Man on Wire + The Bridge
Been catching up on a few movies lately. First, The Bridge, which came out a few years ago. I didn’t really think it was super awesome but still I found it to be pretty challenging and brave. Next up was Man on Wire. Someone told me a few months ago that while the trailer was good, the movie didn’t add much to it. Wrong wrong wrong. Man on Wire was really well edited and everything from the expressionistic re-enactments to the talking head interviews were executed in a way that made you feel like you might as well have been watching The Usual Suspects.
What impressed me most though was the archival still photography. I was initially impressed by the photo used on the movie’s poster but being able to see a collection of similar photos throughout the movie is awesome. Here are a few examples.
look closely and you can see Philippe Petit as a black speck floating
can you see him now?
On that note, if yr in Toronto this month, check out Contact and Hot Docs festivals. Tonnes of stuff happening.
U.S. Election
On November 4, 2008, residents of Ottawa, Canada celebrated Barack Obama’s victory in the United States presidential election at the East Africa Restaurant. Here are some photos from that.
Animation Festival sneak peak
After interning at the Ottawa International Animation Festival a few years ago, they asked me this year to cover a bunch of the events that have been going on since Wednesday. I’m sick sick sick now but it has been a good week and I’ve met a lot of interesting people. Tomorrow’s awards gala at the Museum of Civilization should be pretty amazing. The winning films will also be shown at Ottawa’s Bytowne Cinema at 8pm.
Here are three photos from the last few days.
Seth Green (Robot Chicken)
Animation party people.
Richard Williams (Who Framed Roger Rabbit)
Seriously, the screenings at the Bytowne and at the Museum of Civilization tomorrow will be awesome.
EXHIBIT: Active Absence
From September 18 until October 31, my photos will be hanging on some walls in Sandy Hill.
It would be very nice if you were able to come to the vernissage this Thursday from 5 – 9 pm.
This will be taking place at Bodé Spa (17 Marlborough, Suite 100 – near Strathcona Park)
To see more details and RSVP, here’s a link to the Facebook event
http://www.facebook.com/p.php?
In related news, Festival X, the Ottawa Photography Festival is also kicking off this Thursday. Visit FestivalX.ca for more info. Between this, covering the Animation Festival and planning the exhibit of photos taken by Kenyan kids, things are really really busy these days!
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