I was out past ten o'clock last night. If you knew my habits, which are generally those of any 80-something retiree, you'd know that was news.
Oxford is holding its annual film festival this weekend. We managed to catch several indie films, and while I don't have time to talk about them all, one does stand out.
It's a short called Pillow. It contains less than a dozen words of dialog, all spoken by a character who never appears onscreen. It's a twisted little tale -- devoted but dimwitted sons, monstrous mother, and a quest for a pillow as soft (literally) as an angel's wing, set in a nameless corner of the Depression-era South. Deliciously cruel and inventive.
The documentary 'Mississippi Innocence' is easily the most powerful factual entry in the festival. It's the heartbreaking true story of police and judicial incompetence in present-day Noxubee County, and the years-long struggle by the Innocence Project to set two blameless men free after they were railroaded by courts eager for a conviction, never mind the facts.
More later!
Oxford is holding its annual film festival this weekend. We managed to catch several indie films, and while I don't have time to talk about them all, one does stand out.
It's a short called Pillow. It contains less than a dozen words of dialog, all spoken by a character who never appears onscreen. It's a twisted little tale -- devoted but dimwitted sons, monstrous mother, and a quest for a pillow as soft (literally) as an angel's wing, set in a nameless corner of the Depression-era South. Deliciously cruel and inventive.
The documentary 'Mississippi Innocence' is easily the most powerful factual entry in the festival. It's the heartbreaking true story of police and judicial incompetence in present-day Noxubee County, and the years-long struggle by the Innocence Project to set two blameless men free after they were railroaded by courts eager for a conviction, never mind the facts.
More later!