Hard Core Logo – Never Had To Fight

e-TIFF-any

September 17, 2011

That’s a terrible title. I went to two TIFF films this year. One was a dystopian French (France French, not Canadian French) Soylent Green remake called Carre Blanc1. Okay, it wasn’t actually a Soylent Green remake, but they did produce food from people, or at least the film overtly implied that. The stark film was humorous, and depressing. Sad and beautiful. It’s a film about living in a harsh world, finding happiness, while being a drone in the workings of the world. It’s some eye-candy. Two days later, I’m still digesting the film, and could use a second viewing… that’s a good sign. The other was a lot less deep,… Read More »e-TIFF-any

Hard Core Logo 2: Trigger

October 7, 2010October 2, 2010

Vic (Tracy Wright) and Kat (Molly Parker) grew up together. They started a band together. They lived their lives together. They abused themselves with drugs and narcotics together. They were Trigger together. Trigger is playing/was playing a short engagement at Toronto’s brand-spankin’-new TIFF Bell Lightbox, and director Bruce McDonald was on-hand to introduce the film to the audience. McDonald explained that the film started as a continuation of the story of Joe Dick and Billy Talent who were the two front-men of the fictional band Hard Core Logo. Unfortunately Hugh Dylan’s and Callum Keith Rennie’s schedules made it impossible. Rather than scrapping the screenplay, McDonald and writer Daniel Macivor rewrote… Read More »Hard Core Logo 2: Trigger

Music Monday

October 4, 2010October 2, 2010