My passion is movies, but there are other great things that I find time for. Art, Photography, Theatre, Gardening, my pets. If you want to follow along with my movie choices keep checking in. I see movies in all venues, at the theatre, at home downloaded from on demand, DVD's that I borrow from my local library (has a great selection of movies otherwise hard to get now), and of course I buy DVD's for my own library at home. I have been a TIFF devotee for about 13 years and proudly support this organization by subscribing to different cinema series that they offer throughout the year. During the winter months I go to the screenings on a Sunday morning of Reel Talk (both Contemporary World Cinema and Sneak Peaks), this way I get to enjoy new movies with other like minded people and engage in some good discussion about the movies we have just seen.
Yesterday, I watched an Australian film called "Face to Face", which is based on a programme that they have in Australia to find a resolution to societal conflicts, without going into the court system. It works when you have a somewhat minor infringement, in the case in this movie, a young guy has assaulted a superior from work and caused injury and damage to his bosses car, all because he has been the subject of bullying in the work place. The film works through this drama and strives to find a solution. It all seems to work a little too at, but the idea is a good one and one that maybe should be adopted in more places. My second movie of the day, was a very light romantic tale, available on Apple TV, "Like Crazy", it is like a rom com (without the comedy!). It is about a Young British girl who falls in love with a sweet furniture designing American boy while she is studying in LA. Over the next few years they have to work out, how and where they can be together and will their love survive. It is all about that heady young love which would be really nice if it could last forever. My last movie yesterday, was a huge leap away from the other two, an Italian movie, a few years old called Gomorra. A real gritty film about the crime families in Naples and their struggles for supremacy. Very, very violent and not for everyone, but if you enjoy this kind of thing it is a very well done film.
Today, I will probably only see one film, planning to go with girlfriends to see "Salmon Fishing in the Yemen", may comment on it later, if you are interested check back.
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