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Full Frame Day 2
The Flying Shepherd
http://www.fullframefest.org/more_film_info.php?id=65
A short film about Romanian shepherds coping with a German hang-gliding firm building a landing strip near their grazing grounds, the film is almost silent. Pleasant.
Owning the Weather
http://www.fullframefest.org/more_film_info.php?id=74
Focusing on attempts to control the weather. Ran a bit long and a bit repetitive. I would have preferred both shorter and more diverse. Specifically I was surprised at no mention of Wilhelm Reich and cloudbusting in the historical overview, and in a more modern context that HAARP wasn't brought up, even by the protesters when interviewed while protesting at government offices.
(On the other hand, when I mentioned I was surprised that HAARP hadn't been brought up someone overhearing me jumped into the conversation to tell me that the documentary producers probably want to sell the film for television broadcasts and HAARP is one of the taboo banned topics. Mention a conspiracy theory hot button and you either get a) Huh? or b) a conspiracy argument. I really should know better by now.) A bit repetitious, the film could have been shorter and worked well.
Shouting Fire: Stories From the Edge of Free Speech
http://www.fullframefest.org/more_film_info.php?id=16
Decent documentary on the 1st Amendment, why it's good, when it's uncomfortable, and why it's more needed than ever. Relatively basic from my point of view but that doesn't take away from it - for what it is, it's ok.
(Followup from the next morning's news: Ward Churchill, featured in the film, won his wrongful dismissal suit against the university.
http://www.metafilter.com/80577/Awkward-first-day-back)
The Yes Men Fix The World
http://www.fullframefest.org/more_film_info.php?id=24
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_yes_men
Those wacky culture jammers fake being spokesmen for the rich and powerful (Dow Chemical, Halliburton, and so on), and finish the film by recently distributing a hundred thousand copies of the New York Times for free, their wishful thinking edition dated six months ahead for July 4th 2009. Too much re-enacting, too many staged scenes (pick up their laptop, "You've got mail" being the next piece in their narrative) and too polemical in tone, but fun.
Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait
http://www.fullframefest.org/more_film_info.php?id=96
Ninety minutes of highly edited continuous footage of a single soccer match on April 23, 2005, all cameras focused on Zidane, with voiceover interview, a highly experimental film. A lot of people seemed to not like it. It appealed to me, and I follow soccer so casually I didn't know who Zidane was.
Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo
http://www.fullframefest.org/more_film_info.php?id=3
Japanese cultural fascination with insects. Gorgeous, well-shot, and intricate. Nicely done. "Information is action fixed. You change. Information does not change unless you make it change."
Tags: carolina theatre, durham, festival, film, film09, full frame
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