York was nice place to go day trip, actually I hadn't seen that much of York for watching short film instead.
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York Station, Big but not busy as Manchester Piccadily |
I went York for seeing my friends' work "New With Tags" and seeing short films around there. I met Matt and Jammy when I was in Hong Kong, and met Adam when I visited Bristol in last winter.
I like commercial movies than short, art films but I quite enjoyed film in ASFF. Some of them are hard to get the meaning but scene effect and way to convey narrative is quite different to Korean way. Basically more direct, more brutal, more sexual (it doesn't contain negative meaning). Korean film is more moderate, neutral comparing to British one.
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Scenery of York |
My friend, Matt devoted himself to watching more films so this sandwich and scone was my breakfast and lunch. We said "let's having some food now" but he said "how about going drama...@#$#@" Gosh, but since he pushed us to cinema, I could watch lot of films in one day.
I was quite shocked for venues. To be honest, I like big film, big venue. But it's for going out and watching Hollywood stuffs. I wanna feel something different in Film Festival. However it's hard to get this in Korea, for example in BIFF (actually it was PIFF when I visited there), they used multiplex cinema to have film festival. I can go CGV in Seoul and all over Korea, so hard to feel authentic local community cinema.
ASFF, in contrast, used local places like basement of bar, library, local office building(pictured one), or some cinematheque instead of fancy new big standardized multiplex. Venue 1311 with cozy comfi sofa and bin bag was best venue ever, and I could feel long, historical tradition in that places.
Sadly I can't get all the meaning of film and sometimes failed to focus on film, so draw something or do moleskine. One of my favorite film was about old performer playing clown doll. It made me think about life and faded seaside amusement park brought back memories of old time.
Sadly I came back in Manchester at same day, but it was worthy visit even I went out the day before York. (Back home at 4am and took 7.50 am) I was falling sleep shortly during screening.
It will be happy if I can make money by what I want to, but unless not, I need to do what I don't like.
Yup, it's step to be mature boring adults, but I try to enjoy it.