enen / case unknown, followed by Eatrip

early morning screening, on Saturday, August 29 ...

 

9 ayem film in the way too early for a saturday morning category of insanity ..

a polish film, enen (case unknown) ...

from the blurb, I expected a thriller .. I've seen a fair number of polical films from europe and

south america over the years .. interesting how we are "constructed" by our reading and

viewing history to anticipate plots with which we are familiar .. here, a young psychiatrist

trying to find out who this mystery patient is, and why various former administrators are

trying to hide what they know and their connection to this strange not quite catatonic man ..

 

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i then took the subway 2 short stops to the other venue (too lazy to walk), grabbed a bite,

and went to a mid-day screening of a japanese documentary about food .. Eatrip ..

about food and people's feelings about it .. from which i share with you this wisdom ...

   "I have been eating for 90 years and I still enjoy it .. that's the beauty of it .."

at the end, all the various interviewees were gathered in a tent in a field for

a feast .. one dish that looked intriguing (though i'd have reservations

about eating it) .. appeared to be a bed of ice completely covered with

a layer made up from very thin slices of radish (?wasabe?) upon which were laid

thin filets of white fish, all of which was now covered with fresh strawberries ..

well, maybe I would eat it!

 

cinemoo, at the montreal film fest