tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2648426783032403612.post6137009505753923388..comments2023-12-26T10:31:29.655-08:00Comments on 1st Thursday: A Guide to TIFF: Additions to Gala and Special Presentations (2007)Darrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11456377117711062375noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2648426783032403612.post-21730485612843381602007-07-12T09:29:00.000-07:002007-07-12T09:29:00.000-07:00Darren, I've just returned from a two-week break f...Darren, I've just returned from a two-week break from blogging (man, it felt good!) to find this--as ever--consummate tool!! Thanks for putting in the intelligence and insight to making this year's experience of Toronto even better. I'm especially excited this year because I just secured my press credentials; something I thought was impossible for a little ol' blogger like me. I'm looking forward to scouring this site.Michael Guillenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15464792353062386579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2648426783032403612.post-58305095613808417362007-07-11T21:08:00.000-07:002007-07-11T21:08:00.000-07:00I saw In Memory of Me at the Walter Reade in NYC. ...I saw <B>In Memory of Me</B> at the Walter Reade in NYC. I didn't enjoy it much, though lots of people did. I quote myself: "<B>In Memory of Me</B> was very much in Bresson's shadow - it felt like <B>A Man Escaped</B> with hints of <B>Escape from Alcatraz</B>! - but I didn't enjoy it. It's a classic case of a filmmaker unwilling to go to the interior place that his material demands, and so inadvertently turning his movie into a plodding pseudo-noir about monks spying on each other and not learning anything interesting...."Dan Sallitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13136066978329749513noreply@blogger.com