Limes with Orange

I watched On The Lot tonight, the comedy shorts episode... which apparently means potty humour to many of the contestants. I have to say that I think I could have done better than many of them, and that my herland film workshop teammate, Moksha, did do better than many with her "Lean Mean Queen Machines." But there were also a few tonight that make me realize I'm sooo not there yet. I think my two favourites were "Dance Man" by Andrew Stein and "Danger Zone" by Zach Lipovsky. "Dance Man" was a fun quirky story with heart and "Danger Zone" was technically brilliant. I was a little disappointed by Andrew Hunt's film "Spaced Out"; not that it was bad, but I just expected more from him. Other films worth mentioning: "Big Bad Heist", "Lucky Penny", "Soft", "Check Out" and "Replication Theory". "Please Hold" started off really well but the weak ending spoiled it for me. The rest... well, I predict that the three going home tomorrow night will be three of the ones I didn't mention.

And I just have to say that I know Garry Marshall thinks he's trying to encourage women filmmakers, I just wish that someone would explain to him that he's actually being rather patronizing. With his talk about women's issues and women's perspectives... well, that's great, but sometimes it's just a human issue (or a penguin issue) or just an issue. And sometimes one woman's perspective bears no resemblance to any other woman's perspective or any other person's perspective (although that might make it hard to find an audience, but I'm just trying to make a point here). So please, Garry, just treat the women on the show like filmmakers, not "women filmmakers." Muchly appreciated.

Labels: film, tv