The first four people to post a correct response to four questions listed below, get one single ticket to the following:
Wavelengths 2: Pro Agri, Sat., Sept 12th at 6:30PM
or
Wavelengths 3: Let each one go...Sat., Sept 12th at 9PM
or
Wavelengths 4: In comparison, Sun., Sept 13th at 4PM
or
Wavelengths 5: Une Catastrophe, Sun., Sept 13th at 6:30PM
Winners get to pick the ticket they want based on who posted first. Ticket pickup responsibility of the winner. Ok, here we go succas:
#1: What movie does this line come from " You shut your mouth when your talkin to me"
#2: What is the longest movie in history?
#3: Who created the costumes for " The Cook the Thief His Wife & Her Lover"
#4: What movie sucked really bad and should have just remained a book? HINT: The word Devil is in the title.
Once four correct answers are listed, I will post my email address on the blog for winners to contact me and get their tickets!
Saturday, September 5, 2009
Friday, September 4, 2009
SIN NOMBRE- BEAUTY FROM THE SADNESS
"Honduran teenager Sayra reunites with her father, an opportunity for her to potentially realize her dream of a life in the U.S. Moving to Mexico is the first step in a fateful journey of unexpected events".
This plot is but a fragment of the full picture. SIN NOMBRE also tells the story of El Casper, a young gang member who can no longer rationalize the violent and morally reprehensible behavior him and his fellow homies not only take part in, but seek out. Sayra and El Caspers roads cross paths in the most unlikely of manners. What ensues is the ability for both characters to go through a series of self realizations that serve the story well and roll out in a natural and uncontrived manner.
SIN is set up from the first shot to make the viewer feel like this is a legitimate window into the world of these characters many people have only heard about. Riding illegally on train tops, avoiding border patrol and gang initiations are things read in books or in the occasional article about immigration laws and what we are doing to reduce gun violence.
There is no attempt to buy the viewers sympathy for future storyline outcomes or to pave a path for ultimate salvation. You are taken on a journey with flawed people who are trying to make just decisions and have hope for a future.
It's rare when you can say a story is honest in every way. SIN is honest in the broken lives, the anger that drives people and how salvation is a path of muddy terrains many never make it out of.
I think one of the things that made such a violent and sad story one that leaves the viewer with some love and hope in their heart is the way the story was set against the most spectacular bckdrops. Hundreds of travelers sitting on top of a train with an amber sky and mountains for miles gives perspective that there is beauty everywhere; inside and out. SIN tells us no life is perfect and we all have the capacity to forgive. It makes the viewer think on a humanistic level very movies could ever do. Please go see it.
If I was to pick a top 10 right now for 2009, SIN NOMBRE would be on it.
This plot is but a fragment of the full picture. SIN NOMBRE also tells the story of El Casper, a young gang member who can no longer rationalize the violent and morally reprehensible behavior him and his fellow homies not only take part in, but seek out. Sayra and El Caspers roads cross paths in the most unlikely of manners. What ensues is the ability for both characters to go through a series of self realizations that serve the story well and roll out in a natural and uncontrived manner.
SIN is set up from the first shot to make the viewer feel like this is a legitimate window into the world of these characters many people have only heard about. Riding illegally on train tops, avoiding border patrol and gang initiations are things read in books or in the occasional article about immigration laws and what we are doing to reduce gun violence.
There is no attempt to buy the viewers sympathy for future storyline outcomes or to pave a path for ultimate salvation. You are taken on a journey with flawed people who are trying to make just decisions and have hope for a future.
It's rare when you can say a story is honest in every way. SIN is honest in the broken lives, the anger that drives people and how salvation is a path of muddy terrains many never make it out of.
I think one of the things that made such a violent and sad story one that leaves the viewer with some love and hope in their heart is the way the story was set against the most spectacular bckdrops. Hundreds of travelers sitting on top of a train with an amber sky and mountains for miles gives perspective that there is beauty everywhere; inside and out. SIN tells us no life is perfect and we all have the capacity to forgive. It makes the viewer think on a humanistic level very movies could ever do. Please go see it.
If I was to pick a top 10 right now for 2009, SIN NOMBRE would be on it.
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