Ok so this year's Melbourne International Film Festival starts tomorrow, about 350 films over the next few weeks are playing.
As stated in another thread, I've already locked onto 'A Conversation With George A Romero' who is one of the guests of the festival. Another I just booked is called
DaiNipponjin which has the following description:
Stand-up comedian and actor Hitoshi Matsumoto adds ‘director' to his list of cred-entials with this absurd mockumentary about a mild-mannered man who turns into a mega-sized superhero whenever danger descends on Japan. Played by Matsumoto himself, this man is anything but super on a daily basis - his alter ego is buckling under the pressure of having to face-off with foes live on television while his viewer ratings continue to drop.
A guaranteed cult classic, Dainipponjin maintains its comedic freshness - among many head-scratching moments - from start to finish.Anyways since Romero is a guest and they're doing a retrospective, they're playing all his films including the upcoming [well here at least]
"Diary of the Dead" which I'm also hoping to see.
HOWEVER I was hoping to get some advice from people 'in the know' about where I should focus my viewing this year, and some that may be worth a look.
Films range from "Ozploitation" [Australian exploitation films such as Razorback] to documentaries, 'classy' films, experimental, just plain mental, pretty much the whole hog. I need a shortlist badly methinks.
Check out the website for MIFF
HERE check the program listings and let me know what you would see and why!
Please help me out, I'm like a kid at an ice cream store: so many flavours and can't seem to make a decision [other than the wanting to watch them all].
What should I watch?