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September 25, 2008
Shiraz For Breakfast
A reminder: Carlos Reygadas' Silent Light, which is very unlikely to be bested as film of the year, opened at MoMA yesterday. I rue, regret, am remiss over the fact that I haven't had the opportunity to see it on the big screen; if you're in New York, don't pass it up. You can read my review of it here; elsewhere, David Hudson has rounded up other coverage at GreenCine, including Manohla Dargis' lovely piece for the Times.
I spent the last two days getting the first pass at Bryan's film all cut up, right up until one AM last night, when I packed my bags and drove up to Dallas, where I was catching a flight to Birmingham for the Sidewalk Film Festival at 7 AM. At the airport, I turned my car over to Curtis, who'll be adopting it for the next few months; it was strangely liberating to realize that I could hand over my entire keychain, that I didn't need a single one of them. When I was in high school, I halfway adopted James Spader's motif from sex lies and videotape - that no person should need more than two keys in their lives. Getting rid of all of them belies a certain faultiness on my part, but it was a nice feeling nonetheless.
Two short flights later and I was at the Birmingham airport, where I met up with Frank Ross and Co. Upon reaching our hotel, we discovered that the filmmaker gift bags came with a bottle of Australian Shiraz, which we all agreed would make a decent enough mid-morning repast. I love this festival.
Posted by David Lowery at September 25, 2008 12:48 PM