Tonight's screening of Lasse Hallstrom's Salmon Fishing in the Yemen at the Palm Springs Int'l Film Festival didn't work out. I left at the one-hour mark, but it wasn't the film's fault. It was mine, or rather the fault of the circumstances.

One, the drive from L.A. to Palm Springs took three hours rather than the usual two, and two of those hours were stop-and-go hell. So I was stressed and frazzled. Two, the sound in the Palm Springs High School auditorium echoed and bounced all over the fucking place, forcing me to to cup my ears to hear even half of the dialogue. There were whole scenes I was missing. And three, there were a couple of 20something girls sitting to my right who were constantly talking to each other. Not whispering -- talking. I was so whipped I didn't even admonish them.
So the hell with it. They won. The shitty sound and the girls and the fatigue, I mean.
The portion that I saw told me that Yemen is an lightly engaging, smartly written adult comedy with a dry, underplayed sense of humor -- a bit like Local Hero. I'll see it again sometime soon, and probably have a fine time with it.
Posted by Jeffrey Wells on January 5, 2012 at 8:02 PM
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QfT
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Oh shit, is this the new Hallstrom picture that turns into hardcore euro electro-sex murder porn at about the 70 minute mark? My man on the inside says the part where they sew the wings onto the concrete dildo was certainly challenging, but in a way A Serbian Film wasn't.
Posted by QfT
at January 5, 2012 10:03 PM
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econeywaaa
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@QfT Ha! That's awesome!
Posted by econeywaaa
at January 5, 2012 10:53 PM
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arispil
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HIgh school auditorium?? Is this a real film festival?
Posted by arispil
at January 6, 2012 4:14 AM
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beerbelly burl
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I bet them bleachers were hard too.
Posted by beerbelly burl
at January 6, 2012 4:43 AM
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taikwan
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Please see it in better circumstances. I saw this at TIFF and loved it. Love the chemistry between Ewan and Emily but you also really need to see Kristen Scott Thomas in this.
Posted by taikwan
at January 7, 2012 10:49 AM
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Raising_Kaned
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test
Posted by Raising_Kaned
at January 9, 2012 7:55 AM
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CitizenKanedRepeatedly
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test
Posted by CitizenKanedRepeatedly
at January 9, 2012 7:58 AM
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Lening zonder bkr toetsing
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I've seen this one. Ewan McGregor is really good!!
Posted by Lening zonder bkr toetsing
at April 11, 2012 6:27 AM