SIFF Three for Three
posted by June 1 at 14:23 PM
onOf three films I’ve seen thus far (yes, I’m the lightest SIFF lightweight… I just don’t enjoy sitting, especially indoors on a sunny day)—all three rocked.
The Canadian documentary about the work of industrial-waste photographer Edward Burtynsky, Manufactured Landscapes, was gorgeous and bleak at the same time. The film simply witnesses post-consumer waste and environmental devastation due to large-scale industry, and though it lacks a sermon or call to action, I left feeling ill at ease in the material world. It opens at one of Landmark’s Seattle locations on July 13, or rent it later if you have a nice big TV.
Fido, the zombie comedy from Andrew Currie, sounded ridulous and was in fact deliciously so and totally entertaining.
The cast, and Carrie-Ann Moss especially, injected just enough coy subtlety to balance the camp. It plays again tomorrow (9:15 pm, Lincoln Square) and is worth the trek to Bellevue. (It will open in Seattle later this summer.)
Last night’s The Ten, a set of twisted, loosely related comedic vignettes from the creators of The State, was laugh-out-loud funny throughout. It would have been even better without the slightly forced Ten Commandments organizational device. Rob Courdy was especially darling in a prolonged, somehow touching prison-rape joke—people were moaning between guffaws. This one plays again tomorrow (11 am, Egyptian) and would benefit from a big bong hit beforehand. (Opens in Seattle sometime in August.)
Two minor annoyances noted at the Egyptian: The sound was painfully hot (i.e. too loud at the high end) and the theater air was freezing—wear long pants regardless of the sunshine outside.
Comments
The animated part of The Ten is just a teensy bit too extreme.
I recommend this being treated as an R film.
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