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’11 SLIFF BUZZ – Those I found the time to write about…
Eco-Pirate is tonight at the Tivoli at 9:30 p.m. The others, check the schedule: The Welcome, Peace, Restoration, To Be Heard, The Hammer… but MANY others I did not get to write about. The ’11 St. Louis International Film Festival (SLIFF) website.
’11 SLIFF BUZZ: Eco-Pirate
My short review: Eco-Pirate: Paul Watson saw the clubbing of a baby seal at age 11 (cf. below) and his life seems like a heroic effort to stop ANY further killing from happening. He has stood in harpoon’s way to defend whales and his actions challenge most “well intentioned people.” As he puts it himself, […]
’11 SLIFF BUZZ PEACE 予告篇
PEACE My short review: Are you familiar with Barthes’s “Degree Zero of Writing,” Lévinas’s philosophy of caress* or Ozu’s elliptical cinema? For the viewer of this astounding film these came to mind, but all that is required is the openness and patience that subtlety demands. Mono No Aware, the Japanese concept often translated as “the […]
’11 SLIFF BUZZ: The Welcome
My review: Civilians expect the military to do the dirty work for them: send them to HELL… and if they are lucky enough to come back alive, ask them to reintegrate as if nothing happened. 24 courageous veterans connect with their pain to allow us, the so-called civilized world, to hear a few words. One […]
’11 SLIFF BUZZ: Restoration – Boker Tov Adon Figelman בוקר טוב אדון פידלמן
A short review: Restoration “Cracks let the light in” says Leonard Cohen; director Yossi/Joseph Madmony gambled on Sasson Gabay, the venerable Israeli actor, to trust the eloquence of his face to carry that light, and he won! A great many subtleties anchor the main character within the spikes and valleys of a lively cardiogram. Beyond […]
’11 SLIFF BUZZ: To Be Heard
Short review: Power Writing to create that safe place to be in/out of the hood. A student shouts “Poetry is rehab!” – a teacher inspires students to “pass the test of life… at a very special level, far beyond their subsistence” and hopes “to produce literate, ethical, politically motivated students. People who are going to […]
’11 SLIFF BUZZ: The Hammer/Hamill – the movie
A short review: Based on real events (Matt Hamill a.k.a. The Hammer)… An irresistible grandfather guides his grandson – you’ve got to wrestle with life (à la Jacob?): “If you don’t believe in yourself, I am not going to… Why do you think you have the right to feel sorry for yourself? The world can […]
Highlights
VERY MUCH IN PROGRESS! Look and ordering, with time, will be set-up properly – Thank you for your patience. NSK (New Styles Krew) & Charles “Lil Buck” Riley: http://wp.me/pmK2O-1Iq (Korean) Intangible Asset No. 82 http://wp.me/pmK2O-1Fi Sunda Suling (short sample)http://wp.me/pmK2O-1kH Kenya’s John C. Ojwang http://wp.me/pmK2O-1vn Two Key Poems by Prévert (Aussi en Français!)http://wp.me/pmK2O-13M Ménilmontant by Dimitri […]
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