Sunday, June 17, 2007

Thompson Travelling Sprinkler




already had told them of how joyful it was my first appearance in a cultural activity in Madrid now that I'm over here. Well, yesterday evening I went to witness the closing of the 7 th Ibero-American Film Festival "La Chimenea de Villaverde. A day earlier, I could see one of the films in competition: THE OTHER SIDE , Mexican Gustavo Loza. And frankly, hoped to bring some recognition because I liked a lot. Sure, I was unable to attend the screenings and had no other references to judge. But if the winners are as endearing as I saw, it sure has been a festival of high quality.

the beginning of the function that was also attended English A short film (a contest) called "The Mirror", last night emerged as the winner of the Audience Award in the category. That if I do not understand ... but ... everyone tastes. The audio seemed pretty badly managed, with desynchronizations in dialogue and / or bad dubbing them (especially the actress Alfonsa Rosso, a lady of English cinema to where his career is shown). Then the story was interesting, but I went as usual ... and that is that I am very sure "sangrona" as we say in Mexico but they do not believe a single word to some actors who "say say", but are not saying anything (the cantinflas Valgame I'm doing!). Tristán Ulloa appears "right" in his role as friend of the painter protagonist, however, I keep feel uncomfortable. I had the feeling that he had been invited, putting a character forced to have a "name sign". Than others (and here I podeís cut throat) do not speak, because I fell asleep after 5 minutes of onset. I have also done many short films and "mediocremetrajes", so I understand that sometimes comes out well and sometimes badly. Do not blame anything its producers (Lili Valerio Cabrera and Scallops), because I know what it takes to build a small project it may be. What never ceases to amaze me is that the public have voted as the best. As I could not see the other, I'll shut up ... but if, as the spectators, it was good, then how would the others! ... Or is ... perhaps the public is satisfied with things which its plot promises to be "interesting" but then have no technical and artistic rigor?. If someone saw it and liked comenteme (or fusíleme).

THE OTHER SIDE caught me after a while (less than five minutes.) The first "but" (Paste) that I put, almost without realizing it, was dictated by prejudice, as Gustavo Loza studied at the Universidad Iberoamericana (in the "Ibero" it), not (as I wanted ubiera) CUEC or CCC. I said and I stress the mea culpa: a mere prejudice that made me believe that a "strawberry Ibero" would not be able to tell with sufficient fidelity and emotion 3 stories of immigration that appears in his film, and-as I - would be far from reality, not only of a private university graduate, but even some of the students in public film careers. Then I noticed the wall to see the beautiful way Loza, with a narrative similar to Inarritu-Arriaga in "Babel", is presenting three stories of children with immigrant parents in three different corners of the world, and when, almost without noticing it caught me and left "dumbfounded" by the freshness of the performances of all smaller than the star. Now I've searched a bit more about it I understand. Gustavo was the producer of the children's channel bar 11 (Strawberry nothing true and substantial content as long) as well as director of programming it. Seldom can see kids act so funny, but also with such dramatic intensity and clarity in the construction of a character. Nor is worth mentioning the excellent work of my friend IGNACIO GUADALUPE (I went at first to see the movie just to see the work of Nacho). But I also look very effective performances Hector Suarez, Vanessa Bauche, Susana González and Carmen Maura. The English Silke is the least liked (much stereotypical "junkie" and little truth in the face and gesture).

I do recommend THE OTHER SIDE, and I would have liked to see it succeed.

that if you took the prize for best performance was doubly MORE THAN ANYTHING IN THE WORLD of the peasants Andres Leon Becker and Javier Solar Cortés. Urbini Julia Elizabeth Cervantes and received the award for best performance, worth 6,000 euros. Congratulations!

This year's festival was dedicated to a country, but do not have a big film production, if it occupies an important place in society in Spain, as its citizens make up one of the communities large immigrant here. As I write I hear the conversations in the phone booth behind me. I'm in an internet cafe with parlor. Most of these voices I hear excited, nagging, giving shipping instructions money etc.. as well as the man who served me to get on the desktop, they invariably focus of Ecuador. The president of the jury in Villaverde was on this occasion the Ecuadorian director Viviana Cordero, who thrilled last night gave the award to honor all of its land immigrants who live in Spain. The Municipal Council of Villaverde, who was sworn into office that morning, also devoted his speech on immigration and promised that during his fight for the integration of English and immigrants in his district.

It was very exciting to see the dances and music of country Andean offered by the ballet Quitus . Three choreographies in total, divided between the awards. The second in particular struck me. Three couples in their traditional dress. Them with some leather chaps (with llama or alpaca guess) and some bells so fine that sounded like a shower of golden needles in the air while walking. However, at the beginning of the dance, the power plant on stage, flights of doubles and triples ponchos and reverb of the music, they made a tremendous contrast with the sound of walking slushy moments before. I felt transported to some ancient time, where the dialogue between man, land, water and the sky was the code of everyday existence. A wonderful force invaded my heart and my eyes were wet again and see what is hidden from us all the time and only appears in times of revelation. How beautiful would that art managed to join together, and merge approach beyond the borders!. And it is happening, is happening ...

Contento (and slightly drunk) got out of the way to Plaza de Villaverde Spain to meet my dear friend, the actor, playwright, director, photographer .... and waiter ... Peruvian Carlos mayor ... and I will tell of the projects.

Long Latin American cinema life!


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