[Reellife] Here comes the 2nd weekend and full week of Film Festing in Vancouver

[dave olsen]

With less than 10 days to go, there's a full weekend and another week of film 
for just about anyone here in Vancouver.

BTW, the Vancouver Playhouse is a fabulous venue, with limited but real biking 
parking, just off the safe Dunsmuir Bike Lane.

And I can hardly wait to get into the Centre for the Performing Arts and witness 
the giant screen there.

Old stand-bys, The Cinematheque and Vancity Theatre, are close by the Hornby 
Bike Lane and also have real but limited bike parking.

Here's my highlight film for the rest of the Fest: Hotell 
<http://www.viff.org/festival/films/f7195-hotell>

It's a very Swedish film that oozes with humour despite the storyline.  The 
acting is sublime, full of emotion and depth, all by ordinary looking folks.

Made by a woman director, this film so encapsulates the civilized world it's 
almost scary.

A group in therapy takes advantage of a new mother's wealth to help her find 
herself again.  The 5 of them escape into various expensive hotels together to 
take turns envisioning what they could idyllically live and then help each other 
recreate it.

It both deeply touching and hilarious.  Even betrayal is dealt with 
appropriately now that they've created an environment free of outside (read: 
civilized) influence.  It doesn't take long for us to get back in touch with 
what is real and true, but only if we can stop the undermining influences in the 
first place.

Even the opening pretext for the film, a woman giving birth, is so illuminating 
of the world around us.  She has meticulously bought and installed all the best 
baby things and even scheduled a C-section.  However, the baby has other plans 
(he ain't civilized!) and she is traumatized by giving birth naturally!  Okay, 
the baby may be brain damaged, too; the whole medicalized birthing process is 
portrayed as the inhuman system it is, despite everyone's best intentions.

Not surprisingly, the new mother is completely unbonded with her baby since she 
never got even got her hands on him.  And the film flies from there...

Hotell <http://www.viff.org/festival/films/f7195-hotell> has both screenings 
left: Sunday, Oct 6 @ 9:00 pm in the Vancouver Playhouse
and Tuesday, Oct 8 @ 1:30 pm in the Vancouver Playhouse

Here's a quick tip: don't despair if the Playhouse is sold out, the rush line is 
likely to get you in anyway...see you inside!

-- 

Warmly,
dave/
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