Toronto International Film Festival 2003 Viewing Log


The list of films I saw.

 
TIFF 2003
 
Sept 4 S21: The Khmer Rouge Death Machine (nr-2003, Cambodia/France, D: Rithy Panh) 3 / 5 [tiff,z]
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Distant (nr-2002, Turkey, D: Nuri Bilge Ceylan) 3 / 5 [tiff]
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Sept 5 Memories Of Murder (nr-2003, South Korea, D: Bong Joon-ho) 3 / 5 [tiff]
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Last Life In The Universe (nr-2003, Thailand/Japan, D: Pen-ek Ratanaruang) 3 / 5 [tiff]
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Cypher (nr-2002, USA/Canada, D: Vincenzo Natali) 3 / 5 [tiff]
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Sept 6 Zatoichi (nr-2003, Japan, D: Takeshi Kitano) 2.5 / 5 [tiff]
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The Tesseract (nr-2003, Thailand/UK, D: Oxide Pang) 2 / 5 [tiff]
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Bright Future (nr-2003, Japan, D: Kiyoshi Kurosawa) 3 / 5 [tiff]
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Ong-Bak: Muay Thai Warrior (nr-2003, Thailand, D: Prachya Pinkaew) 3 / 5 [tiff]
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Sept 7 Forest (nr-2003, Hungary, D: Benedek Fliegauf) 2 / 5 [tiff]
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Noi Albinoi (nr-2003, Iceland, D: Dagur Kari) 3 / 5 [tiff,z]
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Love Actually (nr-2003, UK, D: Richard Curtis) 3.5 / 5 [tiff]
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The Saddest Music In The World (nr-2003, Canada, D: Guy Maddin) 3 / 5 [tiff,z]
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Haute Tension (nr-2003, France, D: Alexandre Aja) 2.5 / 5 [tiff]
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Sept 8 Dogville (nr-2003, Denmark, D: Lars Von Trier) 3.5 / 5 [tiff]
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The Fog Of War (nr-2003, USA, D: Errol Morris) 3.5 / 5 [tiff]
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Twentynine Palms (nr-2003, France, D: Bruno Dumont) 2.75 / 5 [tiff]
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Underworld (2003, USA, D: Len Wiseman) 2.75 / 5 [tiff]
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Sept 9 Los Angeles Plays Itself (nr-2003, USA, D: Thom Andersen) 3.5 / 5 [tiff]
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Good Bye, Dragon Inn (nr-2003, Taiwan, D: Tsai Ming-Liang) 2.5 / 5 [tiff]
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Nothing (nr-2003, Canada, D: Vincenzo Natali) 3.25 / 5 [tiff]
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Ju-On: The Grudge (nr-2003, Japan, D: Takashi Shimizu) 3.5 / 5 [tiff]
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Sept 10 Coffee & Cigarettes (nr-2003, USA, D: Jim Jarmusch) 3.25 / 5 [tiff]
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Falling Angels (nr-2003, Canada, D: Scott Smith) 3.75 / 5 [tiff]
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Pupendo (nr-2003, Czech Republic, D: Jan Hrebejk) 2.75 / 5 [tiff,z]
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End Of The Century: The Story Of The Ramones (nr-2003, USA, D: Jim Fields & Michael Gramaglia) 3.25 / 5 [tiff]
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Sept 11 Young Adam (nr-2003, UK, D: David Mackenzie) 3 / 5 [tiff]
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Jeux D'Enfants (nr-2003, France, D: Yann Samuell) 2.5 / 5 [tiff]
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I'm Not Scared (nr-2002, Italy, D: Gabriele Salvatores) 3.5 / 5 [tiff]
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The Five Obstructions (nr-2003, Denmark, D: Lars Von Trier & Jorgen Leth) 3.5 / 5 [tiff]
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Gozu (nr-2003, Japan, D: Takashi Miike) 2.5 / 5 [tiff,zzz]
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Sept 12 Nathalie ... (nr-2003, France, D: Anne Fontaine) 3.5 / 5 [tiff]
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Ramblers (nr-2003, Japan, D: Nobuhiro Yamashita) 2.75 / 5 [tiff,z]
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Time Of The Wolf (nr-2003, France/Austria, D: Michael Haneke) 3.5 / 5 [tiff]
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Save The Green Planet (nr-2003, South Korea, D: Jang Jun-hwan) 2.75 / 5 [tiff,zzz]
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Sept 13 Festival Express (nr-2003, Canada, D: Bob Smeaton) 3.25 / 5 [tiff]
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Purple Butterfly (nr-2003, China, D: Lou Ye) 3.5 / 5 [tiff]
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Undead (nr-2003, Australia, D: Peter & Michael Spierig) 3 / 5 [tiff]
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September 2003


Notes: If the feature film listed is less than four years old, the year that accompanies it is the year of its release in Toronto. If the feature is older or if it has not been released in Toronto, the year listed is derived from the IMDB. In the latter case, the year is preceded by the characters 'nr'. TV movies are listed by year of first broadcast and are preceded by the characters 'tv'. Years for short films are retrieved from wherever I can find information.

Legend:
tv = I saw the movie on television
video = I saw the movie on videotape
dvd = I saw the movie on dvd
ld = I saw the movie on laserdisc
infl = I saw the movie on a plane
instl = I saw the movie as a gallery installation
net = I saw the movie streamed on the internet
vp = I saw the movie projected from a video source
qba = print/video quality below average
3d = the movie was in 3-D
r = repeat viewing -- I had previously seen the movie sometime in my adult life
pre = pre-release viewing -- I saw the movie in advance of its release to Toronto theatres
tiff = I saw the movie at the Toronto International Film Festival
fest = I saw the movie at a film festival other than TIFF
ot = I saw the movie outside of Toronto
orig = I saw the original-language version
dub = I saw the English-dubbed version
tntv = tentative grade; I was considerably distracted during the screening or missed significant sections of the film
z = I nodded off during a small portion of the film, but I don't think I missed enough to alter my grade
zzz = I slept through a considerable portion of the film, so take my grade with a grain of salt

Confused by my idiosyncratic 5-star rating system? Here's an explanation.

My Scale What It Means Letter Grade 4-Star Scale Pro/Mixed/Con
5 / 5 All-time great A+ 4 Pro
4.5 / 5 One of the year's best A
4.25 / 5 Damn good A- 3.5
4 / 5 Very good B+
3.75 / 5 Quite good
3.5 / 5 Good B 3
3.25 / 5 Decent
3 / 5 Ok B- 2.5 Mixed
2.75 / 5 Almost, but not quite C+
2.5 / 5 Has its moments C 2 Con
2 / 5 Not good C- 1.5
1.5 / 5 Very bad D 1
1 / 5 Dire F 0

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