Exit133 Video: Tacoma Film Festival Preview ( 2. October 2007, 14:39 by Erik) ~ Check out a new movie ...
We’re counting down to the 2nd Annual Tacoma Film Festival, which opens this Thursday. We think it’s quite cool. Lots of movies (70+), lots of venues, lots of filmmakers coming to town…
Watch for our “Best of the Fest,” which will be published on The B Side tomorrow. A team of writers have spent countless hours helping us preview this year’s slate of films. They’ve winnowed 70 films down to a few choice Top Picks, so check out The B Side tomorrow for a list of hidden gems you should definitely catch.
If you can’t wait that long, Director Bryan Johnson—who created the short film South 5 for the Grand’s 72 Hour Film Competition in May—helped us get a sneak peek at the sequel, which will be featured on Opening Night of the Film Festival.
With his help, we arranged some secret interviews with a few members of South 5 … Enjoy.
Thanks to Bryan for helping us with the preview.
South 5 original film and trailer for South 5 – True Grit previously on Exit133
Update: Here’s the YouTube link to the short film True Grit.
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The South 5 series really hit on something. No disputing that.
South 5 identifies and articulates alot of what has been happening to Tacoma for several decades largely unchallenged.
Before, Tacomans sort of knew something was wrong when they were hit with an occassional elbow to their face but could not quite put a finger on the aggressor. (Why is it that all of the criminals in the state are re-located to Pierce County? Oh well, nevermind)
The Tacoma City Council even played South 5 during a council meeting to a roaring audience at City Hall (which does not often roar). They thought it was that important.
Kudos to Bryan Johnson for explaining Seattle’s obsession to keeping Tacoma is under it’s boot.
Of course, there are the classic Seattle press pieces:
Even for those who bought in, Tacoma feels like a sweater that you just can’t wear. It looks nice, with the water views and mountains. You got it far cheaper than you would pay in Seattle. But every time you put it on, you itch so much you can’t wait to take if off.
Translation : even though Tacoma looks nice in every measurable way, it should still be treated with revulsion. Nice. Thanks Seattle.
The Seattle Press becomes histrionic anytime Tacoma looks as if it might lift its metaphorical collective head off the pavement.
And of course, there is the classic Seattle Times piece which started it all. For the first time, Tacomans got the first real glimpse to the nearly daily pummeling Seattle was delivering to Tacoma
The once-gritty town has sprouted new condominiums and apartments along a still-working but much-sanitized waterway. Visitors outside the gleaming Museum of Glass must look past rows of pleasure boats to see a real barge loaded with genuine gravel. Where downtown meets water, weeds once flourished on rutted turf near rotting pilings. Now, there is a tailored lawn and a graceful esplanade.
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The wrinkles and problems might have vanished, but the result is unnatural and irreversible, and ultimately, somewhat ghastly.
10/10. Nice. Hit all of the obligatory disparaging words interspersed with attempts to induce self loathing and guilt. Would Seattle call its own waterfront sanitized?
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