life goes on...

Last night GA and I went to the closing film of the Sarasota Film Festival - "I'll See You in My Dreams" - a wonderful film (written by a 30 year old) about aging and love and risk and losing.  It was excellent and a perfect way to end the festival- just the right note.  Surprising things happen in the film that were very true to life... shit happens - good and bad - just like in life. And life goes on. Both for Blythe in the film and for us after being immersed for a week in alternative perspectives and visions brought to us in the vast variety of films in the festival.

so a very clear thumbs up for Blythe and the film - watch for it... funny, touching, a sensitive view of the aging process and widowhood....

After the film we grabbed a bite to eat and then crashed because we were up early this morning for breakfast before the museum opened to finally see RE-PURPOSED and FAN-tastic two exhibitions I had been meaning to see at the Ringling for months!

my personal favorites were this "mirror" which mirrored the movements of the viewers in front of it-
the set of three "dolls" (one shown below) and the incredibly evocative "tent/gathering place" shown in the third photo below-

we had to walk through the museum to see the exhibits and so a few things caught my eye along the way-

here are just a couple of photos from the FAN exhibit- which we both loved!

then in between RE-PURPOSED and the FAN exhibit was this totally weird exhibit that neither GA nor I could begin to understand about an alternative world with two kinds of creatures- and these guys were one kind...LOL I think these were the good ones- LOL

so then we headed quickly back to the parking lot so GA could head south for lunch with her friend and a couple more films at the SFF and I could head home for an hour or so before leaving for my play - at the (new to me) Forida Studio Theater. Today's performance is Chapatti-

so I will report back on that later- but the SFF is over and done for 2015 and life goes on... now a week of work around the house and then the journey north for the summer months!

a multitude at the multiplex

And away we go-

this weekend begins the ten day experience of a multitude of films for viewing at the Sarasota Film Festival.  We poured over the catalogue- mind boggling choices of literally HUNDREDS of films and we double checked them against the schedules for conflicts and narrowed down to the two dozen tickets we wanted to procure - and so here is some info on what we decided upon... keep in mind that some things must be jettisoned simply because the schedule looks like this every single day of the festival

here are the things I have chosen for this Day One (for me) one day's schedule-

 so this also happens to be my busiest day- as it is the only one I have four films scheduled-

here is my sequence- 4-3-2-1-1-1-3-3 with that  week followed by ONE MORE play before I head north... so lots in store- not to mention the work of getting the condo closed up for the summer...

come on back during the process to get reviews and updates along the way... I promise not to go into the details of the HVAC guy's visit or the quarterly call from the exterminator LOL!