Camp Revival

Seattle International Film Festival started a couple weeks back in May. With over 260 films showing throughout the festival I’ve only been able to digest the projects that have had their producers / promoters reach out to me. I’ll go over a couple of these projects in detail.

The first project of note happens this Friday (6/12/09). Do you all remember the 1988 film: The Bear from director Jean-Jacques Annaud? If not here is a refresher:

The band No Age will be performing an original, never before heard, live score to the film at the Triple Door. There are two showings. An all ages showing at 7pm and a 21+ showing at 9:30pm. Tickets are $20 in advance or $22 at the door. A steep price, but this should prove to be an incredible performance. The footage alone is incredible, but adding No Age’s genius into the mix will make this a unique event that you will not want to miss. I’d say Camp Revival will be there, but our pockets have been getting a little thin lately. Press passes?

The next film that peaked my interest, which has already come and gone , is the film: All Tomorrow’s Parties. This film was directed by All Tomorrow’s People and Jonathan Caouette. The film covers the English festival All Tomorrow’s Parties, which has now been going on for a full decade. The film features interviews from: Nick Cave, Animal Collective, Portishead and Grizzley Bear. After watching the preview I am very intrigued, it gave me Kubrick flash backs.

The final film that I would like to mention is not part of SIFF at all, this film is all STIFF. The film is called The Graduates and it shows at 7:20pm tomorrow at the Northwest Film Forum, which I love. The staff sent me the DVD for this film. I gave it a viewing this evening; not bad. It is a High School film about graduation and the wild parties / life transitions that ensue following it. To be honest this is a genre that is a little lost on me (I can barely remember High School), but the film did prove to have some genuinely funny and dramatic moments. The soundtrack features some decent tunes and the crew is giving away the first 1 million soundtracks for free. Check it out and download here.