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Tuesday, February 02, 2010

Rerun: Omega Sandwich

Originally posted Sept 20, 2004.

During the day, Zack and this almond butter and banana sandwich have the run of the city. But at night, they have to take shelter to avoid the raccoons who have been surrounding the compound in greater and greater numbers.

The raccoons' leader is a pompous, Luddite windbag named Mathias. He and the raccoon mob sit in the trees and chatter.

MATHIAS: Sandwich! Sandwich! Show yourself to us, sandwich!

SANDWICH: [drinking Scotch, speaking to Zack] What say you and I play a game of chess? Ah, you'd probably win again.

Zack does not answer because he is a dog and dogs can't speak.

SANDWICH: [again, to Zack] What's that? Cards? I haven't played cards in years. I reckon you'd have a tough time holding them in your paws ...

MATHIAS: Sandwich! We know that you are in there! Why don't you show yourself?

SANDWICH: [smashes the glass, clenches his fists] Dammit! Will they ever shut up?

MATHIAS: Sandwich! You are the last of your kind. It is time for you to renounce the religion of the machine and join us. I promise that the pain will be short ...

SANDWICH: [to Zack] How long? How long has it been since I last spoke to another sandwich? How long?

Anyhow, not to give away the ending or anything, but that sandwich is a modern-day Jesus Christ sandwich and he will sacrifice himself to save sandwich-kind.

The end.

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Sunday, January 31, 2010

Now Playing: Grown Up Movie Star

Tatiana Maslany won the special jury prize for Breakout Performance in World Cinema at Sundance for her role in Grown Up Movie Star. The film is playing this weekend in Toronto at the Scotiabank Theatre (formerly the Paramount).

The current issue of NOW also has an interview with the director/writer and a four NNNN review.

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Thursday, January 28, 2010

Tablets Make You High Then Low

It's not what I was expecting ...

As always, Hitler has the last word:

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Monday, January 25, 2010

It Only Costs One Shiny Penny!

Reaction to Leah McLaren's paywall piece:

Here’s where the irony kicks in, because it isn’t that news consumers aren’t interested in paying for milk once they’ve grown accustomed to getting it for free. Instead, it’s that they aren’t interested in paying for the infant formula that’s been getting substituted for their milk over the last decade or so, a product that has no real nutritional value. Unfortunately for McLaren and the other comfortably compensated, formula-hocking columnists at the Globe and other mainstream media outlets, it is also a product that they can get for free from a variety of other sources.

via Mondoville

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Friday, January 22, 2010

Grown Up Movie Star at Sundance 2010

If you're at the Sundance Fest, Grown Up Movie Star has its first screening ... this afternoon! I just finished sprucing up the film's website. Here's the info:

One-time NHL star Ray, has returned home to Newfoundland from the US following a drug conviction, only to have his wife Lillian leave him for aspirations of stardom. Ray flails from woman to woman trying to replace her, while struggling against a growing awareness of his homosexuality and to care for his two daughters. At loose ends for lack of guidance, 13-year-old Ruby attempts to follow her mother's starlet dreams with make up and sexual behaviour, putting herself in increasingly risky situations.

The film itself is top-notch ... it's the fourth good film I've found work on in a row which means that streak of good luck is probably about to end. I bet the next film I work on is Bon Cop, Bad Cop V. Or worse: Friends: The Motion Picture.

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Wednesday, January 20, 2010

A Hard Name

Alan Zweig's excellent doc, A Hard Name, is on TVO tonight.The film was one of the top ten audience picks at Hot Docs 2009 and NOW magazine said:

Zweig’s on-camera questions are always the ones we’re wondering ourselves – a good sign in a doc. The unforgettable subjects, including a man who stabbed fellow inmate Clifford Olson 21 times before Olson committed his notorious crimes, implicitly trust him.

Some are more guarded than others, but Zweig’s open approach lets them confront the demons that have chased them for years, giving the project a cathartic feel.

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Tuesday, January 19, 2010

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Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Tim Hortons + Monsanto + Curling = Organ Failure

From HuffPo:

In a study released by the International Journal of Biological Sciences, analyzing the effects of genetically modified foods on mammalian health, researchers found that agricultural giant Monsanto's GM corn is linked to organ damage in rats.

Imagine!

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Local Fame

Funniest bit of local social convention from a Q&A with Raymi:

Did people ever recognize you on the street (and talked to you/ acknowledged it?)

yes lots but in the city of toronto you're not supposed to acknowledge famous people. you're supposed to secretly snicker at them for some reason. when i get approached i know that the person does not actually reside in toronto haha.

I didn't know that you're supposed to snicker.

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Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Movie Stuff

I don't think we'll ever top this review (scroll down) of the Leslie poster. It was also cool when the poster showed up in the Salt Lake City Tribune's TIFF coverage. [full size image] I think there's going to be Leslie news on the horizon ...

Meanwhile, Grown Up Movie Star is an official selection at Sundance 2010 ... and for good reason. It's the type of grittier, smarter film that people should think of when they hear the words, "Canadian film" ... although I hear that a lot of people actually like Bon Cop, Bad Cop. We're just putting the finishing touches on a new website design ...

Until Grown Up Movie Star shows up in theatres, why not enjoy something in the same vein, the 1968 NFB drama, The Best Damn Fiddler from Calabogie to Kaladar. You know, that gas station at Kaladar could use a damn fiddler ...

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