I forgot to post this mention from our friend Sujewa Ekanayake's interview from Spout.com that he did soon shortly after he saw Cookies and SIFF. Here it is:
For two and a half years Sujewa Ekanayake has provided the indie film world with one of its funniest and most arresting blogs, DIY Filmmaker Sujewa, where the thirty-four year old Washington D.C. based Sri Lankan offers an insightful glance into the world of the independent filmmaker outside of the New York-LA indie axis. His newest film, Indie Film Blogger Road Trip, brings him into the homes and working spaces of 14 film bloggers and is perhaps the first extended meditation on the impact, limitations and peculiarities of the film blogosphere to date. We caught up with him this week to discuss the charms of Battlestar Galactica, where Kevin Smith went wrong and finding his long lost copy of Tom Wait’s “Rain Dogs”.
What films or television shows have you seen recently?
Battlestar Galactica, Sarah Silverman show, The Office, Cookies & Cream, 30 Rock, Zack & Miri Make A Porno - off the top of my head that’s some stuff I’ve seen recently, been watching.
Which ones stuck with you and why?
All the ones have been entertaining in one way or another. Battlestar Galactica deserves special mention because they took an old TV show & totally brought it up do date - & used it to deal with some current issues we are thinking about - religiously motivated war, who or what exactly is a person/human rights issues, cycles of violence, genocide, disappearing of gender & ethnic barriers in some professions & some sectors of society in general. Also, Zack & Miri was OK - generally I liked it, but the movie did not flow smoothly for me - several other Kevin Smith movies I liked because they seemed plausible, naturalistic in their pacing (I think that’s what I mean) - Clerks, Chasing Amy, even Clerks II - even with that movie’s fantastic elements. Zack & Miri did not feel real or Kevin Smith-y somehow - maybe it’s because it featured two well known actors - I mean super famous actors, but hopefully Smith will have a lot of success with it.
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