Albert Markovski (Jason Schwartzman) has a conundrum. He's the leader of the local chapter of the Open Spaces Coalition where he uses poetry to save the area from suburban sprawl. However, he has a problem. He continually and without warning runs into this tall African man and wants to know the meaning of why it keeps occurring.
What is existentialism? Why do we care?
Existentialism is defined as "a philosophy that emphasizes the uniqueness and isolation of the individual experience in a hostile or indifferent universe, regards human existence as unexplainable, and stresses freedom of choice and responsibility for the consequences of one's acts".
EIFF Review: International Shorts – Package I
Posted by: Scott Hayes • October 15, 2004 @ 11:59am
This first of four series of international shorts (still mostly Canadian and American) was a pleasant surprise. Being just a regular moviegoer doesn't often afford the opportunity to see short films in theatres or otherwise. So here I am and there they are.
Package I had 8 films in total and together they all came in at about 80 minutes.
EIFF Review: Temptress of a Thousand Faces
Posted by: Scott Hayes • October 15, 2004 @ 11:59am
I had to see for myself this obscure old bad martial arts movie from the legendary Shaw Brothers. There's nothing like good old ShawScope to put a smile on your face.
I'll admit a guilty pleasure for bad films. This ranks right up there.
I would recommend that people attend this beautiful, powerful, artistic, and strange collection of situational poetry. That is, poems by various authors are read out and related to different life experiences, such as love, death, birth, truth, beauty, etc.
This was a pretty complex and challenging movie to enjoy because it's in German, so the subtitles are key.
Team America: World Police is vile, vulgar, and the most politically incorrect movie since the last time Trey Parker and Matt Stone got together on the big screen. It's also very, very funny. But those expecting a lop-sided, Bush-bashing, Michael Moore-style rant may be disappointed.
Well, it seems it doesn't take much for South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone to offend someone with their politically incorrect and often abrasive version of humor. After watching the first ten minutes of their new film, someone is sure to scream for a refund.
Laura Linney has an effortless acting talent to portray most of her characters with grace, charm, and ease. She becomes the light of the film. Other similarly talented actresses include Elisabeth Shue, Molly Parker, and Nicole Kidman.
Review: Team America: World Police
Posted by: Mark McLeod • October 15, 2004 @ 11:59am
In world politics, the concept of America acting as sort of a world police force has come up time and time again. Just take George W. Bush's recent actions in the war on terrorism and his attack on Iraq based on the so-called existence of weapons of mass destruction, despite the fact that no weapons existed in that country.
Ryan (Matt Fentiman) and Grant (Mark Hildreth) aren't your normal couple, but they are in love and after dating one another for a long period of time they have decided to spend the rest of their lives together as one.
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