SXSW V

Shorts!  Today was all about Shorts!  First Documentary Shorts covering subjects  as diverse as the cremated ashes of Oregon State mental pts; a guy who heard 100 bands in 100 days while keeping a day job; the tugboats of NY harbor; a very talented street musician; and the last days of a Czech dance hall in Texas (oooh so depressing.)  Then Texas Shorts made by Texas filmmakers covering subjects like Asian kids who are left to raise themselves while parents return to their homeland for business (talk about depressing), a beer brewer, a metal fabricator and our favorite was GREY, about a guy who witnesses a shooting and is conflicted about how to respond. There were others too not mentioned here. Some Shorts were great, some were good, some funny and some just plain silly!

Tonight we saw a Danish film ARMADILLO about a group of Danish soldiers on a 2009 tour of Afghanistan.  Each film I see about this conflict  leaves me so bewildered and upset about our involvement there.  And that is not a happy way to end this post so I'll go on to say  the movie was very well made and we both liked it.

Good night and more to come.