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Sep. 29th, 2004 11:46 ammovie stuff . . .
the boy and i are going to a few films at the chicago international film festival, which starts this weekend -
* we're going to see an early screening of brad anderson's the machinist (with christian bale and jennifer jason leigh). it's about a factory worker who hasn't slept in a year, and he begins to have bizarre hallucinations. quite appropriately, we're seeing a midnight show. it's been one of my greatly anticipated fall releases, so i'm really excited.
* also, the taste of tea, a japanese film by katsuhito ishii, who did the anime segment in kill bill vol. 1. from what i can tell, it will be in a similar vein as happiness of the katakuris, but perhaps without the songs.
* the journey, an indian film by a chicago director, about two women who develop a lesbian relationship, and the controversy that surrounds them in their kerala village. i might also go see another indian film, raincoat, starring aishwarya rai.
i finally got around to seeing vanity fair yesterday. i'm not familiar with the book, but i know nair made some character changes, particularly to becky. in any case, it was quite odd. it's probably my least favorite of her films, though i thought witherspoon was rather good. i thought it rather bloodless, without much of the spark i would expect from a writer like thackeray. however, it will be an excellent text for my thesis.
the boy and i are going to a few films at the chicago international film festival, which starts this weekend -
* we're going to see an early screening of brad anderson's the machinist (with christian bale and jennifer jason leigh). it's about a factory worker who hasn't slept in a year, and he begins to have bizarre hallucinations. quite appropriately, we're seeing a midnight show. it's been one of my greatly anticipated fall releases, so i'm really excited.
* also, the taste of tea, a japanese film by katsuhito ishii, who did the anime segment in kill bill vol. 1. from what i can tell, it will be in a similar vein as happiness of the katakuris, but perhaps without the songs.
* the journey, an indian film by a chicago director, about two women who develop a lesbian relationship, and the controversy that surrounds them in their kerala village. i might also go see another indian film, raincoat, starring aishwarya rai.
i finally got around to seeing vanity fair yesterday. i'm not familiar with the book, but i know nair made some character changes, particularly to becky. in any case, it was quite odd. it's probably my least favorite of her films, though i thought witherspoon was rather good. i thought it rather bloodless, without much of the spark i would expect from a writer like thackeray. however, it will be an excellent text for my thesis.
