Frenchy’s Fracas

 2006 Edition

Well, another interesting year of film festival antics have gone by. I enjoyed myself very much with quite some nice and thought provoking movies. I was quite lucky not to have to watch too many crap movies. My selection of films hasn’t matched the results of the Audience Award (do have a look, willya?) as much as last year, so that’s nice too ;o)
Here’s my list of favorites this year:

Looking at the list, I reckon I should’ve given Running Stumbled higher marks, especially because it’s one of the movies I keep telling people about, but alas.. the vote has already been cast..
Two real documentaries on me list, not bad. Three US movies, wow.. A musical too, WTF?!?

A funny thing is being found by search machines, a really funny thing is when other sites refer to you or link to you.. My ego (lower caps, always) knows no bounds!!
Thanks to the people at Zone 5300 for linking me and especially the people at Cinematical for quoting me on Reefer Madness and Analife, ouch.. heheh..

Conclusion: I’m a very happy puppy, should’ve conserved my energy a bit better, but still a great festival!!
Big thanks to Kayan for helping me out with the schedule, Kayan Rulez! heheh..

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“Running Stumbled“

First off: it’s the second of four screenings that had technical problems causing a delay. Good thing I didn’t have another movie planned directly afterwards ;o).
Documentary with quite a punch: a film maker goes back to his drug crazed father who was accused of accidental murder by charging the car with his wife and young son into a tree (or post, can’t remember). The father has lives with another woman now, but she too is way too dependent on drugs.
Just to make things clear: we’re not talking about cocaine or heroin but legal medication like Xanax and a great list of other stuff.
Plot-wise: it’s a clear-cut documentary about the way these people live and the lives they’ve wasted. Brutal in its depiction, no violence, no drama just tragedy..
Conclusion: even though I almost dozed off one time, I still think it was a very moving and honest movie and it’s probably a very good documentary too.

Well, off to do some volunteer work for the festival!!

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