The less-than-stellar Elektra Luxx fails to eliminate the bad taste left from the Election Day documentary 11/4/08:
→The director of 11/4/08 states that he enlisted the help of friends around the world to film their experiences on Election Day in order to “see what history looks like,” but you know how the saying goes: History is written by the winners.
Tags: SXSW, Documentary, Comedy, Political, The House Next Door
EssayAlong with a review of the surprisingly good indie frat thriller Brotherhood, I take a closer look at the documentary Marwencol:
→I’m a bit wary of a documentary that feels the need to split itself up into chapters. To me, it’s typically a sign of a director that doesn’t quite know how to unify his material—one of the basic challenges of this genre.
Tags: SXSW, Documentary, WWII, Thriller, The House Next Door
EssayIn my first report from this year’s SXSW, I look at Michel Gondry’s family documentary The Thorn in the Heart, Ivan Reitman’s early and terrible Cannibal Girls, and Crying with Laughter:
→Joey Frisk (a very capable Stephen McCole) is a fireball on the verge of flaming out.
Tags: SXSW, Comedy, Camp, Documentary, Michel Gondry, Ivan Reitman, The House Next Door
Essay→A glove fits tightly onto a hand. Buttons securely hold the vest together. A cloak is draped over broad shoulders, hanging all the way down to a pair of boots. A sword is tucked safely into a belt. A wide shot reveals not a superhero, not a ranger, but a middle-aged overweight man named Scott, standing in a hotel room.
Tags: SXSW, The Dungeon Masters, Documentary, Forces of Geek
ReviewIf you’ve ever been to the Seattle Experience Music Project, you may have seen this impressive display: a 60-foot-tall tornado of electric guitars, which all just happen to be playing themselves. The mastermind behind the ambitious project goes by his last name only, Trimpin. The German native is a…well, it’s hard to decide how to classify the artist. Is he a composer?
→Tags: SXSW, Trimpin, Documentary, Art, Edward Copeland on Film
EssayThe final day of my short stay at SXSW; that means all of these late posts will be ending soon enough. Was it a worthy finish? Let’s see.
This documentary recounts the story of two Jews whose secret relationship sustained them through the horrors of concentration camps during World War II. Their main form of communication was through love letters.
→Tags: SXSW, Arranged, Castro, Documentary
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