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3 Things

Hunger [2008] 1. "What makes this strike different is that you’re prepared to die."2. An empty prison hallway. Streams of urine seep from under every cell’s door and flow to the middle of the hallway.3. Using his middle finger, a prison nurse … Continue reading →

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More CIFF

Blah, blah, blah: 24 City, Of Time and the City

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3 Things

Of Time and the City [2008] 1. "We love the place we hate, and we hate the place we love."2. A church has been turned into a club; "cocktails in Babylon."3. A kid shimmies down the pole of a street … Continue reading →

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3 things about Jia Zhang-ke’s 24 CITY

24 City [2008] 1. “Factory 111 built Factory 420.” The concept of a factory so huge, it has to be built by another factory. 2. The building collapses and the dust cloud slowly spreads across the landscape, eventually engulfing the … Continue reading →

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CIFF # 3

More … Sparrow, Julia

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3 things about Erick Zonca’s JULIA

Julia [2008] 1. Tilda Swinton (sarcastically): “Are you shot? Where’s the bullet here?” 2. She enters her apartment. She wipes her armpits with her hands and then takes off her earrings, all in one smooth movement. 3. The row of … Continue reading →

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3 Things

Sparrow [2008] 1. Well-appointed interiors inside crumbling buildings.2. He spies her Cartier watch and then jiggles his wrist. His own watch rattles.3. "Why are they in black & white?" "Colours can be deceiving."

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CIFF # 2

My festival coverage continues: Wesley Willis’s Joyrides, Terribly Happy

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My favorite post-debate reaction

The best quote: "McCain was two tics away from a vein-popping ‘You can’t handle the truth!’ Jack Nicholson moment, I felt."

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CIFF Begins

Well, my coverage of it begins … Synedoche, New York; Wendy and Lucy; Must Read After My Death

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