It's the Wisconsin Film Festival this weekend, and I am ebullient. Or I would be if I hadn't had a long, emotionally harrowing day of self-criticizing thoughts, and I didn't have to be at my other job by 8 am tomorrow morning. Yet, I did and I do, and even though it's closer to tomorrow than it is to today, I'm aglow enough to be up, typing away, because I saw an amazing movie today.
I went by myself. Now, I generally do not feel wierd about going to a movie by myself. I've often done so - sometimes I've wanted to see something that no one else wanted to see, so I just went. Sometimes I've wanted to see something that everyone else had already seen, but I don't want to wait to see it on dvd, so I went. The first situation is certainly better than the second, but that's neither here nor there. The point is, usually when I go to a movie by myself, it's nothing worth writing home about - just blah blah I was bored, blah blah free air conditioning blah blah.
Today I saw a movie that not only I loved, but as I was watching it, I knew that people that I love would also love it, but I was alone and could not really share it with them, and so the experience was multiply poignent. I don't know if 'Football Under Cover' will ever be in a theater near you, or if it will ever be released on dvd, but keep your eyes peeled for it, because it is one of the best movies I've seen all year, and I don't even normally get excited about documentaries.
What? I, Ms. Fiction-lover, Ms. Narrative-whore actually fell for a documentary?? Why yes, and I brushed my hair today, and hell froze over and several other rather unexpected things.
Basically, this movie is about a historic event in women's sports. There is an Iranian Women's National Soccer Team, but they've never played against another team. A team from Germany decides they are going to travel to Tehran and play the Iranian women. And so they do, and it is not easy. But it is oh so breathtaking when they get there.
I'm going to see 5 more films in the next two days, so I'm sure that this film won't remain 'the best mvie I've seen all year' for very long. But man, it was good.
It is too late to write a conclusion.
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Did you know that Four Star Video has some of the films shown at last year's festival on DVD for rent? In particular, they have "New Year Baby," which is the film that I loved and would pick as my favorite from last year's fest. I hope they will also soon have "Football Under Cover" so I can watch it.
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