Jeonju International Film Festival

So this past weekend I was lucky enough to catch some of the Jeonju International Film Festival (aka JIFF). I only got to see 7 movies, but I was pretty happy with what I saw. On Friday night I saw Francis Ford Coppola's new film, "Tetro." On Saturday throughout the course of the day I saw three films, including a Japanese film that I would definitely recommend, "Viyon no tsuma."

At midnight I attended a screening of 3 more movies: a post apocalyptic anime that started out really interestingly and then got a little too fantasy-filled for me, a brutal masturbatory French zombie movie, and a fantastic Japanese horror movie from the seventies, filled with that bad but good seventies porno-like quality film, dreamy technicolor, and fantastic music. This last movie came on after 4am, and was in Japanese accompanied only by Korean subtitles, so needless to say, I had no idea what most of the dialog was. I would catch bits and pieces, but at 4 in the morning and 5 movies later, I couldn't handle it. To give you an idea, below is the trailer.

And on Sunday, I enjoyed another Japanese movie, "Bare Essence of Life." The main character was played perfectly. Below is the trailer.