One of my plans this year was to watch more film, leading up to studying it at Glasgow in September. I've been keeping track of the films I have seen in my wee Jack Vettriano diary, whether it be films at the cinema or on Dvd.
I was at the Glasgow film festival the at the end of February, but only managed to see 'New Town Killers' by Richard Jobson (Ex Skids frontman), which was quite enjoyable; it showed some cracking views of Edinburgh and had a streak of twisted humour running throughout. I did try to attend 'The Age of Stupid', 'One Day Removals' and 'Religulous' but all were sold out.
Tuesday night was my first introduction to Reinder Werner Fassbinder, via the Fassbinder season at the GFT in March. There' a poster collection and a documentary which you can view, as well as a Fassbinder film screened every Tuesday throughout the month, so it's quite a good introduction for myself. 'Fear Eats the Soul' was centering around an aging Cleaning lady who enters into a relationship with Ali, an immigrant worker from Morroco. I got a real sense of unease during the film, watching the hostile and disgusted reactions that the couple endured after giving the news of their marriage to friends and family and watching the relationship disintegrate as a result thereafter. Fassbinder seems to be pouring scathe not just on sections of 1970's Germany but on our society as a whole in relation to our treatment of immigrant workers. Next up is ' The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant' next Tuesday, I will be watching with interest!
