A Chinese Cinderella and a Car with a Dangerous Appetite
Day Two at the Asheville Film Festival
November 14th, 2007 | Darren Dahl
The Asheville Film Festival wrapped up this weekend. The Year of the Fish, an animated take on a Chinese version of the Cinderella story garnered top film honors. Given America's perpetual fascination with gangsters, though, the comedy Randy and the Mob, a runner-up best feature award-winner, may prove to have the most legs.
Another one the weekend's most popular films, at least according to audience buzz, came from the world of pop horror. Keep an eye out for Blood Car, a clever twist in the mold of A Little Shop of Horrors—that is, if you swap in a blood-swilling car for the talking plant.
Two big releases also screened in Asheville. I wrote about Tamara Jenkins's The Savages in my first post. Before the Devil Knows You're Dead, starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Marisa Tomei, Albert Finney, and Ethan Hawke, was also on the roster. I can't decide what was more surprising: the film's lackluster reception here, Ethan Hawke's overacting, or the frequency with which Tomei appears topless in the film? To report that is to risk the wrath of my wife.
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Hi,
The old AIVF festivals database was a wonderful resource. Is it still available from someone else?
Thanks.
Katherine Kasirer
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That's a good question - we have been investigating re-publishing some of the books AIVF published. It seems we are most interested in the Exhibitor Directory and the Distribution Directory - b/c both are something hard to find from other sources. As for the festival guide, I just assumed that was something easily obtained from other books, websites. But maybe I'm wrong! I'd love to know what you thought was the advantage of the AIVF Festival guide - what made it unique?
Michele
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