San Diego Film Festival (Preview)
Sept. 24-28th
Reading Cinemas Gas Lamp 15
Arclight Cinemas La Jolla
San Diego Film Festival proudly presents over 100 films (shorts, music videos, features and documentaries) this year. There is a number of surprise films to be announced and one of the special events includes a tribute to Alan Arkin. Arkin is a Oscar winner for Little Miss Sunshine, Oscar nominee for 2013 Best winner Argo.
One of the great films playing San Diego that also had success in Tampa, Orlando and Los Angeles is Chu and Blossom and it comes to Reading Cinemas Theater 9 at 3:30p.m. Sunday September 28th.
*****
Synopsis: A coming of age comedy centers on an unlikely brotherhood between a pensive, awkwardly tall Korean foreign exchange student and a militant performance artist, both trapped together in a small town.
Chu and Blossom is a refreshing, comical take that examines social attitudes on race relations, art and how or when we should be ourself. The film was perfectly timed with no dragging dialogue scenes or unnecessary side stories to create drama. Chu and Blossom was beautifully simple and was touching without being sappy. The film had a few season professionals, that were nice to see in smaller roles (so I don’t want to spoil the faces you will recognize). My favorite part of the movie is, it never lost me.
It has becomes normal these days to see a movie and tell yourself “o.k., I can be lost for 15 minutes and get involved after I finish my popcorn.” This is disheartening as an audience member whose jobs is to tell you what I think. Movies are what we bring to them, so they will never be just the movie by itself.
Chu and Blossom was a superb film because it allowed the audience in, without forcing an opinion out of you. In reality, the only feelings you can have are your own and that was the premise of the movie (be your own muse). The director’s message and subtext worked like a charm.
By Paul Booth
