Well, SIFF is over. It’s sad. My movie-watching will now return back to Netflix. I realized that I really do like watching in the privacy of my own home (without tall people’s heads infront of me, the stink of popcorn, uncomfortable temperatures, etc.). Nonetheless, I’m totally glad I did SIFF and I intend to continue seeing SIFF movies as long as I live in Seattle.
As for the Secret Festival, I’m not sure whether I’ll do it again next year. I only liked one of the four movies. I think the philosophy behind choosing the movies wasn’t quite what I expected. Maybe that varies year-to-year — I can’t say. We’ll see what I impulsively decide next year.
Throughout the festival I kept some “statistics” on random things. To conclude my SIFF coverage for the year, I share:
- Total money spent on tickets:
$137
- Total time spent standing in line:
155 minutes = 2 hours 35 minutes
- Total movies seen:
15
- Languages:
Cantonese, Mandarin, Japanese, English, Swedish, French
- Movies with subtitles:
7
- Movies canceled:
1
- Movies about movies:
3
- Times the director was in the audience:
4
- Total voting points given:
43
- Average points given:
3.9
- Times the woman with orange/red hair stood behind me:
2
- Times people left the audience in disgust:
2
- Movies with Maggie Cheung in the cast:
2
- Movies with Don McKellar in the cast:
2
- My favorite movie:
2046
- My favorite movie that wasn’t a Wong Kar-Wai movie:
Mysterious Skin
- My favorite movie that stood a chance against a WKW movie (i.e. 2046) and a movie by one of my favorite directors with one of my favorite actors (i.e. Mysterious Skin):
Clean
- My favorite movie that didn’t stand a chance against the aforementioned movies because it was a comedy (and I’m not a big fan of comedy, but this movie was awesome anyway):
Ellie Parker
- Fat people who blocked my view:
2
- Movies seen at the Egyptian Theatre:
7
- Movies seen at the Neptune Theatre:
5
- Movies seen at the Harvard Exit Theatre:
3
- My favorite theatre:
The Egyptian
- Movies I went to see alone:
8
Wow…ok