New York New York

Okay, the New York Film Festival just happened and, in a way, is still happening. The biggest highlight for Ithaca College in this festival (apart from the fact that none of the students probably sent in a film for even consideration) is the Views from the Avant Garde section of the festival where our dear and lovely Professor David Gatten is screening not just his most recent films, but an entire program that is dedicated to his name... Sure he is a luminary in the field and is mentioned in most of the books I read for my experimental class, but the fact that he has the future of cinema (read: the world of Avant Garde) watching an entire program of his films at THE most prestigious film festival avant-garde program is pretty cool. And also, you might run into him while you're stealing coke from the vending machine in Park. Pretty cool, pretty cool.

Also, worth watching are some of the short films in this year's NYFF. Actually, disclaimer: no one is allowed to judge their work against the films they see here, and pre-judge their films as not being worthy of the festival... because we all hate our films. That said, you can go to the New York Times website and watch six of the films there. My favorite: Blue Tongue. The cinematography seems to stand out in all of them, the stories: welll.. the day I get into the NYFF short film section, we'll talk.. until then, these are excellent films. :)

Also, the rate of my blog posting is directly proportional to how motivated I am feeling to write my script at the moment... so going by the postage rate... not so motivated... BLA!! GOTTA GET BACK TO Wurrkkin!