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Written by Pete Timmermann Saturday, 19 May 2007 16:00

Although this year’s festival has so far perhaps been better to me both in terms of films and experiences than any other festival I’ve ever been to, it is dispiriting when you see five films in a day and four of them are disappointing, boring, or outright bad.

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Written by Pete Timmermann Friday, 18 May 2007 16:00

I've long thought that Moore is a great filmmaker but a questionable political thinker, but that doesn't keep me from looking forward to his films (I didn't care for Fahrenheit 9/11, but have thoroughly enjoyed all of his other films so far). Sicko is a very good and very important film, easily of the caliber of Bowling for Columbine, but I think that it will lose a lot of its intended effect having come from Moore and not someone else; he just has too much baggage these days.

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Written by Pete Timmermann Thursday, 17 May 2007 07:50

This is the sort of movie that hardcore, longtime Joy Division fans will probably both love and hate—it’s a great tribute to a great band (and a great film in and of itself), but it’s actually so good that it will likely bring a lot of wienerish masses into getting into Joy Division and acting like they have been all along. Get ready for them to become popular again.

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Written by Pete Timmermann Thursday, 17 May 2007 01:25

Seeing as how I am a fan of all three of these filmmakers, and also since for once I am trying to see less movies than I have in years past (so I don’t, you know, die), it seemed worth it to at least send of the request and await the inevitable rejection (note that just because I received the invitation to request an interview by no means means that I will actually get said interview).