EuroTrip
Greetings from Amsterdam,
Our first screening, the int'l debute, was packed--huge audience, great crowd, they all seemed to really like the movie. However I realized, for the first time, that the film has an incredible amount of slang language. Bill and Libby especially, they all have their own way of speaking-- so a lot of moments that I always laugh at were a bit confusing to audiece members that speak English as a second language. But it really was a great success, everyone was very nice.
The questions ranged from why I didn't show more of the nurses aids (good point) to the emotion and feelings it brought, especially within the context of one's own elderly family members (glad we did something right). Later in the night, a woman came up to me and said "excellent film" but did you ever think of not shaking the camera so much? Haha.
We got a huge review in a paper today--although I have no idea what it says and am trying to find out. And online I have found a couple more reviews:
http://www.movie2movie.nl/index.php?item=190&film=34329
http://www.xxxs.nl/xxxs.asp?mID=5689&rID=1932
Comments
Hey Andrew!
Yesterday I watched your film at the IDFA Festival in Amsterdam and I really enjoyed it. Though English is my second language the slang of Bill and Libby was not such a problem.
Right now the existence of elderly homes is a hot topic. With so many other (non-Western) cultures living in Holland we are questioning how we should treat the elderly. Because of their way of treating their elderly (mostly with much more respect) we start to realise it is quite a matter of disrespect to put them in elderly homes. But on the other hand, we (think we are) too busy to take care of our (grand)parents ourselves. Mmmm... difficult!
But thanks Andrew for shining a new light on this topic! Very interesting to see how the elderly experience their lives.
Enjoy your stay in Amsterdam! (Staying till the end of the festival?)
Bye bye!
Maartje
Posted by: Maartje | November 27, 2006 07:25 AM
Hi Andrew,
I posted two messages on Sunday (warmly congratulating you on the doc) but they're not there so I guess the wind blew them somewhere towards Siberia.
Anyway, great film. We liked it. Lots. We've been talking about it since then.
And wonder will the DVD be on sale soon?
Have a safe trip back. Keep on doing good stuff.
Yvonne Nelson
Posted by: Yvonne Nelson | November 28, 2006 03:14 PM
Yes Andrew - I have been waiting not-so-patiently (ha) to hear when I can see this movie again, and if I'll ever be able to show my kids. Please keep us posted on when it may be available, for viewing or purchase - or even a list of upcoming festivals would be so welcome. Thanks!
Posted by: Cynthia Corral | December 3, 2006 10:27 PM