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Diving in to Toronto
And it begins!
After a brutal day of travel and orientation yesterday (thanks to pre-fest insomnia, my day started at 1:30 a.m. — then festival-related business kept me out until midnight Eastern time), I’m officially caught up in a festival I’ve wanted to cover for years: Toronto. The one that affords neither glimpses of the Riviera nor opportunities for snowboarding, but routinely launches some of the year’s best films.
Ever the eager beaver where movies are concerned, I was first in the auditorium at the first screening time-slot available. How many folks, I wonder, would turn up at 9 a.m. to listen to “Pope of Trash” John Waters talk about unbelievable depravity both real and imagined? Yours truly — and the belly-laughs were just as good as a few shots of espresso.
This blog is meant as a you-are-there account, so I won’t be doing much actual reviewing of what I see. For that, you’re welcome to visit hollywoodreporter.com. I’ll be filing reviews for THR as schedule and sleep-deprivation allow; by the time you read this, I may have gotten the documentary above (“This Filthy World,” it’s called) out into the ether.
Now, off to see either Chinese-Finnish martial arts or a South Korean horror film. Talk to you soon.
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