Last Updated on July 27, 2021
JOBLO.COM/AITH DOES SITGES 2006!
WOW! My “journalistic” foray at
the Sitges
Film Festival last year (which takes place in Spain, near
Barcelona) was a blast
in itself but nothing could’ve prepared me for the fun and the amount of work I
would have to put in this year.
You see, I got really freaking ambitious on this round.
First I was attending the Festival as member of the
New Vision Jury (with kool dudes
Carlos Martin Ferrera
and
Frédéric Temps) meaning I had to watch
10 films in all to perform my duties. Sadly for me 70 percent of them didn’t
crank my dial (We awarded
EDMOND as the winner of our section with a
special mention to The Living and the Dead… for those who
care).
Sitges is on baby!
I was also there as
Press for the site, hence
watching AND reviewing 11 films (mostly pretty good ones too). Finally, I was there
to present our little film
DEADEN in its world premiere. It was part of a
double bill with
All the Boys Love Mandy Lane and as
reported
earlier on the site, the screening went well. I was a happy camper in toe-tag land.
Topple on top of that the party heavy nature of Sitges (do these people
ever sleep) & the making of many new friends and I was burning
the candle
from both ends. I even had “to cut down on booze” 3 days in just to be able
to keep doing what I had to do. Me lower by drinking intake??? NUTS! NUTS I TELL
YA!
Introducing DEADEN to the Sitges crowd with
great man Mike Hostench (Sitges Assistant Director) translating for me! What
a trip that was!
With that said, Sitges is my
favorite Festival for varied reasons. As per last year the film selection
was top-notch, the people that run and attend the festival are mucho
hospitable and the setting (ocean front, old school Spanish type town) couldn’t be more
endearing and awe inspiring. Yup, I simply LOVE SITGES!
My only bummer is that I missed
out on THE FOUNTAIN and UNKNOWN, two films I was dying to see
but what can you do.
Okay, enough chit chat ladies! Here are the films that I checked out and
their respective reviews:
All the Boy Love Mandy Lane –
The Host
Right at your Door –
Captivity
Through the following weeks
more Sitges review will
pop up on the site. You can expect reviews for:
The Abandoned – The Thirst –
Subject 2 – Isolation and MOH Imprint
SITGES FILMS THAT WERE
ALREADY ON THE SITE
BROKEN
PULSE
TAZAMETI 13
EDMOND
A SCANNER DARKLY
GHOST OF MAE NAK
PAN’S LABYRINTH
LOST HIGHWAY
TWIN PEAKS : FIRE WALK WITH ME
MOH: HOMECOMING
THE HEIRLOOM
HARDWARE
THE WICKER MAN (remake)
RE-CYCLE
THE ARROW’S SITGES
PICTURE GALLERY
Horror movies, horror movies,
horror movies!
Mike “PR KING” Hostench, me and KNB genius
Greg Nicotero.
Ian Somerhalder at Sitges for Pulse.
Ian and I debating Pulse…drunk.
Me and one of my fav directors Richard
Stanley (Hardware – Dust Devil)
Brian Yuzna must have read my Rothweiler review!
The Abandoned director Nacho Cedra and
me!
Groovy Alex Olie (aka Pussy Lover), kool
ass Catalonian Oh Dae Su
(director), me and sweetie Laura De Pedro (actress).
Mick Garris is all horror!
Mark Atlman (CFQ – Free Enterprise) and me boozing it up!
Me and director Jeremy Kasden (Attic
Expedition – The Thirst)…drunk.
The lovely Sara (far right) leader of our Sitges
row!
Argento expert Alan Jones and I!
The man, the myth, the Verhoeven…Paul
that is! GREAT MAN!
Paul partying it up!
Mike Hostench, Mitch Davis (Fantasia Film
Festival) and
me!
Me and lovely Jury rep Alicia!
Me and the BROKEN boys: Simon Boyes &
Adam Mason
The Host director Jun Ho-Bong!
Tuomas, me, Collin and Mark! Fine company!
Me and journalist and all around
cutie, Tiara
Yeah hanging at Sitges is a tough job but
somebody’s gotta do it!
THANKS TO ALL FOR THE GREAT
TIMES!
Special thanks to the amazing Mike Hostench, Mike’s family
(Sara and Laura… YOU ROCK!), Angel and all of my new friends for making me feel so
welcome. Hope to see ya all next year!
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