AUTOHYSTORIA (2007, RAYA MARTIN, A++++++++++)

THIS IS MY COMMENT IN BIOSCOPE WEBBOARD:
http://www.bioscopemagazine.com/smf/index.php?topic=71.570

FILMS SEEN BETWEEN 30 NOVEMBER – 8 DECEMBER 2007

A. FILMS SEEN OUTSIDE THE FRESH FESTIVAL

1.AUTOHYSTORIA (2007, Raya Martin, Philippines, A++++++++++)
I saw it from a DVD I borrowed from someone.

I think this is one of the most uncompromising films I have ever seen. Just when I thought the walking scenes in FROST (1997, Fred Kelemen, A+) are very long, those scenes seem much shorter when compared to the scenes in AUTOHYSTORIA.

AUTOHYSTORIA might refer to some important persons in the history of Philippines, but I have no knowledge about them. So when I was watching the second half of this film, I didn't think about the history of Philippines, but I thought about some political kidnappings and murders in Thailand instead. I like it very much that this film seems to have no story, so I don't have to pay too much attention to follow the story. I can watch the film while thinking about Thai political murders at the same time.

Francis Cruz wrote a great review of this film here:
http://oggsmoggs.blogspot.com/2007/09/autohystoria-2007.html


2.PARIS BELONGS TO US (1961, Jacques Rivette, A+)
From DVD

3.LE COUP DE BERGER (1957, Jacques Rivette, A+)
From DVD

4.THE BRIDGE (2006, Eric Steel, A+)
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51G9JrVb3BL._SS500_.jpg

5.BREACH (2007, Billy Ray, A)

6.KITARO (2007, Katsuhide Motoki, A)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0879812/

7.THE CHANGELING (1979, Peter Medak, A-)
Many thanks to Filmsick who gave me this VCD.

8.NO RESERVATIONS (2007, Scott Hicks, A-)

9.BEE MOVIE (2007, Steve Hickner + Simon J. Smith, A-)

10.THE SCREEN AT KAMCHANOD (PEE JANG NANG) (2007, Songsak Mongkolthong, A-)
I like some ideas in this film, but the overall emotions don't run smoothly.



B. SHORT FILMS SEEN IN THE FRESH FESTIVAL

(The films come from South Korea, unless otherwise stated.)

1.TO MOM (2007, Lee Young-seung, 8 mins, A+)
This film makes me cry.

2.THE DIVER (2005, Nicolas Provost, Belgium, A+)
You can watch the film PAPILLON D'AMOUR by Nicolas Provost here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOE73vrTGQ8

3.MY SMALL DOLL HOUSE (2006, Jung Yu-mi, A+)
Animation

4.THE CHAMBER (2005, Yu Seock-hyun, A+)
Animation

5.PURPLE GREY (2006, Sebastian Buerkner, UK, A+)
Animation

6.SCAPE_TIME (2006, Telcosystems, Netherlands, A+)

7.LE DERNIER CRI (2006, Erwin Olaf, Netherlands, A+)
The brochure says that LE DERNIER CRI = JACQUES TATI + DAVID LYNCH. I agree.

You can watch some perversely beautiful photos by Erwin Olaf here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K539vLMtaJU

Erwin Olaf's website:
http://www.erwinolaf.com/

Some images by Erwin Olaf:
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http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2210/2097192503_dfe8f4769f_o.jpg


8.JE SUIS UNE BOMBE (2006, Elodie Pong, Switzerland, A+)

9.JUST SAY NO TO FAMILY VALUES (2006, Antonello Faretta, Italy, A+)
You can watch the film here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uX2ChhMiOmk

10.LOUNGE (2006, Jan de Pavert, Netherlands, A+/A)

11.SON-NIM (2006, Lee Eun-young, A+/A)
Animation

12.WOLF DADDY (2005, Jang Hyung-yoon, A+/A)
Animation

13.BABY BLUES (2006, Choi Jung-hee, A+/A)

14.THE HOLY FAMILY (2001, Shin Dong-il, A+/A)

15.BUBBLE GUM (2006, Kwon Ah-ram, A)

16.BOOLHWI, THE ROOT (2007, Ryu Ji-na, A)
Animation

17.SHOW ME DADDY'S ULTRA-POWER (2007, Choi Min-seok, A)

18.PUBLIC SPACES (2006, Martijn Veldhoen, Netherlands, A)
You can watch the trailer of this film here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tv3WGbjGlS8

19.SEPARATION (2006, Bae Won-rae, A)
Animation

20.A PERFERC RED SNAPPER DISH (2005, Na Hong-jin, A)

21.FAMILY SIZE PIZZA (2006, Gim Gyung-mi, A)

22.LAUBERHORNRENNEN IM SOMMER (2006, D. Zimmermann, Switzerland, A)

23.CAR PAINTING (2006, George Barber, UK, A)

24.BRILLIANT NOISE (2006, Semiconductor, UK, A)

25.SEPARATION (2003, Erwin Olaf, Netherlands, A)

26.MY SWEET ENEMY (2007, Cho Ka-hyun, A)

27.MY DEAR UNCLE (2007, Park Hyun-jin, A/A-)

28.SWIMMING GIRL (2007, Kwak In-guen, A-)
Animation

29.THE FRENCH LIEUTENANT'S WOMAN (2007, Baek Seung-bin, A-)
In this film we see the cover of the book SISTER CARRIE by Theodore Dreiser.

This is the synopsis of SISTER CARRIE from http://www.amazon.com/

" Sister Carrie, Theodore Dreiser's revolutionary first novel, was published in 1900--sort of. The story of Carrie Meeber, an 18-year-old country girl who moves to Chicago and becomes a kept woman, was strong stuff at the turn of the century, and what Dreiser's wary publisher released was a highly expurgated version. Times change, and we now have a restored "author's cut" of Sister Carrie that shows how truly ahead of his time Dreiser was. First and foremost, he has written an astute, nonmoralizing account of a woman and her limited options in late-19th-century America. That's impressive in and of itself, but Dreiser doesn't stop there. Digging deeply into the psychological underpinnings of his characters, he gives us people who are often strangers to themselves, drifting numbly until fate pushes them on a path they can later neither defend nor even remember choosing.

Dreiser's story unfolds in the measured cadences of an earlier era. This sometimes works brilliantly as we follow the choices, small and large, that lead some characters to doom and others to glory. On the other hand, the middle chapters--of which there are many--do drag somewhat, even when one appreciates Dreiser's intentions. If you can make it through the sagging midsection, however, you'll be rewarded by Sister Carrie's last 150 pages, which depict the harrowing downward spiral of one of the book's central characters. Here Dreiser portrays with brutal power how the wrong decision--or lack of decision--can lay waste to a life. --Rebecca Gleason --"

30.ROUGE (2005, Erwin Olaf, Switzerland, A/A-)

31.CALLING 911 (2004, Jan de Bruin, Netherlands, A-)

32.FAIRY TALE (2007, Lee Jung-A, A-)

33.TREE ROBO (2005, Kim Moon-saeng, A-)
Animation

34.A WHITE HARES TALE (2006, Huh Man-Jae, A-)
Animation

35.KIROGI (2007, Lee Samuel, A-)

36.A GAME (2007, Kang You-ran, A-)

37.WHAT'S THAT THING THAT WE CAN DO FOR HIM? (2007, Jun Su-jin, B+)

38.DORA-EMON GO GO! (2007, Lee Sang-min, B)

39.MY FATHER IS RAPPER (2007, Bhak Byoung-Gwan, B)



FAVORITE SOUNDTRACK

LOUNGE
Soundtrack by Florian Magnus Meier



FAVORITE SONG
CRASH (1988) – THE PRIMITIVES
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQFo2-xZiks


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ตอบน้อง ENNISDELMAR + NANOGUY

ชอบ THE BRIDGE มาก โดยส่วนตัวแล้วรู้สึกว่าหนังสารคดีเรื่องนี้มีอะไรที่แอบฮาแทรกอยู่เป็นระยะๆ (หรือเราฮาเองโดยผู้กำกับไม่ได้ตั้งใจก็ไม่รู้) อย่างเช่น

1.ฉากที่เด็กให้สัมภาษณ์ว่าเขาเห็นผู้หญิงฆ่าตัวตายต่อหน้าต่อตา แต่ก่อนจะฆ่าตัวตาย ผู้หญิงคนนั้นหันมาทำท่าลิงกอริลล่าใส่เขา แล้วแม่เด็กก็รีบบอกว่า ไม่จริง เด็กจินตนาการไปเอง

2.เรื่องแมวน้ำที่มาช่วยชีวิตชายหนุ่ม อันนี้ผู้สร้างคงไม่ได้ตั้งใจทำให้ผู้ชมรู้สึกฮา แต่ดิฉันได้ยินเรื่องนี้แล้วทำให้นึกถึงหนังประเภท THE GOLDEN SEAL (1983, Frank Zuniga, B) และทำให้อดสงสัยไม่ได้ว่าแมวน้ำอาจจะเป็นโรคบ้าผู้ชาย

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Some images by Erwin Olaf: