Ryan McNeil
Why does it feel like I always need a vaction to recover from my vacation? Life will return to normal this week after four days spent running all around this city taking in TIFF, a concert, a wedding, and catching up with neglected family and friends.
I’m also looking forward to catching up with my fellow bloggers. I assure you, I have been reading your stuff gang, I just haven’t had the time/energy to comment like I usually do. All of that should change starting today. Before I move On, I want to thank anyone who read about my TIFF experiences – as always, I’m appreciative of the readership.
Before I let TIFF lay for the year, I thought I’d highlight one last bit of news and silliness. This year, The Audience Choice Award was given to PRECIOUS. The silliness that it has sparked is the fact that when some media outlets broke the news of its selection as audience choice, they felt the need to remind people that last year’s audience choice winner went on to take the Oscar for best picture.
Thanks for noting the co-incidence gang, but try not to get too hung up on waving any flags. SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE did indeed start its run to the big prize with a TIFF Audience Choice win, but it was only the third movie in 30 years of the festival to do so. It’s not any sort of indicator so much as it was dumb luck.
I don't suppose you managed to catch the screening of Mehta's "Cooking With Stella"…? I have something of a personal stake (not steak) in the film, in a roundabout way, and the ratings on IMDb thus far are…pretty bad. If you got to see it, I'd wait with bated breath to hear your opinion! (I SHOULD'VE GONE. I saw U2 that night instead. So very stupid.)
@ Ehch… Nopers. I had one screening this year. Just one. That one was the tour doc about The White Stripes, so all other screenings I had to ask friends and family about. I'll mke up for it next year though 🙂
Sorry to disappoint.