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21 Thoughts on TIFF 2014

  • 24 screenings, and I had company for 22 of them…that’s a great week of being social!
  • I don’t think I need to set foot in another Starbucks until at least January.
  • Never let someone who isn’t into sports talk to you about a sports documentary
  • I was told THE DUKE OF BURGUNDY was about butterflies; That’s like saying BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOR is about kindergarten.
  • There should be a disclaimer in the program book noting directors who have just bought a house.
  • Never woulda guessed HAEMOO and THE PROPHET would be my most-read posts from the week.
  • I’m hard-pressed to remember a year where so few guests showed up for second screenings.
  • That said, I’m also still awe-struck that Jermaine Clement came by the Sunday night pub gathering…and stayed so long.
  • I doubt anyone high up the chain at TTC reads this space, but if you can avoid a subway closure on the weekend next year that’d be swell. Two TIFF’s in a row are enough.
  • For a moment watching Jena Malone skip down the street was a cute sight, then fear crept in as I realized she was skipping with her back to oncoming traffic.
  • There’s a weird fatigue that sets in when the best things you see come at the very beginning and very end of your week.
  • As much as this experience has become about being wired-in, it’s amazing what can happen and who you see just by keeping your phone in your pocket and your eyes up.
  • There’s no way the version of TOP FIVE that played here is getting past the MPAA, and that’s a shame.
  • There’s a special circle of hell for people who yell into microphones.
  • The highlight of the week remains spending time with Brian, Max, Shannon, Andy, and Sam
  • Right this moment I most regret missing CLOUDS OF SILS MARIA, TOKYO TRIBE, CUB, and WILD TALES
  • One TIFF first for me – Never once did I go to the wrong theatre by accident.
  • After two years in a row of seeing the People’s Choice winner in my slate, I’m back to playing catch-up
  • #andrewdamionanddouglasdoTIFF2015 (pass it on)
  • Favorites from the week: COMING HOME, TOP FIVE, WHILE WE’RE YOUNG
  • Only 363 days until I get to do it all again!

5 Replies to “All Good Things Come to an End (Reflections on TIFF 2014)”

  1. You saw my darling Jena!!!! Do you have a picture? She really does need someone to watch out for her in case she does shit like that. She should hire me, me, me!!!!

    1. I’ve been trying all week to figure out why I didn’t reach for my camera when I saw Miss Malone out on the street, and to this day, I still can’t come up with an answer. It’s not even like she was in-and-out “so quick” because she was on that spot for a good few minutes. I’m just slow on the uptake sometimes, man…

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