Buzz from Fantastic Fest
October 8th, 2009Fantastic Fest isĀ one of our favorite partner festivals of all time. In addition to abundant press coverage and a torrent of tweets on Twitter, Fantastic Fest also generates copious amounts of audience participation on its Festival Genius program guide. Find out what the audience at Fantastic Fest thought about the newest horror, sci-fi, and fantasy films that might be seen soon at a festival near you.
Here are some of the top films from Fantastic Fest as rated by users of the B-Side Festival Genius online schedule:
Private Eye (4.5/5 stars) – Directed by Dae-min Park. Featured review by user Purukivel: “Extremely enjoyable debut by a first-time director, and a possible franchise launch featuring a couple of very likeable leads and an interesting setting that’s packed with all sorts of possibilities for future tales. The mystery is complicated without being unduly byzantine or far-fetched, the action scenes are completely satisfying, the dialogue is snappy, and we get a few character-building moments here and there.”
Breathless (4.5/5 stars) – Directed by Yang Ik-June. Featured review by user Saddleman: “An absolutely devastating film, this Korean drama is stark, brutal, and beautiful – a fiercely uncompromising look at the spiraling effects of domestic violence in the damaged lives of its protagonists. This amazing film, directed by lead actor Ike-June, deftly balances humor and pathos, and will not so much cut at your very soul as bludgeon it with a ball-pin hammer.”
A Town Called Panic (4.5/5 stars) – Directed by Stephane Aubier and Vincent Patar. Featured review by user lookingatanace: “I not only want more films like this playing FF, but I want life to be more like this. It was one of the few films I would have happily sat and watched again right afterwards. And we all need a chocolate hay stack for our birthday!”
Fish Story (4.5/5 stars) – Directed by Yoshihiro Nakamura. Featured review by user revtico: “Punk rock, natural disasters, supernatural cassettes, fruit tarts, translation problems, and India’s space program all come together in a perfect package. If you’ve ever wondered ‘how can solitude be like a fish?’ then this is the movie for you! Impossible to explain the plot, the movie can only be understood by watching, and even then not until the very end.”
