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19th St. George Bank Brisbane International
Film Festival – Quick Takes
Quick takes and viewer comments from some of the latest films shown at the Brisbane International Film Festival!
Gasland
Now here’s a film that makes for a truly scary cinema experience, one that is also quite topical if you live in Queensland. It’s a documentary called Gasland. This confronting tale examines the out of control state of drilling for natural gas going on in quite a number of formally pristine states in America.
The process under scrutiny is called hydraulic fracturing and it involves pumping a concoction of highly carcinogenic chemicals into the ground in a process that helps free the natural gas. Almost all of the poor people that live around these sites are experiencing the horrors that go along with exposure to toxic wastes.
As a tale it’s quite depressing and filmmaker Josh Fox offers little in the way of solutions or even hope. His mostly humour free style adds effectiveness to the story but makes for a bit of a tough slough. He also relies on poorly lit scenes with bad focusing to give it that believably non-corporate air. The film also lacks some basic science to give the story a more balanced view. But even with these shortcomings, it’s a film that all the residents of Queensland in particular and Australians in general should see.
Rob Hudson
Welcome To The Rileys
A well acted but rather dour film about a lonely couple played by James Gandolfini and Melissa Leo who are trying to come to terms with the death of their daughter. Unfortunately the screening was almost complete ruined by the sycophantic group of teenage girls sitting next to us who giggled at every utterance of Kristen Stewart as she tried to step away from her sullen teenage vampire roles by playing a sullen teenage runaway prostitute stripper.
Rob Hudson
Next Screenting: Sat 13 Nov 9:00 PM Palace Barracks Cinema 1
Brisbane International Film Festival 2010
Dates and Venues:
Brisbane 04–14/11/10 Palace Barracks Cinema, Palace Centro Cinemas and Tribal Theatre
Event ticket: See BIFF website for ticketing options
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