SIFF 2013: Two documentaries
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scarlettinaI'm trying to catch up on my SIFF reviews this morning because, starting tonight, I have tickets for five films this weekend and I'll never catch up if I don't journal about these now. So . . . last Sunday I saw two documentaries and enjoyed the company of ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
varina8, ironymaiden, EB, MD, and kateyule, the latter of whom didn't join us for the movies but did join us for a delicious dinner between them at Olivar in Capitol Hill which, if you haven't tried, you must. It's inside one of my favorite restaurant spaces in Seattle in the Loveless Building, and the food is remarkable. My friend SA also made a cameo appearance during the evening. Anyway, on to the films.
Her Aim Is True: Jini Dellacio started her career as a fashion photographer but when she and her husband moved to Seattle, she found herself photographing rock bands on the local, then national, scenes. The documentary follows her career and the era in which she shot. It's well made and very interesting. I felt like there were a couple of gaping chronological holes; I noticed them as I watched, but they didn't puzzle me until the film was over. Regardless, it was a good doc, and we had the thrill of sitting directly behind Ms. Dellacio at the screening. Though tiny at 94, she was clearly still on top of her game and seemed charming and well-loved by those who came to greet her. Good doc for photography and music buffs.
The Final Member: A film that comes with the jokes ready-made, this documentary centers upon the Icelandic Phallological Museum--a museum of mammalian penises--and its quest to find a donor of the final member that will complete the collection: the human penis. (It's a film made just forjaylake, methinks.) The film centers around two potential donors, an Icelandic celebrity and an American man. We learn about their foibles and idiosyncrasies, the reasons behind their wishes to donate, one after death and, creepily, one before. It's a good documentary about a bizarre subject, told with humor and not a little voyeuristic glee. As ironymaiden observed, one of the two donors was using the opportunity to inflict his kink on others in a really unpleasant way, and it made him the creepiest subject of the film. I didn't expect to find myself disturbed by the movie, but had unsettling dreams all night afterwards, and woke with an uncharacteristic body revulsion that lasted a couple of days. Perhaps I am a little more sensitive than I realized when it comes to this sort of thing. Anyway, it's a weird and weirdly interesting diversion. If you dig docs and strange subjects, this one is for you.
varina8, ironymaiden, EB, MD, and kateyule, the latter of whom didn't join us for the movies but did join us for a delicious dinner between them at Olivar in Capitol Hill which, if you haven't tried, you must. It's inside one of my favorite restaurant spaces in Seattle in the Loveless Building, and the food is remarkable. My friend SA also made a cameo appearance during the evening. Anyway, on to the films.Her Aim Is True: Jini Dellacio started her career as a fashion photographer but when she and her husband moved to Seattle, she found herself photographing rock bands on the local, then national, scenes. The documentary follows her career and the era in which she shot. It's well made and very interesting. I felt like there were a couple of gaping chronological holes; I noticed them as I watched, but they didn't puzzle me until the film was over. Regardless, it was a good doc, and we had the thrill of sitting directly behind Ms. Dellacio at the screening. Though tiny at 94, she was clearly still on top of her game and seemed charming and well-loved by those who came to greet her. Good doc for photography and music buffs.
The Final Member: A film that comes with the jokes ready-made, this documentary centers upon the Icelandic Phallological Museum--a museum of mammalian penises--and its quest to find a donor of the final member that will complete the collection: the human penis. (It's a film made just for
jaylake, methinks.) The film centers around two potential donors, an Icelandic celebrity and an American man. We learn about their foibles and idiosyncrasies, the reasons behind their wishes to donate, one after death and, creepily, one before. It's a good documentary about a bizarre subject, told with humor and not a little voyeuristic glee. As ironymaiden observed, one of the two donors was using the opportunity to inflict his kink on others in a really unpleasant way, and it made him the creepiest subject of the film. I didn't expect to find myself disturbed by the movie, but had unsettling dreams all night afterwards, and woke with an uncharacteristic body revulsion that lasted a couple of days. Perhaps I am a little more sensitive than I realized when it comes to this sort of thing. Anyway, it's a weird and weirdly interesting diversion. If you dig docs and strange subjects, this one is for you.