The Filmcake

Four more days.

The deadCENTER Film Festival is truly the highlight of my year. I eagerly anticipate it each time it rolls around (this will be my 6th to attend). I have a blast throughout the long weekend but verge on tears when it’s over. Actually when I think about it, deadCENTER surrounds me virtually every day of the year. My old deadCENTER t-shirts are more often than not my t-shirt of choice (the brown one from 2005 is my all-time favorite…holes and all). My employee ID card hangs from a Sundance Channel lanyard. And my gym bag is the canvas bag from last year’s festival.

Some new venues, some returning venues. All pretty much within walking distance (check out the full schedule and venues here). According to Steve Lackmeyer’s OKC Central blog, Chesapeake is going to provide enviro-friendly shuttles this year. Not sure how this is going to work, but this is an interesting and welcome addition.

Besides the tons of films, there are the always entertaining deadCENTER promos to look forward to. It looks like they’re going with a Sabotage-ish 70′s cop show thing this year:

Can’t wait to see the rest of them…although I don’t know if anything can top Estaban Don Von McDonaldson.

Throughout the festival, I’ll be blogging here at The Filmcake. In the coming days, I’ll try to preview some of the films I’m looking forward to catching. During the festival, I’ll throw in some recaps and reviews as time permits. You can also follow me on Twitter. And be sure to check out Sarah’s posts over at Two-Headed Blog.

Previous deadCENTER coverage: 2008 – My Take & Sarah’s Take, 2007, 2006, and 3 posts from 2005.

May 26th – May 31st

No Country for Old Men- I’m simply not getting tired of this one. Perhaps it’s too cold to be a movie that I adore. But, I really, really like it. The Coens have have put together a really solid movie. Roger Deakins’ camera is great. The cast is great. Javier Bardem is creepy-good (which made Vicki Cristina Barcelonaa little awkward at first…I half expected a Bardem, Rebecca Hall, and cattle gun ménage à trois). I’m still noticing new things in the film, which results in a constant redefining of what-it-all-means. Plus, I’m absolutely convinced that the sofa in Llewelyn Moss’s trailer is identical to one we had in my youth.