A Steady Diet of Film

How I spent my Sunday hangover

Saw the great Tripping with Caveh this weekend as part of the SF Independent Film Fest wherein folk singer Will Oldham and local film-maker Caveh Zahedi take hallucinogenic mushrooms and goof around Richard Linklater's expansive Austin ranch for a day. Rumor has it the short film was shot as a test pilot for an IFC series by the same name that would involve profesional personality Zahedi tripping with all sorts of celebrities. First on my wishlist: John Kerry, Paris Hilton, and Madeline Albright. FilmMaker Slog interviews Zahedi here.

I was also quite lucky to catch a sneak peek of Bardot a Go Go, our very own Pink Frankenstein's documentary about 60's French Pop music where he interviews some of the main players of that scene (Antoine, Jean-Marie Périer) and seemingly got access to France's entire television archive including one hilarious interview where Francoise Hardy's sweater is interrogated and heartily inspected by a dead ringer for Donna Reed.

And was also vaguely frightened by the frenzy crowd lining up outside for Devil and Daniel Johnston.


(a slight exaggeration)

posted by Erin @ Monday, February 14, 2005