{"id":856,"date":"2007-09-16T16:26:29","date_gmt":"2007-09-16T16:26:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2007\/09\/16\/t-minus-4-days-the-preview-continues\/"},"modified":"2012-08-17T05:19:43","modified_gmt":"2012-08-17T05:19:43","slug":"t-minus-4-days-the-preview-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2007\/09\/16\/t-minus-4-days-the-preview-continues\/","title":{"rendered":"T-Minus 4 days: The Preview Continues"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Sunday will be a full day with four movies starting at 12:30 with the Festival premiere of Shusuke Kaneko’s screen adaptation of the popular manga Desu n\u00f4to<\/span>, Death Note<\/span><\/a>. I’m not huge manga fan but this one does sound fascinating. The story elements that could emerge from the discovery of "a magical book that has the power to kill anyone who’s name is written inside" are practically endless. Better see this one now before someone makes a bad American remake ala The Ring<\/span>.<\/p>\n

Yesterday, I discussed my concerns<\/a> surrounding an AICN Secret Screening, but it isn’t stopping me from going to the second<\/a> such event of the Festival. Curiosity wins out again. Hope I don’t end up like the damn cat.<\/p>\n

One of the more hyped events and my first documentary of the Festival, Blood, Boobs, and Beast<\/span><\/a> chronicles the career of legendary low-budget genre-filmmaker Don Dohler<\/a>, the brains behind exploitation fare such as The Alien Factor<\/span> (1978), Fiend<\/span> (1980), Blood Massacre<\/span> (1991), and everyone’s favorite Vampire Sisters<\/span> (2004). I tend to like this sort of documentary. And, oh yeah, director John Paul Kinhart will be there live in person!<\/p>\n

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Beginning with the great Cagney films of the 1930s through to the Godfather<\/span> and The Sopranos<\/span>, I’ve had a real weakness for gangster flicks. So imagine my thrill when I spotted the acclaimed Korean gangster flick A Dirty Carnival<\/span><\/a> on the Festival schedule. Acclaimed for it’s fantastic action sequences, elegance of style, and fascinating story, I am looking forward to this one.<\/p>\n

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Next… Monday’s selections<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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