Comments on: Kin Flicks Wraps http://www.vafilm.com/press/2007/11/10/357/ Presented by the University of Virginia Wed, 27 Jan 2010 02:13:44 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Bill Ameen http://www.vafilm.com/press/2007/11/10/357/comment-page-1/#comment-230 Bill Ameen Sun, 30 Mar 2008 19:37:10 +0000 http://www.vafilm.com/2007/2007/357/#comment-230 Hello Richard, Just received this year's theme...Very interesting! Of course a good sci-fi offering would be the Roeg film of Tevis' novel THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH, but John Carpenter's STARMAN was more audience-friendly and should have won an Oscar for Jeff Bridges. Lots of possibilities...THE INTRUDER with William Shatner? We'll see you there, and thanks as always for the tremendous job you do! Hello Richard, Just received this year’s theme…Very interesting! Of course a good sci-fi offering would be the Roeg film of Tevis’ novel THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH, but John Carpenter’s STARMAN was more audience-friendly and should have won an Oscar for Jeff Bridges. Lots of possibilities…THE INTRUDER with William Shatner? We’ll see you there, and thanks as always for the tremendous job you do!

]]> By: Chad http://www.vafilm.com/press/2007/11/10/357/comment-page-1/#comment-229 Chad Tue, 27 Nov 2007 23:26:55 +0000 http://www.vafilm.com/2007/2007/357/#comment-229 What about DATING? Good old fashioned romance. What the world needs now is love sweet love right? What about DATING? Good old fashioned romance. What the world needs now is love sweet love right?

]]> By: Jennifer Gibbs http://www.vafilm.com/press/2007/11/10/357/comment-page-1/#comment-228 Jennifer Gibbs Fri, 16 Nov 2007 09:26:51 +0000 http://www.vafilm.com/2007/2007/357/#comment-228 LOVE the previous poster's idea for a Coming of Age theme for next year - consider this a seconding of that notion, please! LOVE the previous poster’s idea for a Coming of Age theme for next year – consider this a seconding of that notion, please!

]]> By: Sarah Eaton http://www.vafilm.com/press/2007/11/10/357/comment-page-1/#comment-227 Sarah Eaton Thu, 15 Nov 2007 18:51:27 +0000 http://www.vafilm.com/2007/2007/357/#comment-227 Thinking about ideas for next year. Would like to suggest 2 -- POWER or WAR. POWER in an election year... political power, power of the people, power as in energy and issues around that, alternative power, power of money and so on. WAR - seems really like an almost unavoidable topic given the situation(s) we are in. There are so many amazing and moving docs around Iraq -- looking at veterans, effects of war at home, how did we get there, etc. Not to mention the incredibly rich film history of WWII and Vietnam. Great media studies topic as well as a film topic. Thinking about ideas for next year. Would like to suggest 2 — POWER or WAR.

POWER in an election year… political power, power of the people, power as in energy and issues around that, alternative power, power of money and so on.

WAR – seems really like an almost unavoidable topic given the situation(s) we are in. There are so many amazing and moving docs around Iraq — looking at veterans, effects of war at home, how did we get there, etc. Not to mention the incredibly rich film history of WWII and Vietnam. Great media studies topic as well as a film topic.

]]> By: Dewey Cornell http://www.vafilm.com/press/2007/11/10/357/comment-page-1/#comment-225 Dewey Cornell Thu, 15 Nov 2007 13:18:39 +0000 http://www.vafilm.com/2007/2007/357/#comment-225 Great festival, especially enjoyed The Killer Within and Macky Alston's insights into violence. In light of our current national situation, how about an anti-war theme next year? "Stop the violins" with someone like Alan Alda? Music and war could be another angle. Historically, music was used to move men to war and to keep them on the battlefield, and there are some tremendous musical scores in war movies. Great festival, especially enjoyed The Killer Within and Macky Alston’s insights into violence. In light of our current national situation, how about an anti-war theme next year? “Stop the violins” with someone like Alan Alda? Music and war could be another angle. Historically, music was used to move men to war and to keep them on the battlefield, and there are some tremendous musical scores in war movies.

]]> By: David http://www.vafilm.com/press/2007/11/10/357/comment-page-1/#comment-226 David Tue, 13 Nov 2007 15:26:48 +0000 http://www.vafilm.com/2007/2007/357/#comment-226 my suggestion would be "21: Coming of Age" Films could deal with * rites of passage (can we show ‘Picnic at Hanging Rock’??) a rich vein for narrative and documentary film-making * age of consent * US's dawning political responsibilities * mature actors giving their finest performances in later years (imagine the possibilities for guest appearances) * voting rights/conscription/civil liberties (if you can vote and be sent to fight, why can’t you buy a beer?) Following on from the beer, as we are now 21, perhaps a subsection could be devoted to alcohol in the movies - it's the 20th anniversary of "Cocktail"... my suggestion would be
“21: Coming of Age”
Films could deal with
* rites of passage (can we show ‘Picnic at Hanging Rock’??) a rich vein for narrative and documentary film-making
* age of consent
* US’s dawning political responsibilities
* mature actors giving their finest performances in later years (imagine the possibilities for guest appearances)
* voting rights/conscription/civil liberties (if you can vote and be sent to fight, why can’t you buy a beer?)
Following on from the beer, as we are now 21, perhaps a subsection could be devoted to alcohol in the movies – it’s the 20th anniversary of “Cocktail”…

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