Luck of the draw
You hope for the best when you submit your film list for the Toronto International Film Festival. Sometimes disaster strikes.
Out of 9 films, I received tickets for 3! I had to line up for almost 4 hours and scramble through the TIFF program guide to find 6 new films.
Both screenings of Borat? Sold out. Manufactured Landscapes. Sold out. Panic!
Fortunately there are a lot of great films to choose from (at least I hope they will be great). Here is my revised and final list of films that I will see this year. (Film titles link to the TIFF website).
FRI SEP 8
12:30 PM / Lights in the Dusk (Finland / Aki Kaurismäki)
9:00 PM / Vince Vaughan’s Wild West Comedy Show: 30 Days & 30 Nights – Hollywood to the Heartland (USA / A. Sandel)
SUN SEP 10
3:00 PM / Pan’s Labyrinth (Spain / Guillermo del Toro)
6:15 PM / The Killer Within (USA / Macky Alston)
MON SEP 11
10:15 AM / Rescue Dawn (USA / Werner Herzog)
TUE SEP 12
11:15 AM / Indigènes (France / Rachid Bouchareb)
3:00 PM / Cœurs (France / Alain Resnais
WED SEP 13
9:15 AM / Mon Colonel (France / Laurent Herbiet)
12:00 PM / Mon Meilleur Ami (France / Patrice Leconte)
I’m going through a French film phase right now. My last four films are all from France. The great thing about TIFF is that you can see films that may take a year or two to arrive in theatres or on DVD. Then again, some of these films may never get released in North America, which makes the festival a film fanatic’s dream.
I’ll be posting reviews of each film as I did last year. If you’re looking for more festival reviews then be sure to check in with consolationchamps.
Stumble It!Posted in 2006 TIFF at 12:04 AM
Comments
Pan’s Labyrinth is supposed to be excellent. If you haven’t already, see The Devil’s Backbone. Pan’s isn’t a sequel per se but del Toro has said it is the second in a trilogy (Backbone being the first).
Posted by: Ryan on September 5, 2006 8:09 AM
Thanks for the info Ryan. I had no idea about the trilogy of films del Toro is doing. Should be interesting.
The first film I’m seeing, Lights in the Dusk is the third film in a trilogy by director Kaurismaki.
Posted by: Jay Kerr on September 5, 2006 10:18 AM
I’ll keep my eyes out for you at Pan’s Labyrinth. And, umn, Rescue Dawn is listed at 10:15 am on Monday, not 6:15 pm. I’ve got that one too. Herzog features have fascinated me since I saw Aguirre: the Wrath of God as a young teenager and was entranced by its haunting dream quality.
Posted by: Mark on September 6, 2006 11:31 AM
Right you are Mark. I changed the time for Rescue Dawn and will look for in line on Sunday at Pan’s Labyrinth.
Posted by: Jay Kerr on September 6, 2006 11:49 AM
Hey thanks for the shoutout but how about a link? I can’t wait to start seeing films. I never review stuff I watch at home, but there’s something cool about coming home after a full day of watching three films and then just bashing out three reviews. And I hardly ever go back to edit them. I feel sorry for the guys reviewing 50 films during the festival, though…
Posted by: James on September 7, 2006 11:08 AM
