communicants:Watched in 2016, #37: No Home Movie (Chantal Akerman, 2015) PIFF 2016 #2 The film gra
communicants: Watched in 2016, #37: No Home Movie (Chantal Akerman, 2015) PIFF 2016 #2 The film gradually reveals the title to be a portmanteau of sorts, reflecting Akerman’s nomadic lifestyle and the intimate portrayal of her and her mother’s final months. Having only watched Akerman sparsely, the warmness of the film was a nice surprise. Absolutely wonderful. Number of walkouts: I counted 44, but judging from how often I heard the doors of the theater opening, I would guess closer to 60, because people are fucking terrible. I’ve been volunteering for PIFF and the staff people I’ve talked to told me they’ve heard more complaints about No Home Movie than anything else in the festival so far. People are angry they’d even consider showing it (”It’s not even a real movie!”) and are demanding refunds because they hated it so much.I almost never get angry about other people’s reactions to movies, but this time it’s really getting to me. -- source link