Having the director present at a screening and doing a Q&A afterwards really adds something to experiencing the film, and (not surprisingly) positively influences your opinion about the film. No wonder Stingray Sam is currently #1 in the audience award poll :-)
I've shot a handful of short videos today and pieced them together to give you an impression of what a day at the imagine / Amsterdam Fantastic Film Festival feels like:
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A run in the morning so felt quite smug about myself the rest of the day. Add the fact that most people had to go to work today, and you can say it's been a pretty good fifth day!
Day of diversity with masterclass, shorts and sneak preview. Cynical: the only "normal" film sucked.
Note to self: bring extra bread for the AFFF-mice that run around in the theatres. Herman showed us an excellent place (2 doors to the left) to get coffee. Still wondering what the hell the difference between "espresso lungo" and "espresso ristretto" is, besides the extra 10 cent for a large of the former. No googling, this needs to be done properly, with tasting buds and sharp questions towards baristas.
Just finished dinner.
On a completely unrelated note: read this morning that J.G. Ballard died. Sad. Last thing I read by him was his novelle "Concrete Island", started and finished within 4 hours in a nice bar near Oxford St, Sydney. A hero has passed away.
Well, today I had to go to work for a works council training. I am way behind with reviews of the last few days. and today I only saw one movie: I'll never die alone.
So how's today? I had 3 doubles espresso's and 2 coffee to keep me a little bit active for the training. Unfortunately it was extended and diner began at 21.00 (that is in Zeist), while I had to be in Amsterdam at 22:10. So I only had time for appertisers and after that I left at 21:15. At 22.04 I arrived in the garage in Amsterdam, near the cinema. I just arrived in time for the movie at 22.09 :-). Seeing the movie I almost regret I did not stay longer for diner, since I ordered (and later canceled) a great salmon and 'sweet sushi' for desert.
Overal I still feel quite ok, though my eyes are getting more and more dry after 0.00 hours :-). Today was a little bit slow on the movies, but tomorrow we'll start again.
So how's today? I had 3 doubles espresso's and 2 coffee to keep me a little bit active for the training. Unfortunately it was extended and diner began at 21.00 (that is in Zeist), while I had to be in Amsterdam at 22:10. So I only had time for appertisers and after that I left at 21:15. At 22.04 I arrived in the garage in Amsterdam, near the cinema. I just arrived in time for the movie at 22.09 :-). Seeing the movie I almost regret I did not stay longer for diner, since I ordered (and later canceled) a great salmon and 'sweet sushi' for desert.
Overal I still feel quite ok, though my eyes are getting more and more dry after 0.00 hours :-). Today was a little bit slow on the movies, but tomorrow we'll start again.