Hiff

[shaveice]

in case anyone forgot, the fall HIFF is just around the corner!

http://www.hiff.org/

http://starbulletin.com/2006/10/16/features/story01.html

they always have some great stuff!

[shaveice]

for anyone interested in a free seminar by hiff cinematography award winner Matthew Libatique, you can catch him at the dole cannery theater next wednesday (25th) at 5 pm.

http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2006/Oct/19/br/br9450183726.html

and as if that weren't good enuf, they're also going to have a screening (free, i presume) of "Everything Is Illuminated" which got good reviews...

http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1808626774/info

[christa]

i'm going bronze this year. i certainly hope i can use 20 tickets ;)

my must-see list:

americanese
bothersome man
the bridge**
buy the ticket take the ride
candy
obaba
rising son***
hawaii panorama (1 and 2)
volver
rang de basanti
crazy stone
gubra

[Linkmeister]

Back here (http://www.hawaiithreads.com/showthread.php?t=10438) I asked for info about HIFF for a friend of mine who was looking to get articles into "Variety." The stories have appeared:

http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=hottopic&id=2295


http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117951904.html


http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117951902.html


http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117951901.html


http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117951900.html


http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117951898.html

[christa]

seen so far:

jackfruit thorn kiss (SOOO good)
melting away (loved it)
the bridge (ok)
crazy stone (there is no movie better so far)


can't wait to see obaba!

[jkpescador]

Did anyone go see Ken Watanabe in person? What was it like?

[*pinao*]

Volver was good... is Penelope Cruz comin there?

[AbsolutChaos]

Did anyone go see Ken Watanabe in person? What was it like?

I heard from a volunteer that Ken was sick and that they screened "The Last Samurai" instead.

[christa]

Did anyone go see Ken Watanabe in person? What was it like?

he was so hansdome! and tall! and and and.... didn't speak a whole lot. i felt bad for how much swarming was being done around him but it was also kind of easy to get some photos. i always feel like a jerk taking photos of people who are famous. which, now that i think about it, shouldn't be as big of a deal. i mean, they're used to it right?


anyway-- i put em up in my latest blog entry. it was such a great week!

[shaveice]

anyway-- i put em up in my latest blog entry. it was such a great week!

wow! i love your pictures!

[AbsolutChaos]

I was bummed about missing the first half of HIFF, but I managed to squeeze in a few films in the remaining days (all 5 of them). I can honestly say that I didn't regret any of the movies that I picked to watch.

--Blue Swallow: interesting but think it coulda been shorter
--Americanese: loved it
--APT: too much like The Grudge
--Bridge: interesting in a morbid way
--John & Jane Toll Free: Interesting (now I know how those Indian call centers work)
--Inheritance: interesting because I've never seen an Filipino horror film
--Obaba: loved it
--Summer Palace: interesting to see college life in another country
--Holly: loved it even though it was depressing
--Colma: loved it (want the DVD)
--DisORIENTation: had some hilarious shorts
--Men at Work: interesting
--Severance: hilarious (want the DVD)
--Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehan: was told ya would either like it or hate it from other Indian friends who had seen it, and I guess I liked it--for the most part
--Host: loved it

[Hellbent]

for the 2nd year in a row i missed the hiff. what the kevin smith thing about?