tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17370683.post4066792610624258346..comments2023-04-15T16:07:55.981+00:00Comments on Shapeshifting Green: Edinburgh International Film FestivalCrafty Green Poethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02486633917197181851noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17370683.post-89052558861116673652011-05-20T06:31:10.625+00:002011-05-20T06:31:10.625+00:00Hi Howard, I think that the fact that the Film Fes...Hi Howard, I think that the fact that the Film Festival has got rid of the red carpet celebrity focussed element to concentrate on documentaries etc is great. I also genuinely think the programme looks incredibly good this year. As for price, yeah its expensive but so much better value than the Book festival where one pays £10 to hear an author do a marketing pitch for their book, which they then expect you to buy (at least another £7.99). To make it more worthwhile, what I do with the Film Festival is concetrate on the obscure films which are unlikely to come back (I object to paying festival prices for a film that will get general release the week after the festival is over!)Crafty Green Poethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02486633917197181851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17370683.post-927505664345076492011-05-19T21:45:47.410+00:002011-05-19T21:45:47.410+00:00I think you’re putting a bit of a positive spin on...I think you’re putting a bit of a positive spin on EIFF 2011. The general consensus seems to be that it is a bit of a fiasco this year, due to a lack of proper curation and direction. Also there doesn’t seem to be any discount this year for buying several tickets, and there is no way I’m going to pay nine pounds to see any film. To be fair, some of the more obscure ones are only six pounds, but so far I don’t think it’s looking great this year. I only got the brochure today, and have not yet studied it in detail, but not many films for less than £9 have jumped out at me so far.<br /><br />Sorry to counteract your enthusiasm, but you know I always am a glass-half-empty kind of person!Howard of Belvedere Mountain Expresshttp://www.pigeonhouse.comnoreply@blogger.com