Monika’s Pensieve

So this was the last day of the festival for me this year…
Pärnography
Impressions In Short
It probably wasn’t the best of ideas to come in late for the film :] I felt a bit lost for about half of it. Would have helped also if I had known a bit more about Estonia’s history - other [...]

Friday was a busy day (4 films), but a good one - no major disappointments :)
Secrecy
Impressions In Short
Very professionally made documentary. Some excellent interviews.
Some Details
It’s a very well-made documentary. Mainly it consists of interviews with people who were at one time or other involved with government policies to do with keeping certain information classified. There [...]

American Military Intelligence and You!
Impressions In Short
Small, funny, sarcastic film.
Some Details
Basically, the director took the style used in films made during World War II to train US soldiers and made his own propaganda film of a totally different nature. It’s not the most amazing film ever, but there are some wonderful, very sarcastic lines which [...]

In the end I didn’t go to see Donkey in Lahore today, was just too tired and too busy *sigh* Not that I should lament too much about it - having bought 12 tickets I won’t exactly be film deprived this week :]
Anyway, Saturday reviews…
Be Like Others
Impressions In Short
Fascinating topic, average film.
Some Details
I don’t think [...]

Belated post, I know :] As planned, I saw three films on Friday…
Full Battle Rattle
Impressions In Short
I thought it was excellent :) A very clever way of approaching the subject matter of the war on terror.
One of the biggest strengths of the film IMO is that it’s very difficult to suss what the directors’ opinion [...]

{FILM SPOTTING}
The Warsaw Film Festival starts on Friday, so it’s high time I looked into what they’re showing and choose something - a task which is not as easy as it sounds (on top of which I’m feeling a little guilty right now - I should be correcting the documentation of my degree project rather [...]

Ever since the release of Snakes on a Plane (2006) loads of jokes about it have been made. I’ve never seen the film, but the title just says it all ;) In fact that is exactly how the film was marketed:

What I hadn’t realized until recently was that it was an ongoing joke in the [...]

By popular demand, a post about Matsumoto Jun at last ;)
{FILM SPOTTING}
Film: Myu no Anyo Papa ni Ageru
Release Date: 30th August 2008
Director: Yoshino Hiroshi
Cast: Matsumoto Jun, Karina
TV Network: NTV
Plot
From d-addicts:
The drama is based on a true story of Yamaguchi Hayato (25), a young man who learns he has a rare illness known as CIDP, which [...]

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Film: Binbo Danshi (Japan 2008)
Seen: late August to mid-September
Runtime: 9 episodes, 45′-60′ each
Release Date: 15th January 2008 in Japan
Polish Distributor: doesn’t exist :]
Director: Inomata Ryuichi, Yoshino Hiroshi, Shigeyama Yoshinori
Cast: Oguri Shun, Yamada Yu, Yashima Norito, Miura Haruma, Yusuke Santamaria
TV Network: NTV
Plot: The main character is an incurable optimist and is incapable of saying no [...]

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Film: Milarepa (Bhutan/India 2006)
Seen: 13th September 2008 (in the cinema with Kinga *grin*)
Runtime: 90′
Release Date: 5th of September 2008 in Poland and according to imdb Poland seems to be the only country that released this film in normal distribution *shocked*
Polish Distributor: Manana
Director: Neten Chokling
Cast: Jamyang Lodro
Production House: Shining Moon Productions
Plot: The story of Milarepa [...]