Movie Overload (Asia Filmfest)

The Asia Filmfest is over. I went almost everyday and enjoyed it as usual. Yesterday I spent more than 12 hours non-stop watching movies. I´m surprised that I didn´t get a headache.

Last year I bought comics and books there, this year ink pens and sweets. I really had a good time the two past weeks.

Special thanks to Benjamin who took care of the kids every(!!!!) evening. I do appreciate this and I have a surprise for you when you come back from Antwerp.

Eden Lake

I missed the opening movie of the Fantasy Filmfest (September 3 - 10, 2008) yesterday as it was sold out. At least they screened the movie late at night too.
In "Eden Lake" a couple gets harassed by local youths and the situation turns into a living nightmare. The movie keeps getting worse and I could have used someone sitting next to me, so I wouldn´t have had to jump at the unknown neighbor all the time. At one scene he even got up and said that he would get another beer and return after the horrible. He couldn´t take it anymore.

“EDEN LAKE lulls you in the beginning, then sends you through a complete nightmare before a totally unexpected ending. It’s horrifying and credible in a way few genre movies are.” James Watkins, director EDEN LAKE

I´m off to the next two movies tonight!

Filmfest Munich Premieres A Lynch Movie

Germany’s largest summer film festival is taking place for the 26th time, in Munich, from June 20 - 28, 2008. 237 films from 41 countries are shown on 15 screens – all German premieres.

I watched two movies last night. Surveillance by Jennifer Lynch and Small Gods by Dimitri Karakatsanis.
Surveillance is the story about two FBI agents who track a serial killer with the help of three of his would-be victims - all of whom have wildly different stories to tell. Watch the trailer here at YouTube.
Jennifer Lynch and Julia Ormond were both present and they seem to be very nice. Jennifer Lynch thanked the audience for coming (despite a soccer game and a film award celebration). She warned us, that the movie would be pretty "wacky" and that she was curious to see our reactions. Julia Ormond asked the audience to refrain from throwing stuff at them. :)
I did enjoy the movie. Unfortunately I couldn´t stay and listen to J. Lynch and J. Ormond answering the audiences´ questions, as I had tickets for another movie too.

The second movie Small Gods is told in flash backs. Elena tries to explain to her lawyer what has happened to her since she went missing from a hospital where she was being treated for the wounds caused by the car accident that killed her little boy.

I enjoyed this movie too, but still need to think about it. (The movie even featured a boxing match with God.)

Today I hope to see Johnny 316 as I´m a fan of Vincent Gallo.

European Filmfest- Big Nothing

Yesterday I went to see another (and probably my last) movie at the Europa Filmfest. I found out yesterday that it was the first European Filmfestival in Munich. Just another two days to go, so if you are in Munich check out some of their movies. They have a great collection for the fest.

So this time I saw the movie Big Nothing with David Schwimmer* and Simon Pegg. Big Nothing is the story of two nice losers who decide to blackmail a porn-addicted priest and everything goes wrong. The movie makes you laugh real hard and manages to shock you at the same time. And beware of Miss Teen Oklahoma!

* I didn´t know that David Schwimmer shot any movies or anything apart from Friends.