{"id":317,"date":"2005-05-29T23:06:25","date_gmt":"2005-05-30T06:06:25","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=317"},"modified":"2005-06-01T21:04:46","modified_gmt":"2005-06-02T04:04:46","slug":"fly-filmmaking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcanius.silverfir.net\/blog\/fly-filmmaking\/","title":{"rendered":"Fly Filmmaking"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today, I went to see the Fly Filmmaking Festival, an annual staple of the Seattle International Film Festival where directors are given ten days along with a set of other restrictions (such as just 5 hours of tape) to make a ten minute film. In years past, this apparently has been devoted to documentaries on subjects drawn out of a hat. This year, it fetured narative films with open subjects, but with requirements including a location, an actress, a prop, and an action that had to appear in the film. The first film, about a girl who can’t drive, called Driver’s Ed<\/em>, I enjoyed. It was mindless, but fun, and used the ten minutes well enough. Nothing to rave about, though. The second film was called …Loving Martha<\/em>, about a man disenchanted with his life as an office worker who falls in love with a copy machine. It was an interesting idea, but not as well executed as the first film. The third film was a disgrace. Called “Circus of Infinity,” its attempt at creating art fell flat and fell hard. It was a real shame they chose to end with such a terrible film. But yes, it got worse. Afterwards, the directors came up, as did several “on the fly” critics. Well, there was no critiquing going on, just adolation. Since about half the audience were somehow involved in the making of the movies, I suppose it was the only PC thing to do at the time. Still, this is definitely a SIFF production I’ll be happy to miss in the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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