Sunday, February 21, 2010

Big Sky Documentary Film Festival







The Big Sky Documentary Film Festival is hosted in Missoula. Films were submitted from all over the world, and screened here in our historic Wilma Theater on Higgins Avenue.


http://www.bigskyfilmfest.org/home.html
http://thewilma.com/

I went last night and saw three films. The first two were interesting, but the third took my mind to another place. I love the documentary "SALT".

The photography made me cry happy intense sad tears. The Aussie made me cry. He was authentic and funny and on a journey. He was honest. He asks himself if this ride he takes into the middle of nowhere is worth it, and I found myself wanting to say out loud that it was.

http://www.saltdoco.com/movie-info/stills.htm#10
look at his stills from his quasi vision quest camping trip

I would like everyone in the world to see and appreciate Murray Fredericks:
http://www.saltdoco.com/biographies/Murray-Fredericks.htm

Next year I hope a documentary from Montana will be what moves me. I'm not saying that there wasn't one that was good- the other two I saw last night were indeed interesting, but not anything like Salt. Salt makes it abundantly clear that there is nothing more beautiful than right here, right now.

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