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Short films judging for the VC film fest. It's due tomorrow, I've watched it all twice, again doing my duty to take this serious since in the end, it just helps. It's a tough one though. Imagine judging a doc against a narrative against a music video against an animation. How do you do it? It's sort of like picking your favorite fruit or your favorite doughnut. You just have one, sort of. What...
Short films judging for the VC film fest. It’s due tomorrow, I’ve watched it all twice, again doing my duty to take this serious since in the end, it just helps. It’s a tough one though. Imagine judging a doc against a narrative against a music video against an animation. How do you do it? It’s sort of like picking your favorite fruit or your favorite doughnut. You just have one, sort of. What about comparing the best type of food. Is it Vegetable, Beef, or Sweets? Vegetables are healthiest, you can eat it daily for the rest of your life. If you ate only beef, you’d shit badly all the time. Sweets only, you’d get diabetes, but it tastes good. Seems like veggies are the best for you, although good sweets sure are great. Great steak tastes good too. One is better for you in the long run, the others are definitely better in the short run. Tough pick in a way. I’m still deciding between the Vegetable and Dessert film. I can’t pick. I also saw Up the Yangtze a film about the river that’s being dammed and is displacing 2 million people and maybe now 2 million more. It’s an arty documentary. I’m on the fence if I liked it a lot. I think I was looking for it to be more informative, as in something I’d see on Discovery channel. This film is much more poetic and touching, something totally unexpected, and that’s why it’s getting some distribution, it has a viewpoint, tempo, art direction, and style.
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Amazing sight at the DGA this evening. Tons of people packed the lobby and it felt like it was opening night one more time, but this time Sunday at 6:30pm, when then became 7pm and then maybe 7:20 by the time the film began. Kissing Cousins a film by Amyn Kaderali was the special feature film that's put in the middle. They call it a center piece film when it's not an opener or a closer to get that...
Amazing sight at the DGA this evening. Tons of people packed the lobby and it felt like it was opening night one more time, but this time Sunday at 6:30pm, when then became 7pm and then maybe 7:20 by the time the film began. Kissing Cousins a film by Amyn Kaderali was the special feature film that’s put in the middle. They call it a center piece film when it’s not an opener or a closer to get that extra special showing in there. Did you know that? I’ve only recently learned about the centerpiece spot in a festival. What did I think about the film? Honestly, it was a great first feature. Kaderali masterfully weaves a ton of characters to make a fun family comedy. I guess you can say romantic comedy featuring an Indian lead dude who’s just a dude and not an Ethnic portrayal. It’s funny, and he gets away with a lot of scenes that could have easily gone south. Impressive. I felt it wasn’t lit right, might be my only criticism. Maybe it was the projection. Either way, it’s worthy of support. Kissing Cousins site. This has to be temporary since it’s it’s an ip address. I ate one too many samosas beforehand, which were really good. I’m sure they were out there for Kaderali and his friends, but I munched as many as I could anyway. Having that festival badge helps. Kaderali was still being interviewed. He’s a tall dude picking his eye. The weird thing is, life’s grand during the festivals, but if you don’t have “big” (as in Hollywood) interest, it’s a big up that crests at the festival and then turns back into regular life soon after. But I think the highs are fun for that minute.
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Takashi Murakami's show Davy Jones' Tear opening took place at Blum and Poe. I'm sure everyone wants to know how much everything is. I never bothered to find out, but they weren't free or cheap. They probably hit the 7 figures+ and I heard they were all sold. From one of his past associates, I found out it's not uncommon for an artist to follow up a big ass show in the same city with another...