We got our film festival tickets today (last day to get the early bird tickets, so hurry up kids)...
Last year, I saw about four films a day.
This year, I intend to beat my previous record. How I am going to afford this, given it will require me to take time off my already infrequent day job, is one of those "play-it-by-ear" kind of scenarios.
I realise this means that most of my year has so far been taken up with festivals. April and May were the comedy festival, June was the Sydney Writers' Festival, and July and August are the Melbourne Film Festival. How on earth I get anything else done is beyond me. Probably because getting anything done is also beyond me. I can feel The Guilt creeping sneakily back into the cracks between my debt and my lack of time to do anything productive on account of my debt.
The circle, the circle of life, as The Lion King would say.
Speaking of wasting time you don' t have enough of, here is an exciting opportunity in this excellent area of study:
Looks like our friend Dave Eggers is writing about films for The New Yorker. With Anthony Lane! Oh to be a fly on that wall. Read this.
I know I am.
Lorin you saw over 40 films last year! You just didn't see as many as me, which is why I understand you feel inadequate.
Four films a day, every day of a festival like SFF is just crazy! How can you absorb them all? For the first time, I've bought a full festival pass and can see as many as I want. I'm even taking two and a half weeks off work, but plan to attend no more than three a day.
For anyone interested, I have the bulk of the list of films screening at MIFF 2007 posted on my blog.
It's amazing - you really can absorb them! I thought it would all be a nightmarish haze, but you get really good at watching films. You can tell what's good, what's great, what's a steaming pile of crap...
Festival passes are brilliant. You won't regret it. I suggest you invest in a pushbike, a beanie, and some of those small cartons of V8 juice, in case you get scurvy.
Have fun!
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