm not saying Israel is beyond criticism, because there's plenty in Israel's politics that you can criticize. It's just, why boycott artists? It's ridiculous. If you want to talk about applauding places that are built on suffering, the United States was built on the genocide of 40 million native Americans. Are we going to boycott American films?"

"How about those slavery years?" Don Roos, the film's writer-director, piped in.

"Yeah, that slavery was awesome too," Portman said.

film festival was a bit annoying this year in general for a bunch of reasons. i'm so effing wiped.

anyway dont worry about missing survival of the dead it's truly dire.

oh also NOT a fan of police, adjective.

i'm in TO, hopefully seeing The White Ribbon tomorrow if i get rush tickets.

s1ocki, where are you staying?

at my parents' place in yorkville!!

what u doing in TO?

i'm visiting friends and i'm here til monday.

i'm going to dance to horse meat disco music at wrongbar in parkdale tomorrow. fancy that?

i'm sort of party-hopping a bit tomorrow night but maybe i'll come by!!

things I'm doing differently next year: see midnight madness movies at afternoon screenings; go to the cheaper, better-populated bar I was directed to on my last day; fewer "cold" viewings; bring a posse.

you know what dude

it's so worth seeing the MM ones AT midnight. much better crowd. i actually prefer seeing publics whenever poss cuz they're less full of jaded blackberrying curmudgeons. get a better response.

gonna spend my last real day of TIFF (besides closing thing tomorrow) checking out the apichatpong installation and seeing "to the sea" and "l'enfer de henri-georges clouzot."

what's the installation like? Report.

MM crowd = Fantasia crowd (albeit less disruptive), which is fun, but I can wait for Fantasia. my main problem was going to an MM screening, taking an hour to get back to St. Clair West where I was staying, getting to sleep at 3-3:30 AM and having to get up for a 9am press screening. (also, I only had rush vouchers, not a proper press pass, meaning I had to arrive pretty damn early at most screenings to be guaranteed a seat.)

everything i saw today was awesome and beautiful :D

and i interviewed christopher plummer.

could you hear the sound of mucus when he inhaled?

well how am i supposed to answer THAT.

while plucking edelweiss?

I saw him play Iago opp James Earl Jones.

i would have liked to have seen that.