Miff 2005

Melbourne International Film Festival 2005

  • DEAD MEAT (79 mins)
    Unfortunately this was actually much longer then 79 minutes, but they messed up and only 4 of the 6 rolls came. They still haven’t refunded my ticket.. *grumbles*
  • Dimmer (12 mins)
    OSCAR (60 mins)
    Good
  • TURTLES CAN FLY (98 mins)
    Really really great movie. About iraq, the war, and more.. I cried
  • DISTRICT, THE (85 mins)
    I had to miss this one. Was way too tired to drag myself to it.
  • TOKYO EXPRESS 05 (100 mins)
    This was a disappointment, but what did I expect of showcase japanime? 1 out of 4 was good. Which is a pretty good ratio, thinking of all those absurd japanese animes.
  • Seventeen (12 mins)
    MCDULL, PRINCE DE LA BUN (77 mins)
    Odd very funny, very emotional. Pigs and turtles.
  • BLOOD AND BONES (140 mins)
    Very good, amazing. Beat Takeshi was great, along with all the other actors. But wow.. what a scary movie.. So real.
  • BALLETS RUSSES (118 mins)
    Hopefully I can see this again when it gets a limited release. I’m considering getting the dvd too. It was inspiring and beautiful. The ballet russes, after all these years still has power.
  • KUNG FU HUSTLE (95 mins)
    By the star and director of Shaolin Soccer, so yeah very funny and absurd again. I got to see him afterwards in an interview at the festival club. Lots of chinese fanboy/girls were around.
  • DAYS AND HOURS (96 mins)
    I had to miss this one. Uni was on.
  • IZO (128 mins)
    Ahh and my last film of the festival now gone. This was a bloody weird movie.. Not really sure if I liked it, but I was just drunk enough to enjoy a weird slightly arty, samurai slasher demon movie.