#Cinequest Film Festival day seven
Film #16: “Shorts 3 – Lessons Learned” contained several short films that were disquieting. But that’s not only okay it’s what I want from this type of collection of short films. There was only one real clunker in the collection (“Piss & Vinegar”), a couple that are okay, and several gems (“Dead Hearts”, “Itsy Bitsy Spiders”, “Slap”). I rate it 4 of 5 stars.
Film #17: “Dirty Beautiful” is “Pretty Woman” as interpreted by the same dude who wrote the Bible’s “Book of Revelation”. Let me start by saying the main female protagonist has a voice that makes nails on a chalkboard seem like the sweetest music. She also seems to have taken acting lessons by watching William Shatner in the original Star Trek TV series. Having said that the movie is actually quite good. The core idea is that two obviously incompatible individuals can learn to love each other by simply communicating (even if that often involves screaming). It’s not a great film but probably deserves an encore screening on the last day of the festival. I rate it 4 of 5 stars.