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Sunday, July 02, 2006
Check Another Item Off the To-Do List of Life Having a little bit of time off this Holiday weekend, my brother and I decided to head out to Westwood to catch the Los Angeles Film Festival. I lived in SoCal for over 20 years, I have friends who work in the Motion Picture Industry, I've been able to watch rehearsals for the Academy Awards live, and I've even auditioned for a TV role a few years ago just because a casting director saw a picture of my brother and I in the LA Times. But I've never taken an opportunity to enjoy some of the smaller films that never see the light of day outside of Hollywood. When we got there, we missed the showing of "This Pictures Not Yet Rated" a scathing expose on the MPAA's Rating practices. So we took some time to check out the Technology pavilion and enjoy some free popcorn on what was "family day" for the festival. Let me just say that popcorn and chopsticks equals a great idea. We then headed towards one of the theaters showing films during the festival. Where we lucked out and were able to get comp tickets to the "Shorts Program 3". I was quite surprised at the quality of the films and the stories behind each of them. One picture which was surprisingly good was an Argentian Film called "Side Walls". The movie told a story of two twenty-something apartment dwellers in Buenos Aires looking for love while dealing with the isolation of modern urban life. The characters were well-developed, and the use of "Where's Waldo?" made for an interesting sight gag at the end of the film. Another good short, was "One Rat Short". This film was a CG film similar to Pixar's early works but with a darker twist. This film was ingenious in the fact that the director was able to convey emotions between the two lead rats without a single word being said. The only problem with this film however was that the white rat blended into the white walls of the lab, making it difficult to focus on the action on the screen. But, the crew of the film was handing out some nifty t-shirts at least. Overall, all of the shorts were good and they deserve to be displayed to a larger audience. Hopefully some of these show up on Sundance in a shorts program. And that's a wrap.........WDR
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