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May 30, 2007
Seriously Good Stalker Movie
Well, I watched the STIFF showing of "For Love & Stacie" last night at the Rendezvous, and wow! It's a great story about a guy whose girlfriend 'needs some time apart'. We are introduced to the guy, a flimmaker, who decides to make a movie about Stacie and their relationship in an attempt to win her back. The guy is kind of goofy and although he has not lost hope, as a viewer it is pretty obvious the situation is hopeless. I know this really doesn't sound all that interesting, but it is very well done and if you have ever been dumped, you will surely empathize with the filmmaker. However things turn pretty dark, and then they get much darker. Maybe I really don't empathize with the filmmaker? Check out the filmakers page and visit his follow the link to his myspace page for more info. "www.undergroundplanet.com"
Posted by damon at 4:24 PM
May 29, 2007
Another day at STIFF
Well howdy.
Just wanted to give you all an update about what you missed last night at the Rendezvous.
Fist off, there was a block of shorts.
An experimental stop motion thingy called "Soul Collector". It was pretty darn good. Some chick getting recruited to fight for the army of god. Which i guess is a good gig if you can get it.
"The Glove" was a short that had a ton nerdy side jokes about video games and computers. They get bonus points, however, for using what looked like to me the nintendo power glove.
"Quicksand and Carpet" was a music video for a band called New Radiant Storm King. The premise of the video had newspaper headlines zooming all over the screen through a.....micro thingy...(?) (you know).....(those things at the library)......(hell). It was really cool, good effects and nice pacing. My thumb is pointing up.
"Ein Blue Ribbon"......about PBR. The beer. And also about some mafia type bad guys, and another bad guy and a girl. And a car. Pretty good.
"Black Daisy" were just about the funniest thing i've seen. In a long time. Really. If you've never heard of them that's too bad. If you looked hard you might be able to find some info on them somewhere. I guess they're going to be playing at Chop Suey on July 9th. If i were you i might try to be there.
After the shorts, a feature doc called "The Briefs" about...well, the band The Briefs. Very well done and very funny. Evidently, this was a rough cut but i couldn't tell. Look for it in very big relase later this year. (Even at Hot Topic....unless he was telling a joke.....in which case, i'm an ass).
i guess that's about it.
Maybe i'll see some of you guys at the Rendezvous this week!
dan
May 28, 2007
DAMMIT
(1/13/31 - 5/25/07)
i just heard Charles Nelson Reilly has shuffled off this mortal coil. Just to let you guys know, he's just about the only reason i love Match Game.
Good day sir, (sniff)
The STIFF
Well, hopefully by now you've made plans to get to the Rendezvous on Sunday June 3rd. If not, make them......i'll wait.
Done? Good.
See you Sunday.
Here's a list of things that i've seen at the STIFF so far:
Girl Trouble Burlesque were a fun girly show. They not only danced around in their skivvies, but they tied the whole show together with a video that played in between the dancing. i would be on the lookout for them.
KLED rocked the Jewel Box. The shitty part about it is, no one was there. Seriously.....5 of us got to watch a great show, and the best part was "Road House" played in the background while they played. It was fun.
Really though, don't listen to me....check out the scedule here and see the stuff yourself. Some of the highlight to look for:
A mockumentary on an aspiring cabbie in...well, "Cabbie"; Christian Slater and William H. Macy in "He was a Quiet Man"; a modern day vampire runs for office in a documentary called "Impaler"; and of course the best 44 minute move about soup and piss in the whole festival, Soup.
So, click on the link, check out the schedule and read paragraph at the top of the schedule and be amazed at the amazing words spat out about SOUP. Thanks Kevin.
Also, go to this video for the Seattle Channel. In it, you'll see a 7 minute interview with Kevin Gilbert, the Program Director for the STIFF. Then, buckle in. After that, he picks a few movies out of the hundreds from the festival....and yes, SOUP is mentioned. So have fun with that.
OK, i'm done whoring out STIFF.
SUCK Films starts the first Tuesday of July (the 3rd). It will be fun.....i think.
Pre-production is rolling on the next project. It's a documentary, so i'll keep the subject quiet for right now, but trust me, this one is going to be cool.
That's it for now.
see ya soon.
May 14, 2007
go NOW!!
Ok, everyone, it's officially up and running. What, Dan? What's up and running? Well, i'll tell ya. The schedule is up at True Independent, the official site for the STIFF. You can go there and buy tickets and passes and all that jazz. So, get yer behind over there and support the damn festival......please...?
Also, if you have not heard yet, we are planning to get the S.U.C.K. films site up and running soon. When it's up, you can click over there, figure out just how to attend our once a month shows and get your cheesy movie fix taken care of. It'll be cheap and maybe even somewhat democratic.
That is all for now!
Posted by dan at 4:50 PM
