Thursday, July 03, 2003
Weird Canada & Loveless Still Rockin'!
Physical State: melting
Mental State: cottony
Music: Chum FM - Yesterday's Classics today etc (yeah uh huh whatevs). Playing on the studio radio.
Fashion sense: black polo shirt, khaki pants
Not too busy over here in Borlington today so I thought I'd draw your attention again to Miss DJ Loveless and her excellent Live365 station called Radio:Loveless.
Also if you haven't had a chance check out this new Phillip Seymour Hoffman docudrama about gambling addict and former Toronto banker Dan Mahowny in Owning Mahowny, then you should. He embezzled $10.2 million from a Toronto bank in the early 80s. Will give you my review when I've had a chance to see it but it sounds interesting (Minnie Driver's wig on the other hand looks like it'll get a 2 out of 10). Film season is gearing up here again for September. Let's hope my choices this year turn out a little better. Check out the Bell site for more info on the Toronto film fest here.
Caught this strange little Canadian film (aren't they usually) on video last night called Law of Enclosures by John Greyson. I'm not sure how to feel about it yet. There's something about Canadian films that are always the same. I'm not sure how to put my finger on it but there seems to always be something about identity in indie films in Canada. Ok maybe I'm generalizing (or watched too many Atom Egoyan films) but there seems to be a trend. Why is that? Another film that I managed to catch last week on tv was this one with Genevieve Bujold when she was very young called Isabel. Selma Blair kept coming to mind when I watched it. Maybe if this film was Icelandic it would make more sense for some reason. Seems that the Canadian identity thing is not something new, this was made in 1968! Not really Genevieve's best movie (seems more like a vanity project to get her image out there with the release of Malle's Le Voleur around the same time). She did however win a Genie (at that time called an Etrog) that year for her part.
