Welcome to the first day of my blog. Inspired by my dear friend haikugirl, I thought I would mark Monday September 11th 2006, with a synopsis of my 9th year at the Toronto International Film Festival and thinking of my fellow film lovers on this tragic day. Today was an outstanding day in the life of one overworked school teacher. I started the day at 7.35am in my dentist's chair and then sprinted to Ryerson to meet my filmfest pal Pavlina where we chatted with some charming American folk.
All the King´s Men
Solid performance by Sean Penn, Sir Anthony Hopkins, Jude Law, and Mark (be still my beating heart) Ruffalo. The rest of the supporting cast (James Gandolfini, Kate Winslet) were weak and forgot their accents (Deep South Louisiana) about midway through the picture. ***
http://www.e.bell.ca/filmfest/2006/films_schedules/films_description.asp?id=17
For Your Consideration
A howl and a hoot by Christopher Guest and an ensemble of talent composed of Catherine O'Hara, Eugene Levy, Parker Posey, Fred Willard that spoofs Hollywood and tarnishes the tinsel in their town. O'Hara's botox face steals the show! The entire cast was there after the film for a rare Qand A. *****
http://www.e.bell.ca/filmfest/2006/films_schedules/films_description.asp?id=125
10 Items or Less
After a quickie Thai lunch at Salad King with our festival posee (Joe, Chris, Anne, Sean) in from D.C. we sprinted to 10 Items or Less starring a surprisingly tall Morgan Freeman and Sevilla stunner Paz Vega. Managed to shake Morgan´s hand on his entrance and was close enough to Paz to 1) tell her she looked 'muy guapa' following her press questioning by Canal+ 2) ask her if she is Andaluza while the credits rolled and 3) get her to sign my programme while Antonio bestowed his Felicidades. ****
http://www.e.bell.ca/filmfest/2006/films_schedules/films_description.asp?id=2
The Namesake
At 6pm, my fourth film of the day, Mary Margaret and I were touched by the lovely Mira Nair (Mississippi Masala, Monsoon Wedding, Salaam Bomba, Vanity Fair). Filmed in Calcutta and New York it was a tad too long for me (ie. jogging segments through the streets of Calcutta were gratuitous and did nothing for plot development) and Kal Penn delivered most of his lines deadpan. Nonetheless stunning images of India and a must see for all children of immigrants. ****
http://www.e.bell.ca/filmfest/2006/films_schedules/films_description.asp?id=204
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