Today was the day that Kelsey had been waiting for. But first let's talk about false advertising.
After the nightmare that was trying to get home last night, I will admit that I slept in this morning. But it's okay! I had a plan! Remember how I mentioned I visited the Marche a few days ago and talked to some people? Well, one of these stands was for Nega, a Japanese animation company that produced Miss Hokusai last year.
This year at Cannes, they were premiering a film called MINT, which I had seen concept art for and was excited to be able to see at the festival. When I saw that I could make the premiere time, I was ecstatic!
Except for one problem: the film was live action. Which, by all the promotional posters and trailers I'd seen, should not have been the case. I was expecting MINT to be a charming animated film with the same aesthetics as much of Makoto Shinkai's work, or perhaps Mamoru Hosoda. Instead, what director Oku Shutaro had given me was a film that was 95% live action melodrama that couldn't decide whether or not it wanted to be aimed at children or adults.
I was disappointed.
But it's alright, because Kelsey's film was premiering! She'd been waiting all week to see Sofia Coppola's The Beguiled. It was for her what The Killing of a Sacred Deer was for me. That is to say: would do nearly anything to get into a premiere. And unlike me, Kelsey got in.
Meanwhile, I went to go see it at the Olympia.
I will let you know, I currently have a review for it in my queue. So for now, let's just say...
I was disappointed.
Oh well, you win some and you lose some.
Movie Count: 24
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