free movies

so, i had two full film fest days. on friday, i saw the two student showcases--these were about 6 short films each all done by students, some scad, some from other schools. i hate to say it, but the ones from other schools were way better. not like the scad students had much of a chance. the other schools were the american film institute, nyu, columbia--you see, the schools that really train some of the best filmmakers...

anyway, that being said, there were some awesome student films. there were also some bombs, like some strange one named "licious" that showed a girl running in forsyth park, sitting in a house with a crazy grandmother, and also included a man dressed in a wolf costume. little red riding hood, right? well, the pieces were there but the movie made NO sense. and i watch tons of obscure and strange movies. just ask my husband!

i also saw three feature films--kabluey, o'horten, and the boy in the striped pajamas. kabluey was really funny and if you have the chance to rent it, you should. it's about a guy who goes to live with his sister-in-law when his brother is deployed to iraq with the national guard. o'horten was sometimes funny, but very slow-paced. it was about a man who retired from being a train engineer in norway at the age of 67 and has no idea what to do with his life once he doesn't have a timetable to determine what he does and where he goes. finally, the boy in the striped pajamas was just absolutely the saddest movie i've ever seen. it's about an unlikely friendship between a commandant's son and a jewish boy at a concentration camp in wwii. i can't write more than that because it's just that sad. it's totally worth seeing, just be prepared that there is no happy or even uplifting ending.