Me at the movies 2010
Marcel | February 3, 2010Yes, it is that time of the year again. Like last year, I’m planning to entertain you with my adventures as a volunteer for the Jameson Dublin International Film Festival. The Festival officially opens on February 18th; so from then on you’ll get regular updates on what it’s like to rip of tickets, collect sticky rubbish from under cinema chairs and meeting the occasional celebrity, all while serving in one of the many venues of the festival. Plus also try to provide some insight on this rare occasion that World Cinema and Hollywood make a stopover in Dublin.
Whereas last year’s motto was “finding favourite films”, this year the festival seems even more diverse with spotlights on Korean, Russian and of course Irish cinema. And it is officially dedicated to one of it’s founders, Michael Dwyer, who passed away recently.
Among my personal picks this year are:
City of Live and Death - a Chinese movie about the so called “Rape of Nanking” in the Sino-Japanese war in 1937, directed by Lu Chuan. Warning: graphic images in the trailer!
Capitalism – a love story – Michael Moore’s inimitable look on capitalism and world economy.
Same Same but different – German director Detlev Buck tells the story of a German backpacker who falls in love with a Cambodian prostitute.
And last but by no means least: Valhalla Rising – Nicholas Winding Refn’s (Bronson) grimy Viking movie:
Please stay tuned for more movie madness on this channel errr blog.
I recommend it to you ‘Francesca’ – a Romanian 2009 acclamaited film about a Romanian montessori teacher (Monica Barladeanu – a Romanian beauty actress who got some appearances in some small Hollywood movies and also in the ‘Nip&Tuck’ series and ‘Lost’ series) who travel to Italy for a better life, but her dream fail due to some dissapointments.
Italy and Spain are the most important European countries the Romanians are interested in, due to common latinity and same way of life, and after 2002/2003 almost one million Romanians flew for good in those countries. So the film it’s kinda about some social trends and stereotips on emmigration of the Romanians.
‘Francesca’ is on Screen, on 20 february – and Monica Barladeanu is invited at the screening too, also the director, Bobby Paunescu.