MIFF DIARY 7 - REMOTE CONTROL

Last night's screening was at the Kino cinemas. This is one of my favourite cinemas and its a great venue to be attending MIFF at.  I arrived early, grabbed a bite to eat and watched people arrive. Being a foreign film the crowd to this screening were distinctly different to the others I have attended. Of course this year I have kept my line-up of films genre-orientated and so I have mostly avoided these types of people... film snobs. As the cue formed I joined the line and listened to them talk shit while I waited. They discussed all of the other foreign films and documentaries they had seen and were critical about almost everything. 

We are all in line to see the Mongolian film REMOTE CONTROL. The attendance was great and almost filled the cinema. I couldn't help but notice that almost everyone was sipping wine from oversized glasses. I represent a different type of movie-goer and so I unzipped my hoodie to expose my CREEPSHOW 2 t-shirt...ahh, that felt better. hehehe. The lights dimmed and the film began.

The film tells the story of a teenage boy who runs away from his poverty stricken village and spends his time living on the roof of a city apartment building. From there he watches people's lives and creates his own fantasy world by imagining himself inside their windows. The synopsis for the film played well in my mind and I was really looking forward to seeing REMOTE CONTROL.... but I loathed it. In fact I went against my very own ethos by walking out on the film. I didn't leave because it was rat-shit awful, nor was I offended... I was bored out of my brains. I watch films of all types and this website is a testament to that. I gave REMOTE CONTROL 40 minutes of my time, hoping that something would happen. Hoping that there would be the slightest thing to perk my attention. Some good music might have even helped keep my ass in place. Sadly nothing worked for me. It was a surreal experience for me because I hardly ever give up on films the way I did last night. When the sound of restlessness began to resonate in the cinema I made up my mind that I was going to leave. And when I heard another guy actually snoring I decided it was time to go. And so I left. 

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