Feisty Fest, CB's buddy, Caledonia Breakdown
All Hat the movie arrived at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Isabel Bader Theater in Toronto. The movie premiered as part of the 07' Toronto Film Fest. It was a raucous showing, with a few dozen Canfielders and Dunnvillains in attendance. (maybe a little too raucous, but that's another story)
All Hat seems to be a success - the film looks amazing, thanks to the efforts of the great Canadian cameraman Paul Sarossy. In my opinion, rural Ontario has been sadly neglected by Canadian filmmakers over the years. In this film, the province is gorgeous - fall colours, rolling farmland, fields of corn and soy and grain. The good news is - it's a pretty big province. We didn't shoot the whole thing. Filmmakers - go for it.
There are at least a half dozen terrific performances in the movie - Joel Keller, Rachel Leigh Cook, Graham Greene, Luke Kirby, Keith Carradine, Noam Jenkins and so on. A great scene-stealing horse named Beau plays two parts, a concept I borrowed not from the old Patty Duke Show but from Mark Twain's The Prince and the Pauper. I make this distinction because A) Twain has more cachet than Ms. Duke, and B)Because Patty Duke is still alive and could sue my country ass. Twain, alas, is in the public domain - I can steal from him with impunity. A great party followed the premier, at The Dakota on Ossington. (note to Daniel Baldwin - not The Dakota on Davenport...sorry, Luke)
For CB devotees, the little guy has a new friend. I went to feed the chickens the other morning and lo and behold, an odd looking game bird was loitering around the pen door. Neighbour George identified it as a Chukar, from the partridge family. Said Chukar is now a member of the Haldimand Trail Gang. Theories abound concerning his unexpected presence. I'm thinking CB advertised on-line for a 'wild' playmate. And he got one.
More bullshit from Caledonia this week. A man is in the hospital as of this writing, semi-conscious after being beaten by natives in a half constructed house that he apparently owns. The man's family states that he was attacked, unprovoked. The Indians say that it was they who were attacked, and that they were just defending themselves. I have one question - if you had been attacked and merely defended yourself, wouldn't you automatically want to come forward with your story? Well, the Indians have not. Why the hell not?
All Hat seems to be a success - the film looks amazing, thanks to the efforts of the great Canadian cameraman Paul Sarossy. In my opinion, rural Ontario has been sadly neglected by Canadian filmmakers over the years. In this film, the province is gorgeous - fall colours, rolling farmland, fields of corn and soy and grain. The good news is - it's a pretty big province. We didn't shoot the whole thing. Filmmakers - go for it.
There are at least a half dozen terrific performances in the movie - Joel Keller, Rachel Leigh Cook, Graham Greene, Luke Kirby, Keith Carradine, Noam Jenkins and so on. A great scene-stealing horse named Beau plays two parts, a concept I borrowed not from the old Patty Duke Show but from Mark Twain's The Prince and the Pauper. I make this distinction because A) Twain has more cachet than Ms. Duke, and B)Because Patty Duke is still alive and could sue my country ass. Twain, alas, is in the public domain - I can steal from him with impunity. A great party followed the premier, at The Dakota on Ossington. (note to Daniel Baldwin - not The Dakota on Davenport...sorry, Luke)
For CB devotees, the little guy has a new friend. I went to feed the chickens the other morning and lo and behold, an odd looking game bird was loitering around the pen door. Neighbour George identified it as a Chukar, from the partridge family. Said Chukar is now a member of the Haldimand Trail Gang. Theories abound concerning his unexpected presence. I'm thinking CB advertised on-line for a 'wild' playmate. And he got one.
More bullshit from Caledonia this week. A man is in the hospital as of this writing, semi-conscious after being beaten by natives in a half constructed house that he apparently owns. The man's family states that he was attacked, unprovoked. The Indians say that it was they who were attacked, and that they were just defending themselves. I have one question - if you had been attacked and merely defended yourself, wouldn't you automatically want to come forward with your story? Well, the Indians have not. Why the hell not?
posted by Brad Smith at
8:33 AM
1 Comments:
The truth will never be totally known. I am sickened by the horrific attack and hope no one else is hurt. (The builder seems to be recovering)
Truth is the potential exists for more violence. I fear death is in the offing but hope to hell I am wrong.
Where are the leaders who can REALLY fix this? Why aren't they stepping forward? Harper and McGuinty are cowards who have yet to visit Caledonia.
Make sure they pay at the polls.
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