edited by Jonathan Doyle

Mafioso (The Criterion Collection, 3.18.2008) Nino Badalamenti is a supervisor in a car manufacturing plant who hasn't taken a vacation in over two years. On his way out the door to visit his beloved childhood hometown of Sicily -- with his blonde wife and daughters -- Nino is handed a package by his boss and asked to deliver it to a powerful and influential Sicilian gangster named Don Vincenzo. Once in Sicily, Nino has a hoot seeing friends and family, but his wife has trouble fitting in and is unfairly dismissed as a snob by Nino's family. Even more worrisome, Nino finds himself entangled in an intricate web of secret mafioso dealings and is eventually sent on an unexpectedly... elaborate errand. (continued)

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Full Battle Rattle

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A Man Named Pearl

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Eight Miles High

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Harold

Hellboy II: The Golden Army

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I have to catch a jet back to Burbank...no more filing until the late afternoon.

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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on April 30, 2007 at 11:57 AM

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ArchiveGuy says ...

Jeff: Glad you came to town, but I'm a bit confused. In an earlier post, you wrote: "I report what I can, riff on whatever's out there, respond to each and every film...if that puts you to sleep, you're probably one of those short-attention-spanners who needs to play a video game to get the juices going."

But looking at all the posts since you announced you were coming...what films did you actually see here?

(1) Murch

That's it. You were at the Peter Sellars event, too, but was that it for your SFIFF experience? That's one Friday night, another Sunday midday. Is that it? Or am I missing something?

Posted by ArchiveGuy at April 30, 2007 01:11 PM

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Geoff says ...

You BASTARD!

Posted by Geoff at April 30, 2007 01:56 PM

comment #3

D.Z. says ...

Wow, if today's http://www.imdb.com/news/sb/2007-04-30/ is correct, Grindhouse might go straight-to-dvd in Europe.

Posted by D.Z. at April 30, 2007 03:02 PM

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jeffmcm says ...

And you creamed your sweatpants, right?

Posted by jeffmcm at April 30, 2007 04:20 PM

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gruver1 says ...

Wels to Archive Guy: Yes, you're missing something. The thing you're missing is, you're not an eighth- grade English teacher and I'm not a student in your class, and I don't care that much if you think I've seen or written about enough movies at the San Francisco Film Festival or not. I saw five and a half films at the festival. No, six and a half. If I really like a festival film, I'll write about it. If I really don't like it, I'll write about that. And if the movie is a shoulder-shrugger or a flatliner, then I'll get around to writing about it when I get around to it...if I can summon the energy.

Posted by gruver1 at April 30, 2007 05:36 PM

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CitizenKanedforChewingGum says ...

Kaned to Wells: And you're missing something. The fact that we come to this site to read MOVIE news (or presumably what passes for it, anymore). And the fact that by doing so, we are essentially paying your salary.

So how was that SFIFF? ;)

Posted by CitizenKanedforChewingGum at April 30, 2007 05:52 PM

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Roddy Reta says ...

Just when I thought Wells couldn't get any worse...

Posted by Roddy Reta at April 30, 2007 06:20 PM

comment #8

Ju-osh says ...

Looking for movie news?
That's what this week's Eddie Murphy post was!
(I think Jeff believes that the majority of us come here for the "writhing brunettes" and female bartender pics.)

Posted by Ju-osh at April 30, 2007 06:25 PM

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Edward says ...

>>(I think Jeff believes that the majority of us come here for the "writhing brunettes" and female bartender pics.)

No, that's just one of the perks of the site.

Posted by Edward at April 30, 2007 06:31 PM

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ArchiveGuy says ...

Jesus, ask a simple question and see what you get? Was there anything argumentative, accusative, or condescending in my post? Only to a defensive, thin-skinned malcontent apparently.

May I remind you that it was YOU who claimed to "riff on each and every film" and it was YOU who got all hot and bothered when accused in a different thread of wasting your posts on observational BS.

So I trust you, take your assertion at face value, and asked a simple question about what films you have been watching (since on this MOVIE site, apparently it's the movies themselves you're keeping secret). Did that merit such a rude and disproportionately nasty response? No.

I'm guessing the jetlag from SF to Burbank brought out the asshole in you (though in all fairness, that doesn't include your comments on the "Fog City" film, about which you're pretty much dead on re: the film's POV. *That* was well done).

Posted by ArchiveGuy at May 1, 2007 10:45 AM

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