What is it with Tuesdays & the Film Festival? I got back from holiday & its Tuesday again & I again had 3 movies booked – I only ended up leaving the theatre to caffeinate, eat & get back to me seat! First up was NZ film Strength of Water, a beautiful, moving film set in a Maori community in Hokianga.. highly recomended!
Next was Jim Jarmusch’s new film The Limits of Control which was brilliant & almost zen-like in its ritualistic minimalism…..
Next up was the highlight of the day & maybe the highlight of the festival! The film was called Mother by Korean director Joon-ho Bong (I never saw his earlier film The Host, presuming it was a generic monster movie, but I will definitely check it out after seeing such brilliant writing & directing)
If i were an American and I wanted to see Mother, how would I come across it? It looks great.
Its playing at the Toronto Film Festival in September so I imagine it will continue on the Festival circuit & hopefully will get picked up by a distributor… IMDBPro doesnt mention anything re release dates, so wherever you live check out your local film festival…
Mother does look interesting indeed! By the way, I went to see Moon yesterday after seeing your post about it. The soundtrack is indeed quite cool and Sam Rockwell does some good work. However I wasn’t too impressed. The idea behind the film was good but it felt as if the script could have been developed better and clearer. Also, there is a scene where you can clearly see the lavalier mic under Sam’s shirt with wire and everything! Other than that, it was a nice, human sci fi movie.
Cheers for pointing it out!