tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2648426783032403612.post2688070489710525553..comments2023-12-26T10:31:29.655-08:00Comments on 1st Thursday: A Guide to TIFF: Contemporary World Cinema (2008)Darrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11456377117711062375noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2648426783032403612.post-30508828331595851802011-11-21T03:00:36.743-08:002011-11-21T03:00:36.743-08:00will surely try to find some time over the weekend...will surely try to find some time over the weekend to watch Trapero film<br /><br /><a href="http://www.pearsonexecutivelimo.ca/" rel="nofollow"> Toronto Airport Transportation </a>Toronto Airport Transportationhttp://www.pearsonexecutivelimo.ca/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2648426783032403612.post-52767715662894359572008-08-19T07:50:00.000-07:002008-08-19T07:50:00.000-07:00Glad to see Wendy and Lucy is coming. And BOTH Ice...Glad to see Wendy and Lucy is coming. And BOTH Icelandic wedding films(!).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2648426783032403612.post-229452312148248462008-07-11T08:01:00.000-07:002008-07-11T08:01:00.000-07:00I've seen & liked Lion's Den. Trapero has consider...I've seen & liked Lion's Den. Trapero has considerable formal prowess and there's a powerful lead performance. It's mostly observational, but it's smart and has completely novel subject matter (i.e. pregnant women in prison).<BR/><BR/>Any of Trapero's films are good (though not quite great, yet). The obvious thing to watch before you see it is his El Bonarense. It's essentially a companion film to Lion's Den, with the gender roles and the side of the law it's operating on flipped.Jeremy Heilmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11025198716777000854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2648426783032403612.post-71401482683209076942008-07-07T06:04:00.000-07:002008-07-07T06:04:00.000-07:00This weekend I watched Pablo Trapero's first film,...This weekend I watched Pablo Trapero's first film, <EM>Crane World</EM> (1999), and liked it well enough to give <EM>Lion's Den</EM> a shot if it fits into my schedule. <EM>Crane World</EM> is the kind of film I love to find at TIFF. It's about a middle-aged, unskilled worker in Buenos Aires, who moves from job to job, always with a resigned attitude. Trapero is obviously fond of his characters and has a natural eye for composition. <EM>Crane World</EM> is shot in high-contrast, 4:3 black-and-white -- a little self-conscious but occasionally stunning to look at.<BR/><BR/>Has anyone seen his other films? I remember <EM>Rolling Family</EM> (2004) and <EM>Born and Bred</EM> (2006) playing at TIFF, but I missed them both.Darrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11456377117711062375noreply@blogger.com