Frenchy’s Fracas

Another year, another film festival. Didn’t break my record of movies seen (23 last year), even had fun going to some of the festival parties in the closing weekend.
Had brilliant Monday after the last crew party: took the day off, heheh..

Best movie: Fear(s) Of The Dark (and scariest..)
Best FeelGood movie: Juno
Most Intense movie: Men’s Group
Most Disappointing movie: Let’s Finish!!!
Have a look at the rest of my ratings here.

Here’s the list of the Audience Award for the 2008 Festival:

Oh, check out the list of the Audience Awards for this years festival. First time ever for me to have seen the top three during the festival.

So, how was the festival itself? Fine,

• They make a mean mojito at Cinerama
• Quite a surprise, the little snow storm on Friday the 1st.
• The parties were great this year.
• Enjoyed seeing some faces from festivals past

Have a look at some of the pics I made this festival; counting down the days for next year!

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IFFR2008 - The Cinemas, originally uploaded by frenchy_rjp.

1. IFFR2008 - De Doelen,
2. IFFR2008 - Luxor,
3. IFFR2008 - Cinerama,
4. IFFR2008 - Lantaren/Venster,
5. IFFR 2008 - Rotterdam Schouwburg

Yeah, I know I left out Pathe and De Unie, but I despise the former and always ignore the latter ;o)

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IFFR2008 - The Parties, pt.2, originally uploaded by frenchy_rjp.

1. IFFR2008 - Closing Crew Party - Cutie,
2. IFFR2008 - Closing Crew Party - Heheh..,
3. IFFR2008 - Closing Crew Party - Gem Performing..,
4. IFFR2008 - Closing Crew Party,
5. IFFR2008 - The Usual Suspects at the closing party,
6. IFFR2008 - Closing Crew Party - It’s Done, Next Year Again?

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IFFR2008 - The Parties, pt.1, originally uploaded by frenchy_rjp.

1. IFFR2008 - The Usual Suspects at the closing party,
2. IFFR2008 - The Usual Suspects at the closing party,
3. IFFR2008 - Closing Crew Party - The Crowd,
4. IFFR2008 - Closing Crew Party - Insane Snack Girl,
5. IFFR2008 - Closing Crew Party,
6. IFFR2008 - Closing Crew Party - Festival Director

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Movie: 881 (Royston Tan, Singapore, Japan, 2007, 105′)

Date: Feb 2, 2008

Rating:
(Great musical drama, just a bit too long)

Plot: Read imdb.com user samuelding85’s excellent commentary on the film for more background on the Singapore musical tradition called Getai.
Back to the plot: two young women dream of becoming Getai artists and are willing to sacrifice everything. We see their rise to fame and the inevitable rivalry, drama, fun and loss.

Cast: Strong performances allround.

Visuals: Loved me those performance scenes, over the top costumes and gimmicks. Also, the magic/fantasy special effects were great fun!

Conclusion: It’s been compared to Moulin Rouge and rightly so: a musical drama with entertaining songs, props and drama.
Problem was the duration, 105 minutes was way too long.
I did enjoy this movie for its strengths and didn’t have too much problems with its weaknesses. An excellent festival closer!

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