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"I want to get mooore out of a tank of gas." - annoying lady in the Ford Commercial

I have heard this lady say this exactly 20 times in the past 8 days.

But nevermind that. Life is great.

Little Voices was amazing. It was a 3D animated movie about children who have been scarred by civil war in Columbia. We got to wear the glases and everything! The animations were based on drawings by the children, and they were cute, smiley and colourful - an interesting juxtaposition to the horrible stories the children were telling. This was a very unique movie, a perfect antidote to the bland interview/narrate documentary format. It also had one of the best scores of the festival.

After some avocado rolls and deep friend lotus roots (finally! a meal!) we headed up to the Cumberland for Inside Lara Roxx, which I enjoyed more than I thought I would. An interesting aspect to this film was the relationship betweeen Lara and the filmmaker Mia. Mia chose to narrate her decisions regarding when to shoot and when to stop, and the viewers get to observe their relationship growing and changing. They were both there for the q & a, but Lara had just gotten out of rehab two days earlier so she could barely stand. Somebody had to get her a chair. It was very real, and perceptively tense for the audience, which is what I love about these hot docs experiences. I'm glad I didn't catch this flick on opening night because the director mentioned that they ha sold out the Bloor. Have you ever been in the Bloor when it was at capacity? It's like being on an oversold 747 to Singapore. Without the sexy flight attendants.

So that was last night.