Film School

I registered for Facets cinema winter 'film school'. Actually, I haven't received my confirmation, but I'm not too worried that it's filled up yet. Specifically, I'll be taking the "Stranger than Truth: The Hybrid Documentary." You can click on the link to see the 6 films. I've seen two of the 6 (Obviously I've seen Herzog's Wild Blue Yonder, and I just watched In the Realms of the Unreal), but I don't care. It's every Monday night for 6 weeks. You watch the movie with other people, then talk about it. I am so excited. I think it's really going to help me learn how to better evaluate films. I didn't like Wild Blue Yonder that much, so hopefully I'll get some new perspectives from the discussions. Documentaries are my favorite, and the 'half-docs' are pretty awesome too. I've said for over a year now that I miss having film buddies, so it'll be really refreshing to sit with other film losers and talk about a movie together. Maybe a new friend will be made out of it? Who knows. All I know is, I'm so glad I checked Gaper's Block today and saw this link on it. So yay for self-improvement, new experiences, new films, new everything!

Life continues to be one giant stress personally and professionally, but registering for this today made my day. Thanks movies!