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January 23, 2006
The Docs Of Sundance
Caught both God Grew Tired Of Us and So Much So Fast today. Both are very strong. Neither is likely to make it theatrically. (Though inexplicably, Half-Nelson, a snow-damaged brain kind of Sundance movie with Ryan Gosling as a schizo crack addict/teacher is getting mondo buzz.)
God Grew Tired Of Us is the (inside the park) home run of the two. It’s the continuing adventures of three of the Lost Boys of Sudan, as three of them arrive in America to hopefully rebuild their lives. The doc is solid, but it has no kitsch factor, which seems to be the theatrical boundary these days. There is some hope for the doc to finally get the theatrical drama that Bobby Newmyer was hoping to get launched before he passed away.
So Much So Fast is a story of a family that didn’t face ALS lying down, but fought to find a way to keep the brother that got the disease happy, active, and alive for longer than the 2-5 years normally associated with the disease. It’s a remarkable, brave, relentless effort and the documentary guides us through the story with a gentle hand.
Documentaries remain the best of the storytelling at Sundance 2006.
And on we roll.
Posted by poland at January 23, 2006 08:25 PM
Comments
I've seen a bunch of docs and nothings really knocked my socks off. "KZ" is one of the oddest docs I've ever seen. it's about this idyllic Austrian town that has a concentration camp in it...and a McDonalds. Totally weird movie, but really good. I also saw and liked well enough "What Remains" and "The Trial of Darryl Hunt."
Saw "Wide Awake" and did not dig it. Check out film threat for my reviews if we ever get my computer hooked up.
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at January 23, 2006 11:53 PM
"So Much So Fast" sounds like a very inspirational Doc.
Posted by: Terence D at January 24, 2006 06:02 AM
these festivals seem like the only place to catch good doc's. they dont release them in theatres and they become hard to find on video and on cable.
Posted by: bicycle bob at January 24, 2006 07:44 AM
They need to create a Documentary Channel. They have everything else. Maybe they even have it.
Posted by: Bruce at January 24, 2006 10:29 AM
The Doc's are usually the strongest films at these events. Beats watching the pretentious and uninteresting which you usually get from the features and the shorts.
Posted by: Mark Ziegler at January 24, 2006 02:28 PM
Word Play is my favorite.
Just started a blog kind of similar but more girlie.
I gave Word Play 4 stars (yarnballs) out of 5.
Posted by: Spinster at January 26, 2006 06:45 PM
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