Today was my first triple billing of the festival which started with the world premiere of Blame (2010), Australia, received some funding from the MIFF Premiere Fund. While the majority of the film was financed by ScreenWest (WA) and FilmVictoria. The screening was full of cast/crew, funding representatives, MIFF Board members and even a politician. Blame had very favourable audience for it's world premiere.
Blame was unfortunately quite dull and predictable as a group of vengeful youths set in motion a murder plan to seek revenge for a friend who took her own life because of relationship with her music teacher several years earlier. What unfurls is a painfully slow chain of events with a group of despicable characters who executed their ill conceived plan. The cast delivered honourable performances with this lacklustre script as it struggled to reach any great heights. Blame felt like it went on way too long, but could be characterised as a serviceable and mildly interesting film.
Enter the Void (2009), France, Gasper Noe's film has been kicking around for over 18 months and has finally landed in Melbourne to a sell out screening which was full of energy/enthusiasm as the amazing credit sequence rolled for the film. Unfortunately, the enthusiasm amongst the audience dropped as the film slugged along with audible sighs and groans coming from the audience.
It was my second viewing of Enter The Void with the last time I saw it was almost twelve months ago at TIFF. My opinion remains the same, Gasper Noe should be locked in an editing suite and made to cut the bloody film down by about an hour. Yes he does amazing camera angle/shots, transitions and visual effects but once you've seen them five or ten times they don't seem so special.
For those not interested in Gasper work but do want to see the credit sequence here it is so turn it up and enjoy.
Dream Home (2010), Hong Kong, was one of the strangest slasher films you could ever imagine straight out of left field. Cheng dreams of an apartment with harbour view for her family and herself which reveals unhappy journey that her family has taken as she tries to achieve that dream. The films plays out like a dramatic story about this unrealized dreams which turns into a nightmare. Our leading lady, does the responsible thing and goes on an outrageous killing spree like something from a splatter film which makes for some very gruesome but comically scenes. Dream Home was a real surprise but certainly very dark humour.
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