Spur of the Moment

Sometimes, things just work out. And that is what I count on for the vast majority of screenings I go to. Already as you saw from my previous post. luck played a huge role in what I was able to see. Well, on Saturday I had the morning off, but was supposed to work at 1pm. There were two films I wanted to see that would not get out until 1:30ish. So I worked it out with my coworker to work for an hour in the morning so that I could try to see a film.

The first film I was going to attempt was Wish I Was Here. It is Zach Braff's new film, and I really want to see it. But I knew it would be extremely difficult to get into. There weren't any internal tickets available and the waitlist numbers went immediately, so I gave up on that fairly quickly. But, thankfully, another film I had desperately wanted to see, called Obvious Child, I was able to get an internal ticket for. Hurray! I then visited with friends who were working and then headed over to the theater, and managed to snag a staff/volunteer ticket for my friend Annette! So we were able to see it together!

I then spent the afternoon at work, starting to feel quite sleepy (the 4 hours of sleep from the night before was finally catching up to me). When I got off at 7pm, I walked up main street to the Egyptian theater and got in the staff/vol waitlist line for Difret. I met a very nice volunteer standing next to me who I talked with for a while. We got our tickets, walked over and got free Morningstar veggie burgers for dinner, then headed back for the movie!

Life is a Bitch
This was a short film they are showing in conjunction with Obvious Child, so we got to see it before Obvious Child started. It was quite fantastic, I really enjoyed it. Just a little 5 minute film, that was really funny and sad simultaneously. Great depiction of life and relationships. :)

Obvious Child
About the film
So this film was in the NEXT category. I probably would have wanted to see it anyways, but during the programmer meeting, they spoke very highly of it, said it was funny and sweet and described it as, odd as this may sound "an abortion comedy". It. Was. Hilarious. I loved it. The timing was superb, the characters were great, I laughed aloud so much. But it was also very touching and incredibly sweet. Extremely enjoyable. The lead was played by Jenny Slate and she was there for the Q&A after along with another of the actors, and the director. Jenny is a comedian in real life as well, so I'm sure that helped to enhance her performance. It was a lot of fun, and I'm so very glad I got to see it. :)

Difret
About the film 
This film is part of the World Dramatic competition. It is based on a true-story. It was one I had really wanted to see so I'm very glad I got in. However, I have to say, I think I learned a tough but important lesson. When I'm really tired, even if it is only 9pm, I probably should not go to see a subtitled film. I liked the movie - it told an important story, and the actors were quite good in it, but I was just so tired that I kept nodding off briefly and missing snippets here and there :( Still glad I saw (most of) it.