Singing To The Choir

An Inconvenient Truth (USA) 2006

Who Killed The Electric Car? (USA) 2006

Maybe it's, preaching to the converted. Depending on who you are and what your political beliefs are, these two documentaries are the best thing since sliced bread or they are pieces of crap. So the question becomes, where are documentaries that refute the information provided in both of them? Where O where are you?

Coming To A Theater Near Me

La Luna De Avellaneda - UltraStar Hazard Center

Lady Vengenance - Landmark Ken Cinema

The Heart of the Game - Landmark Hillcrest Cinema

The Summer Of My Discontent

I know. It should be the winter of my discontent. Expectations, or it should be unreasonable expectations. I expect "good" film in the summer. I expect film that will make me think. Film that will make me happy, sad, angry, mad. I haven't got that. I've gotten film that sucks unless it was made before 1980 or it was made from another country other than the U. S. I know, I'm asking a lot. I realize that American film is about "making" money. I get this way each summer because I'm looking forward to my holiday. The Vancouver International Film Festival. Now that I've ranted, I feel better. Not about American film, but about that fact that I still have hope. At least I think I do.

Coming To A Theater Near Me

Clerks II - wide

Who Killed the Electric Car? - Landmark's Hillcrest Cinema

Wassup Rockers - Landmark's Hillcrest Cinema

Two Sides of the Same Coin

A Scanner Darkly (USA) 2006

Princess Raccoon (Japan) 2005

Drugs are bad. Love is good. "A Scanner Darkly" is Richard Linkleter's cautionary tale of the Philip K. Dick novel.

"Princess Raccoon" from Senjun Suzuki is the musical that he was finally allowed to make. Based mostly on a Japanese folk tale is part Shakespeare, part Hatfield and McCoy, part Bollywood musical. He threw everything into this. He gave us 4 different endings. Funny.

The Fall Of Fujimori, Part Dos (Ni) (Two)

Our friends at PBS have setup a website in conjuction with the showing of "The Fall Of Fujimori" on PBS. It's http://www.pbs.org/pov/pov2006/falloffujimori/

Secret Cinema

Secret Cinema is good. Suprise, surprise surprise. Every other Sunday Evening. Check out my links.

Coming To A Theater Near Me

Strangers With Candy - Landmark's Ken Cinema
A Scanner Darkly - Landmark's Hillcrest Cinema and La Jolla Village Cinema

He Said, She Said

State of Fear (US/Peru) 2005 English, Spanish (With English Subtitles)

The Fall of Fujimori (US) 2005 English, Shanish (With English Subtitles)

The Road To Guantanamo (UK) 2006 English



It's a matter of he says, she says. "State of Fear" is about the rise and fall of Alberto Fujimori from the point of view of a view middle and upper class citizens of Peru. They tell how much they loved Fujimori until he went "overboard" in taking the personal liberties of Peruvians away. It goes over the major events of Peru during Fujimori's time as president.

"The Fall of Fujimori" is from the point of view of President Fujimori. As he tells us, he did everything he did for the sake of Peru. He's not a murderer or corrupt.

The story of the "Tipton 3". Detailed and graphic view of their vacation and soon to be marriage of one of them. Like normal young men, they don't keep up on current events. September 11th had just happened and it was time for a marriage, so they go back to Pakistan to get married. They do the tourist thing and decide to visit Afghanistan. The get captured by the Northern Alliance and get turned over to the U. S. They are then sent to Guantoanmo and it takes 2 years for the U. S. to figure out that they are just 3 lads from Tipton.

What a glorious world we live in.

Army of Shadows (France) 1969

Action. Who needs action. Jean-Pierre Melville doesn't. This dark story of the French Resistance during WWII is paced. The story of a small group of fighters who go about the mundane existance of day-to-day life. The choices they make are not happy choices, but the make them in order to stay alive and keep fighting. There is no glory for these fighters. Beautiful yet sad. No one likes the choices they have to make, but they make them anyway in order to keep on fighting. Lino Ventura and Simone Signoret highlight a wonderful cast that shines.

Coming To A Theater Near Me

The Road to Guantanamo - Landmark's Ken Cinema
Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man - Landmark's Hillcrest Cinemas
12 and Holding - Landmark's Hillcrest Cinemas
Lemming - Landmark's La Jolla Village Cinemas
The Fall of Fujimori - Sunday Only San Diego Downtown Public Library

The Hard Part

The hard part has begun. I now have to come up with something. In the beginning, I'll write about the films I see. My tastes in film is varied. It's easier to talk about what I don't like as opposed to what I like. I dislike greatly anything Hollywood, but I'll watch Indiewood on a case by case basis. I dislike Bollywood musicals and horror (though I will watch some Asian Horror). I'll watch just about anything from any country outside of the U.S. I like foreign film because they concentrate on script and character. I dislike Hollywood because they use special effects to hide script problems. Hollywood spends to much to make movies. They pay actors too much. My problem is not with the actors, but with the studios. I attend the Vancouver International Film Festival each year and I try to attend local film festivals hear in San Diego. I've attended the San Diego Latino Film Festival as time has permitted. This year I'll try to attend the San Diego Asian Film Festival, but I'm not sure as it starts just before I return from Vancouver. Hopefully this will help in understanding my film tastes.

This is it

After thinking about this for sometime, I've decided to start a blog. It will be mostly about film, but I write about whatever I feel like writing about.