Saturday, January 22, 2011

Sundance Day 1!

WOW. What a great start to our Sundance trip! We saw 3 films yesterday, and a compilation of short films. Here we go:





Martha Marci May Marlene


Starring: Elizabeth Olson


This film is about the emotional and social struggles that a girl named Martha goes through after leaving a cult. The performances were top-notch, each character was strong and real. And..I applaud Elizabeth Olson's (yes, Olson, like as in sister of the Olson twins) portrayal of Martha was breathtaking.



Bellflower


This movie started out as sort-of a love story, and by the picture...you can tell how it looks like it ended. It was a story of two friends who were inspired by Mad Max and the coolest part, was that they made a FLAME THROWER and the car MEDUSA from the original Mad Max film. It was a pretty entertaining movie, the shots and camera style were great...the plotline...was alright (Nate totally disagrees, he thought it was the coolest).




I Saw the Devil




YIKES!!! This was probably the gooriest movie ever made. It is about a killer who murders young girls. It was HORRIFIC. It is a Korean film with english subtitles...And..it was crazy. The killer was insane, and it is probably one that WE NEVER WANT TO SEE AGAIN.


Shorts Program 1


The Terrys:


This was the grossest thing We have ever seen, about a trailer-trash ice smoking couple, who are both named Terry. I was (and the whole rest of the theater) laughing and dry-heaving simultaneously the whole time. Weird...


Deeper than Yesterday:

This film was about Russian Submariners who have been under the ocean for Way too long. The most amazing thing about this short film was that none of the actors were professionals, and the entire film was shot with 35mm film and the directors crew was made up of his family and friends.


The external World:

This was a digi animated short. It was like A.D.H.D. on the big screen.


Worst Enemy:

This was about an anxious woman with issues. It was HILARIOUS! The actress was so funny, and the physical humor in this movie by her, and the other actors was perfectly timed.


The Strange Ones

I am still thinking about this short. It was filmed so beautifully, and the best part about it was that you never really knew who the characters were.










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