The roundup of films this year are spilling in
iconic horror, quirkiness, surreal and
realities. But violence is one thing you can depend on in this
festival’s red rush of films.
Take for instance Fly
Me to Saitama - Japanese discrimination is addressed in this comedy and snobism graphically modern in
style with a story that reflects parental prejudice and homophic tendencies. Then you
have a more old-fashioned style of kicking and shoving as in A Hero Never
Dies. A film with depth imbedded in a twisting plot is Witness out of the
Blue. A jewelry store is robbed but the “who dunit” perennial question gets
you an answer that will shock you. Wrongly framed, the hero finds his own way
in life after the mayhem gets sorted out. SPL: Kill Zone was a hectic
head spinner with a plot that could have spun circles around even the best
whirling dervish dancer. It pits an ageing detective cop against a brutal
gangster. But the characters and the psychological aspect in the film made for
meaty entertainment enhanced with intellectual fodder for thought. My favourite
this year was The Columnist. A female writer is constantly harassed with
sexist jokes and serious allegations based on her sex that make any woman with
smarts shudder. She gets her own kind of revenge in the goriest way. Suffice it
to say that a knife into the neck and slicing off the finger of every male who
maliciously lied about her, gives pleasure to the heroine protagonist who has
been so beaten down by men – just for being smart and saying what she thinks.
All Fantasia
films were screened on line during the pandemic
I missed the live exciting ambiance from the Fantasia crowd.
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