What I liked
WE MAKE MOVIES PRESENTS WMMFEST 2016
Here we have something different, a LA film collective showing a festival of their best work from the past year. Now like all such beasts there were some high points and some…well less than high points. But the high points were pretty darn fun, among them The Average White Male Comedian’s Plight Against Hollywood, in which writer\director Chris Valenti laments in a glorious sendoff of “political correctness” his lack of opportunities of playing ethnic women roles, and Misery Date directed by Sam Mestman, written and starring Patrick Duncan as the father facing his daughter’s first serious date. But the real gem of the evening was Attack of the Film Festivals written and directed by Pat McGreat. Parodying the saturation of film festivals today, McGreat reports on among others the Ouch Film Festival featuring the cinema of S&M, whipping and dentistry, and the Zombie Film Festival (“Sure we’re the living dead, but we have feelings.”). We tend to think of the fringe as a venue for the performing arts, but I was glad to see the WMMfest on the roster, and would advocate future collaboration between them and the other artists of the Fringe. Film versions of some shows, documentaries either complementing their subject matter or exploring their history in reaching the stage, all these are possible and more. But in the meantime for their potential promise and for the wonderful work of some of their members: HONORARY MENTION – GOLD
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What I didn't like
THE GUY I WAS SITTING NEXT TO
My overall impression
WE MAKE MOVIES PRESENTS WMMFEST 2016
Here we have something different, a LA film collective showing a festival of their best work from the past year. Now like all such beasts there were some high points and some…well less than high points. But the high points were pretty darn fun, among them The Average White Male Comedian’s Plight Against Hollywood, in which writer\director Chris Valenti laments in a glorious sendoff of “political correctness” his lack of opportunities of playing ethnic women roles, and Misery Date directed by Sam Mestman, written and starring Patrick Duncan as the father facing his daughter’s first serious date. But the real gem of the evening was Attack of the Film Festivals written and directed by Pat McGreat. Parodying the saturation of film festivals today, McGreat reports on among others the Ouch Film Festival featuring the cinema of S&M, whipping and dentistry, and the Zombie Film Festival (“Sure we’re the living dead, but we have feelings.”). We tend to think of the fringe as a venue for the performing arts, but I was glad to see the WMMfest on the roster, and would advocate future collaboration between them and the other artists of the Fringe. Film versions of some shows, documentaries either complementing their subject matter or exploring their history in reaching the stage, all these are possible and more. But in the meantime for their potential promise and for the wonderful work of some of their members: HONORARY MENTION – GOLD
FOR MORE FRINGE REVIEWS GO TO THE TVOLUTION
