October 9, 2006 Archives

It's a pretty daring thing to case it at 11PM, right after the National (when it's usually a re-run of the National or some Canadian movie). It's in front of a live audience too. It's a shame that my reception of CBC resembles a snowstorm. The Hour.

The MuchMusic credential is very interesting. As if Patrick Masbourian did a Radio-Canada host show during primetime.

(I updated the links since this was posted. They now point to the festival's official website. Already, I won't be able to see Invisible Waves or Peter Pan Formula, b/c of work. With one showing only, I think Paprika will indeed be a grab.)

- Paprika (Satoshi Kon).
- Invisible Waves (Pen-Ek Ratanaruang). Which is sort of interesting, b/c it has the same cast/crew than Last Life In The Universe.
- Tachigui : the amazing lives of the Fast-food grifters (Mamoru Oshii).
- Linda, Linda, Linda (Nobuhiro Yamashita).
- I don’t want to sleep alone (Tsai Ming-liang). And I'm probably a masochist, if I go see this.
- The Peter Pan Formula (Chang-ho Cho).

Six ticks for $50 ($8.33 per tick, versus the $9 student rate, or $12 adult rate). Tickets on sale next Saturday.

Yesterday, we talked about Perfect Blue, and how it was shown at one of the first Fantasia fests (1997, maybe). The new movie, Paprika is coming out at various film festivals, and I'd hope at Montreal's Nouveau Cinema. It looks great. I see images that look familiar after seeing Spirited Away (I venture a guess that it's all inspired from Japanese folk stories). Now, I feel like watching Paranoia Agent again, the only anime series I watched in its entirety.

Edit, one min later: zomg, yes, the definite programme is not even out yet, but according to this press release, Paprika is coming to Mtl! And also, the new Mamoru Oshii.