Sunday, July 15, 2007

OK, after an extensive schlep through the EIFF programme, I've come up with a half-dozen items that may appeal to NBT readers. There's plenty more good gear in there if you want to go to the site and have a root about. Some of you who may not have received your printed copy in the post can get on with today's Sunday Herald. I'd like to have the downtime (and the loot) to do the Berlin Alexanderplatz thing but it's not an option...

John Waters: This Filthy World (16th August screening has Q&A)

Comrades In Dreams

Control (The Ian Curtis biopic by Anton Corbijn)

Death Proof (for some reason it's not being shown with Grindhouse but maybe Rose MacGowan will turn up anyway...)

LYNCH

Anita Loos - Retrospective


Saw the Edith Piaf movie yesterday, good film but bloody miserable. She had a hard paper round that woman... time to go into training for spending extended periods in a darkened room. Also on a culture tip, at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival...

Hamell on Trial - The Terrorism (of Everyday Life) ----- Book here

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Grindhouse failed miserably at the box office here in the US, mostly due to really poor marketing. So, to try and make their money back they had QT and RR re-edit material back into the films making them more of a full-length running time. What you get to see is what we will get to see on dvd. That's how it is for Europe. You won't get to see the Grindhouse version. You won't get to see the fake trailers or anything like that which approximated the Grindhouse experience. Perhaps on dvd you will. Sort of a rip-off really -- you're missing out on the whole experience. That being said, I really preferred Death Proof over Planet Terror (but apparently, I'm in the minority). Have fun, though! Here in the US we also get to look forward to the release of Hairspray (the musical remake of a film, which is now a film). Puke....