Archive of tweets from the 2012 San Sebastian Film Festival
Note: earliest tweets at bottom of page.
30 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
It's not over yet, actually. Still
everything to play for on the Heathrow Express to Ealing Broadway...
30 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
About six or seven big heaves, if that
sort of thing is important to you. #heathrow #sorry
30 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
And 3) Needless to say, I feel great
now.
30 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
2) A nice airport lady took pity on me
and gave me a ride to passport control on the "beeeep beeeep"
mobile. #beeeep
30 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
HOWEVER, 1) I left no mess at all,
neither on me nor the airport (though caretaker needs to be careful
emptying that bin).
30 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
...and basically vomited loudly into a
plastic bag I had the foresight to have handy. #GRAAAAAARGH
#WORRAWORRAWORRAWORRAWORRA
30 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
...and then, dear readers, I got
halfway to passport control and was suddenly hit by the wave that had
been coming all day... #terror #etc
30 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Anyway, so I sat deathly still + made
it all the way to Heathrow without vomiting, passing out, dying or
"the other thing" happening...
30 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
--> about was imaginary sandwich
either inside or outside (i.e. holding it) my stomach. Dream state
was convinced neighbour had same sandwich.
30 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Basically spent entire flight with my
eyes closed, breathing deeply, fighting nausea etc. Entered weird
dream state where all I thought -->
30 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Not going to lie - that was the worst
flight of my life. Look away now if you are easily repulsed...
#terrorat30000feet
30 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
I'm aliiiiive! Ha ha ha! I kiss the
sweet ground. (@ London Heathrow Airport (LHR) w/ 34 others)
http://4sq.com/TWmEJe
30 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Plus I have to take the painkillers for
toothache. If I take paracetamol on top of an already dodgy
stomach...is that bad?
30 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Feel rotten. Like possible food
poisoning rotten. This flight is *not* going to be pretty...
#terrorat30000feet
30 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
When I archive these tweets for my San
Sebastian coverage, I will, of course, take out the ones about the
#pantsclock.
30 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Just in from Closing Night Party. The
#pantsclock has struck one. #sadface
30 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Spanish George Clooney!
http://twitpic.com/azl8kd
30 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Just met Ricardo Darin and told him I
wrote the Empire review of Nine Queens (true) + interviewed
Bielinsky. Ja somos amigos. #sanseb12
30 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Tempted to crash "los bips".
Where's @JamesMottram when you need him? #bips #sansebastard
30 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
I think this might be the best catered
party I've ever been to. #enormoburgers #juicysteaksonsticks
#whateverthoseapplethingswere
29 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
At the Closing Night Party. #sanseb12
#donostialahostia (@ Palacio Miramar w/ 3 others)
http://4sq.com/QpExtf
29 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
I'm at Borda Berri (San Sebastián,
Basque Country) http://4sq.com/PAOF2P
29 Sep San Sebastián
@sansebastianfes
Silver Shell for Best Director goes to
Fernando Trueba for El Artista y la Modelo.
Retweeted by Matthew Turner
29 Sep San Sebastián
@sansebastianfes
Silver Shell to the best actress.
Ex-aqueo to Katie Coseni for Foxfire and Macarena Garcia for
Blancanieves.
Retweeted by Matthew Turner
29 Sep San Sebastián
@sansebastianfes
Concha de Plata al Mejor Actor para
Jose Sacristan por El Muerto y ser feliz.
Retweeted by Matthew Turner
29 Sep San Sebastián
@sansebastianfes
The Special Jury Award goes to
Blamcanieves by Pablo Berger
Retweeted by Matthew Turner
29 Sep San Sebastián
@sansebastianfes
Urrezko Maskorra / Concha de Oro /
Golden Shell: Dans la Maison de François Ozon
Retweeted by Matthew Turner
29 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Mini Kobe beef burgers at A Fuegro
Negro. #festivaldespintxos (@ A Fuego Negro) [pic]:
http://4sq.com/Qp86v1
29 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Cannot believe I listed the things in
Judex and forgot the GIANT BIRD HEADS. Google them. Amazing. #judex
#giantbirdheads
29 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
[cont'd] Dialogue: "Remember my
evil uncle, the lion-tamer? The lions ate him! We are free to be
together!" #judex #franjufest
29 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Favourite bit: passing sexy acrobat
(known to detective) agrees to help, scales tall building, rescues
Judex. [cont'd]
29 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Sexy cat burglar (Francine Bergé)
arguably the first screen Catwoman, she's so much like Catwoman.
Judex fairly Batman-like, come to that.
29 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Judex was insane. It had everything.
Sexy cat burglars, sexy acrobats, masks, capes, detectives in
deerstalkers, secret passages, the works.
29 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Off to see Franju's Judex, my 35th and
final film of San Sebastian 2012. #sanseb12 #Donostia60 #zinemaldia
#franjufest
29 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Succumbed to lure of Captain America
shield frisbee. Comes with actual shield handle attached. Strongly
suspect hindrance to aero-dynamism.
29 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Lobster on toast plans scuppered by
rowdy footballeros. Ended up having, um, over-boiled cauliflower and
potatoes instead.
29 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
I'm at Fnac Donostia (Donostia-San
Sebastián, PV) http://4sq.com/SMgolQ
29 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Only two days left. #pantsclock
#sadface
29 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
@OscarJaenadaFC He just went past me on
a little bike...
29 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Bailing on The Delay in favour of
lobster on toast (hopefully). Sorry, The Delay. #sanseb12
#festivaldepintxos #lobsterontoast
29 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
That was some damn fine cheesecake and
no mistake. #festivaldepintxos
29 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Heavenly cheesecakes at Vina:
http://twitpic.com/azen76
29 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
The Bay is actually an eco-horror /
outbreak movie. Not a bad one, depending on your tolerance for found
footage movies. Nice isopods.
29 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
The Bay = found footage. Et tu,
Levinson?
29 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Quartet press conference still hadn't
started by 11.50 so I've bailed in favour of seeing Barry Levinson's
zombie parasite movie. #thebay
29 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
People in Kursaal window:
http://twitpic.com/azd68h
29 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Hurry up, Dustin. Some of us have got
12 o'clock films to get to... #quartetpressconference
29 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Quartet's more or less exactly what
you'd expect. #greypound
29 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
I am getting *really* fed up of having
"Harp" as my alarm tone...
29 Sep Neil Young (UK) @JigsawLounge
ONCE UPON A TIME WAS I, VERONICA
(M.Gomes, Brz/Fr) 8/10. Hollywood Reporter review upcoming of what
may be the best new film at #Donostia60.
Retweeted by Matthew Turner
29 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Just caught the portrero in my San
Sebastian pension with a McDonald's take-out. Taught him the phrase
"McVerguenza" (McShame).
28 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Am I going to regret picking Barry
Levinson's The Bay over Marçal Forès' Animals tomorrow?
#sanseb12 #DILEMMA
28 Sep Maria Dragus @MariaVdragus
#ANIMALS such a mind blowing movie, if
we wouldn't be in the same section of competition, i wish they'd win
#SanSebastian #newDirectors
Retweeted by Matthew Turner
28 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
---> Brilliant "WHERE ARE MY
FAGS?" moment in third act. #theresedesqueyroux #franjufest
#lesfags
28 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Don't think I've seen hardcore
cigarette addiction done on screen quite so well as in Thérèse
Desqueyroux. --->
28 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
@toria970 Mon Dieu, the *malaise*! They
clean her nails up for the film version.
28 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
@toria970 Do cigarettes feature
heavily? #therese
28 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Real shame they couldn't get either
Emmanuelle Riva (also in Amour) or Edith Scob (also in Holy Motors)
in for the Franjus. #bof
28 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
#468... RT @robbiereviews: @FilmFan1971
I suspect Thing #468 might be that Claude Miller sadly died before it
was completed.
28 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Enjoyed Thérèse
Desqueyroux much more than Thomas The Imposter. Dumbstruck by 1962
Philippe Noiret's uncanny resemblance to Chris O'Dowd.
28 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Things I Didn't Know #467: Claude
Miller has just remade Franju's Thérèse Desqueyroux
with Audrey Tautou.
28 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Does Herbert Lom's death mean my
awesome film quiz prize has gone up in value? http://flic.kr/p/asiuGx
28 Sep Neil Young (UK) @JigsawLounge
R.I.P. Herbert Karel Angelo Kuchacevič
ze Schluderpacheru - or Mr Lom, to you.
Retweeted by Matthew Turner
28 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
About to see Franju's Therese, my 32nd
film of #sanseb12 so far. #shootingfor35 #franjufest
28 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
The Hypnotist didn't quite live up to
my absurdly high expectations, but it does have a terrific finale.
Decent Scandi-crime / Nordic noir.
28 Sep Neil Young (UK) @JigsawLounge
7 BOXES (Maneglia/Schémbori)
6/10. Chaotic city market a great [underused] backdrop for
stoppy-starty Paraguayan crowdpleaser. #Donostia60
Retweeted by Matthew Turner
28 Sep Damon Wise @yo_damo
Lasse Hallstrom's The Hypnotist a
guilty pleasure; Scandi noir teeteting on giallo. Bit rubbishy, not
fit for competition, but fun #SanSeb60
Retweeted by Matthew Turner
28 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Taking advantage of Keler tent's
hospitality (free beer ALL FESTIVAL LONG, did I mention?) before
Bertolucci probably also ill-advised.
28 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Went to see Bertolucci's Io e Te
instead of going to the Tommy Lee Jones press conference. It was the
wrong decision.
28 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Today's San Sebastian recommendation:
The Angels' Share -
http://www.viewlondon.co.uk/films/the-angels-share-film-review-45840.html
… #sanseb12 #Donostia60 #zinemaldia #theangelsshare
28 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Amusing grammatical misrepresentation
of The Angels' Share: http://twitpic.com/az3d3m
28 Sep Neil Young (UK) @JigsawLounge
@FilmFan1971 thanks. Might squeeze it
in tomorrow night. Did THE HYPNOTISTS make you veeeeery sleeeeeepy?
Retweeted by Matthew Turner
28 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Billy Connolly is currently in the
Keler tent. #jodersikelertent
28 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
There's a touch of Nigel Havers about
Lasse Hallström in real life. #hallström #havers
28 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Lasse and Lena again. #thehypnotist
#sanseb12 http://twitpic.com/az2tkp
28 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Lasse Hallström and Lena Olin at
the press conference for The Hypnotist: http://twitpic.com/az2qol
28 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Come on, The Hypnotist! Hypnotise me.
#sanseb12
28 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
@JigsawLounge Only a Neil Five? Bah.
(Seeing it now). I recommend ¡Atraco!, btw.
28 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Oscar Jaenada and Guillermo Francella
at the ¡Atraco! press conference: http://twitpic.com/az1aq1
28 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Eduard Cortes and Amaia Salamanca at
the ¡Atraco! press conference: http://twitpic.com/az18gc
28 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Poster for ¡Atraco! #atraco
#sanseb12 #donostia60 #zinemaldia http://twitpic.com/az177d
28 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
At the press conference for ¡Atraco!
#fuckyeahamaiasalamanca
28 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Next up: Lasse Hallström's The
Hypnotist. Really hope The Hypnotist is good. They don't make nearly
enough detective movies anymore. #lasse
28 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Why, yes, I *did* just learn how to do
the "¡" - how could you tell?
28 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Can someone pick up ¡Atraco! for
UK distribution, please? #sanseb12
28 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
*Loved* ¡Atraco! Beautifully
made, 50s-set Spanish heist movie. Romantic, funny, moving, lovely
performances, gorgeous production design.
28 Sep Eye For Film @EyeForFilm
Ewan McGregor arrives to recive
Donostia award #donostia60 pic.twitter.com/8njMoEmv
Retweeted by Matthew Turner
28 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Cannot believe I missed this story.
This is what I get for not checking news sites all week.
#croconaplane
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/national/crocodile-escaped-from-its-cage-on-a-plane-bound-for-melbourne-qantas-confirms/story-fndo1sdf-1226480253414
…
28 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Really looking forward to seeing The
Hypnotist tomorrow. "A detective works with a hypnotist to solve
a case". Sold! #sanseb12 #hypnotist
28 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Having a series of very enjoyable
random nights out in San Sebastian. Might stay. #quesejodelondon
#donostialahostia
28 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
A *huge* gin and tonic. Or, as the
Donostinos call it, a "gintonic". http://twitpic.com/ayxlot
27 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Now off to see La Sirga. #sanseb12
#Donostia60 #pressscreeningsat10pm #normal
27 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Some gazpacho, earlier:
http://twitpic.com/ayvyru
27 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
And here it is.
#secondbeststeakofmylife (@ Casa Vergara) [pic]:
http://4sq.com/QXyAVe
27 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Basically just had the second best
steak of my life. #sansebastianfoodfestival #donostiaostia
27 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Total result. Friend of friend is
Spanish #sanseb12 veteran of 17 years, who is taking us round all the
best places. #festivaldepintxos
27 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Just totted up San Sebastian films seen
so far. Am on 27. #nottooshabby #sanseb12
27 Sep San Sebastián
@sansebastianfes
Rueda de prensa de "The
Impossible" con Ewan McGregor pic.twitter.com/HdqgMUze
Retweeted by Matthew Turner
27 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Rape scene in Le Capital is a shocking
directorial misjudgement in a number of ways. Presented as punishment
meted out by banker "hero".
27 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
I'm at Bar Etxebe (San Sebastián,
Basque Country) http://4sq.com/Qz7ZjF
27 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Found the Costa-Gavras riveting,
largely thanks to great central performance by Gad Elmaleh
(Priceless). Unfortunate rape scene though.
27 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Chose the Costa-Gavras film (Le
Capital, about bankers fucking each other) in the end. Sorry, Ewan
McGregor. #sanseb12 #Donostia60
27 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Disturbing in that both parents have
simultaneous nrvous breakdowns + are utterly useless. Not perfect but
still thinking about it hrs later
27 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
So, yes, Summer Outside. Austrian
coming-of-age movie with Dragus as a 14 yr old whose family is
collapsing around her. Avoids usual clichés
27 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Her name is Maria-Victoria Dragus and
she's the star of Summer Outside. Turns out she was also in The White
Ribbon. Cheers, imdb.
27 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
One of the nice things about San
Sebastian: bumping into the actresses from the films you've just
seen... http://twitpic.com/ayueoo
27 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
About to watch Summer Outside. Oh, the
irony. #sanseb12
27 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Costa Gavras movie or Ewan McGregor
press conference? Costa Gavras movie or Ewan McGregor press
conference? #DILEMMA #sanseb12
27 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Opening pre-tsunami scenes of The
Impossible worryingly excruciating, but acting improves dramatically
once wave hits. Cried like tiny child
27 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
The Impossible. Spirit of 1970s
disaster movies is alive and well in Bayona's tsunami drama. Special
effects + child actors very impressive.
27 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Crowd went crazy for 7 Boxes last
night. Film-makers and leads seemed overwhelmed by the warm response.
#sanseb12 #Donostia60 #zinemaldia
27 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
7 Boxes. Fun little Paraguayan
thriller, all set around "Market number 4". Lots of energy,
charming lead performances, killer final shot.
27 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
...and beautiful images. Maybe a few
too many beards. Bellucci stunning, her "face for tragedy"
put to good use. #rhinoseason #sanseb12
27 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Rhino Season. Ambitious mixture of high
tragedy, poetry and fractured, impressionistic narrative. Not always
successful but powerful moments
27 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Today's San Sebastian recommendation:
Hope Springs (4 stars) -
http://www.viewlondon.co.uk/films/hope-springs-film-review-47895.html
… #sanseb12 #Donostia60 #zinemaldia @sansebastianfes
27 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
I have succumbed to the lure of the
Disco Burger. #discoburger #dontjudgeme (@ Va Bene) [pic]:
http://4sq.com/SSBlXc
27 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Don't think I got away with it but
might be on the film / video version. Will keep close eye on
YouTube...
27 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Phone number guy seems like he's from
the Argentine equivalent of T4. Totally just tried to photobomb his
photo with Monica.
27 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Another journalist just asked Monica
for her phone number. John Miller would never allow that sort of
thing. And rightly so. #ETIQUETTE
27 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Cannot understand why guy in middle
looks so angry... #pressconferencelols http://twitpic.com/ayqw7g
27 Sep Neil Young (UK) @JigsawLounge
THE IMPOSSIBLE (J.A.Bayona) 5/10. ¸Que
viva Irwin Allen! #Donostia60
Retweeted by Matthew Turner
27 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Spanish journalist just declared his
love for Monica Bellucci. #pressconferencelols
27 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Monica Bellucci and Bahman Ghobadi at
Rhino Season press conference. #sanseb12 #donostia60
http://twitpic.com/ayqtad
27 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Monica Bellucci at Rhino Season press
conference. #labellucci #oylamadre http://twitpic.com/ayqsma
27 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Monica Bellucci at the press conference
for Rhino Season. #sanseb12 #donostia60 http://twitpic.com/ayqryp
27 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Belcim Bilgin is here too. #yowza
27 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
(At a press conference, but come on,
it's *almost* the same thing, right?)
27 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Waiting to interview Monica Bellucci.
27 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Nothing makes me cry in movies more
than tearful reunions. Would be interested to know if Bayona watched
Lassie Come Home in preparation.
27 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Might have something in eye after The
Impossible. #criedliketinychild #sanseb12 #Donostia60 #MANLYtears
27 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Today's films: The Impossible, Summer
Outside, Le Capital and La Sirga. Maybe Colours at midnight too, as I
met the director last night.
27 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Pants Clock tells me there's only four
more days left in San Sebastian. #sadface #pantsclock #numberofdays =
#numberofpantsleft
27 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Jonesing for pintxos right now. Please
give the strikers whatever they ask for, San Sebastian. #diadehuelga
26 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Result! Got in to 7 Boxes! Nasty few
moments in the returns queue there, let me tell you... #7cajas
#Donostia60 #sanseb12 #zinemaldia
26 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Almost hope 7 Cajas is rubbish, just so
I can make the "7 Cajas? 7 Pajas, more like..." joke
afterwards. #donostiaostia #sanseb12
26 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
All this Returns Queue excitement is
giving me flashbacks to the 1999 LFF... #thereturnofReturnsQueueMan
#7cajas
26 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Right. In the press equivalent of the
returns queue for 7 Boxes now. Fingers crossed... #sanseb12
#Donostia60
26 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Got to admit, am very impressed that
McDonald's closed for Strike Day. And at least it saved me doing a
Bradshaw. #sanseb12 #diadehuelga
26 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Going to attempt to get a picture with
Spanish George Clooney... #kelertent #noteatenallday #lightheaded
26 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Veggie thing was really good.
Garlic-fried green beans and lightly battered green peppers.
#kelertent #salvavidas #sanseb12 #donostiaostia
26 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Basically eating the Keler tent out of
house and home right now. #chickenwings #lambmeatballs
#beefwrappedinpineapple #sushi #veggiething
26 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Keler tent has saved the day! Free beer
and food! Thank the sweet Lord! #also #buykeler #sanseb12
#diadehuelga #donostiaostia
26 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Ooh! Signs of life in the Keler tent!
26 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
I wonder what Monica Bellucci is doing
right now? #diadehuelga #everythingclosed #evenmcdonalds
26 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Going to attempt to get into sold-out 7
Boxes screening later on possibly naive assumption that people won't
show up if everything is closed
26 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
I did pass a bar earlier that was
clearly having something of an all-day lock-in, but they pretended
they weren't. #sanseb12 #scabs
26 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Week's reviews finally finished.
Heading out soon to explore strike-stricken San Sebastian. #sanseb12
#diadehuelga #donostiaostia
26 Sep Damon Wise @yo_damo
Why can't every film festival have a
general strike in the middle of it? #SanSeb60
Retweeted by Matthew Turner
26 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Strike day in San Sebastian. Guess
which idiot has reviews to do? http://twitpic.com/ayhl9r
26 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
You know, just for once, it would be
nice to see a film with Monica Bellucci playing a character that
*doesn't* get raped.
26 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Seeing Rhino Season after all.
Apologies to anyone who hears my stomach rumbling. The K1 tends to
have an unfortunate amplification effect.
26 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Which does, admittedly, raise the
slightly important question of whether there will be anything to eat
today... #diadehuelga
26 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Wow. Even the McDonald's is closed
because of the strike action today. #sanseb12 #SOCIALISM
26 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Laptop appears to have joined the San
Sebastian general strike. Won't play ball at all. Power cable also
apparently fried. #badmiercoles
26 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
@pistolerosa As much as anyone else.
Film is very generous to all its actors; everyone gets chance to
shine. Shoo-in for ensemble SAG.
26 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Tomorrow is Strike Day in San
Sebastian, which is probably just as well, as I have the week's
reviews to write... #diadehuelga
26 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Fun night out. Chatted to Luis Tosar
and Joseph Mawle. No sign of Penelope or Monica though. #booze #food
#GIANTCOCKROACH
25 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Not going to lie: it's chucking it
down. #theraininspainisapain #donostiaostia #sanseb12
25 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Today's #sanseb12 films: The Dead and
the Living, Caesar Must Die, Bypass and The Attack. Enjoyed Bypass
the most.
25 Sep Damon Wise @yo_damo
Me on the 60th San Sebastian film
festival, and why I loved The Sessions
http://www.empireonline.com/empireblogs/under-the-radar/post/p1298 …
Retweeted by Matthew Turner
25 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
FrightFest people! Who does Anna
Fischer play in We Are The Night? Is she one of the vampires?
25 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
@JigsawLounge Just asked about Hanns
Schuschnig for you...
25 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Anna Fischer and director Barbara
Albert, star and director of The Dead and the Living. #donostia60
#sanseb12 #zin http://twitpic.com/ay9m6y
25 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Anna Fischer, star of The Dead and the
Living and We Are The Night. #sanseb12 #Donostia60
http://twitpic.com/ay9jx2
25 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Ricardo Darin just walked out onto the
terrace. Really tempted to go out and tell him I wrote the Empire
review for Nine Queens (true).
25 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
@filmboyd I wouldn't have been able to
restrain myself. "CHUS LAMPREAVE!", I would have shouted.
#chuslampreave
25 Sep Boyd van Hoeij @filmboyd
I'm not easily impressed by running
into famous people at festivals but when Chus Lampreave walked past
me this morning #filmnerdorgasm
Retweeted by Matthew Turner
25 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Now waiting to interview Scott Graham,
Joseph Mawle and Chloe Pirrie for Shell. Penelope Cruz apparently
here too. Haven't seen her though.
25 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Just interviewed Michel Franco,
writer-director of After Lucia. #sanseb12 #Donostia60 #whatsinthecake
25 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Luis Tosar, outside the Maria Cristina.
#sanseb12 #donostia60 @sansebastianfes http://twitpic.com/ay8mp1
25 Sep Damon Wise @yo_damo
I really liked the Taviani bros' Caesar
Must Die; wondering if retro-neo-realism is actually a genre...
#SanSeb60
Retweeted by Matthew Turner
25 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Enjoyed Bypass. Ending a bit muddled
but some big laughs along the way. Keen to see previous film by
co-directors now. Remake would work.
25 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
How many cans of Burn can I
legitimately bring back to England? And in a related question, how
does one acquire a mule? #thegreattasteofburn
25 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Could do with a good laugh after
today's films so far. Come on, Bypass - que traigas los lols.
#loslols #sanseb12 #Donostia60 #zinemaldia
25 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Next up: Bypass, a Spanish comedy about
a guy who tells a terminally ill girl he loves her and then gets
stuck with her when she recovers.
25 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
In a fictionalised version you could
have dovetailed prison hierarchy drama with plot of Julius Caesar.
That would have been great.
25 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Caesar Must Die (prisoners putting on
Julius Caesar) all very worthy etc but I felt like the fictionalised
version might have been more fun.
25 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Coincidentally, am headed to that very
hotel later today... *checks statute of limitations on restraining
order*
25 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
MASSIVE crowd outside the Maria
Cristina Hotel just now. Can only assume Monica Bellucci has arrived.
#jodersilabellucci #Donostia60
25 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
The Dead and the Living (girl discovers
grandfather was in the SS) was...okay. Held together by likeable
central performance. Bit too long.
25 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
About to watch Caesar Must Die. It is
only 76 minutes long. #fourstarrunningtime
25 Sep Damon Wise @yo_damo
John Hawkes: what a nice, unassuming
chap. He's coming to London, you know. #SanSeb60 #LFF #thesessions
#booknow
Retweeted by Matthew Turner
25 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Ridiculously high showing for Savages
there. Can only assume it gains something in translation. #wargasms
#neverforget
25 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Current runners and riders for the
#sanseb12 Audience Award: http://twitpic.com/ay5uiu
25 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Finally got to see Shell. Impressive
debut, emotionally tense, strong central performance from Chloe
Pirrie, good use of Michael Smiley.
25 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
@blakebacklash @SpodoKomodo @vealfromfu
@marvmarsh JED IS HERE. I just stood next to him.
25 Sep Amber Wilkinson @NinjaWorrier
So, After Lucia a disturbing portrait
of a grieving, bullied girl. Makes Lord of the Flies look like
birthday party.
Retweeted by Matthew Turner
25 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Today's #sanseb12 films: The Dead and
the Living, Cesar Must Die, Bypass and then maybe The Attack and
Venuto al Mundo.
24 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
The one on the right is banana wrapped
in caramelised bacon... #festivaldepintxos http://twitpic.com/ay1emc
24 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
San Sebastian Top Five so far: Argo,
The Sessions, Foxfire, After Lucia, Blancanieves. #sanseb12
#sansebtopfive #Donostia60
24 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Mop-up screenings for Looper should be
called Looper Scoopers.
24 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Pimento con bacalao at La Cepa. (@ La
Cepa) [pic]: http://4sq.com/UrKabI
24 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
@BartfromRaw Are you seeing the other
Imposter while you're here? #thomastheimposter #sanseb12
24 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Things I hadn't realised: Emmanuelle
Riva (star of Haneke's Amour) is in two Franjus: Therese and Thomas
The Imposter #sanseb12 #Donostia60
24 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Doing my first Franju of #sanseb12:
Thomas The Imposter. #theotherimposter #Donostia60 #franjufest
24 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
The Keler tent, yesterday...
http://twitpic.com/axylv4
24 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Wind was so strong yesterday that the
Keler tent roof blew off... #sanseb12 @peterbradshaw1
http://twitpic.com/axylgz
24 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Properly devastated by After Lucia.
Slowly, remorselessly tightens its grip until you can barely breathe.
Don't miss it. #Donostia60
24 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Fuuuuuuuuuck. #afterlucia #Donostia60
#sanseb12
24 Sep Damon Wise @yo_damo
Bit late to The Sessions (aka The
Surrogate); lovely and light. Serious awards potential for all -
great support from Bill Macy. #SanSeb60
Retweeted by Matthew Turner
24 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Today at San Sebastian: 7 Days in
Havana -
http://www.viewlondon.co.uk/films/7-days-in-havana-film-review-47169.html
… #Donostia60 #sanseb12 #zinemaldia @sansebastianfes
24 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Oh my God. MONICA BELLUCCI IS HERE!
#bestfilmfestivalEVER @PaulEGreenwood
24 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
If John Hawkes doesn't get an Oscar
nomination for The Sessions, there is officially no justice.
#sanseb12 #Donostia60 #zinemaldia
24 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
This festival is really kicking up a
notch today. Two great films so far + high hopes for Shell and After
Lucia later #sanseb12 #Donostia60
24 Sep Eye For Film @EyeForFilm
If that's not enough for you festival
fiends, we've another diary from SanSeb: http://bit.ly/UJDrgi
#60sansebastianfes #sanseb12 #Donostia60
Retweeted by Matthew Turner
24 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Looking forward to The Sessions. Have
heard great things so far. "Best film I saw at Sundance"-type
things.
24 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
@SpodoKomodo I did not know that.
Angelina Jolie makes sense for Legs.
24 Sep Indy Datta @SpodoKomodo
@FilmFan1971 You know Foxfire (by Joyce
Carol Oates) has been adapted before, right?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116353/ …
Retweeted by Matthew Turner
24 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Poster for The Artist and the Model.
#sanseb12 #Donostia60 http://twitpic.com/axvb0c
24 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Why does it take a male, French
director (Laurent Cantet) to make a film about a 1950s girl gang?
#flyingbechdelpass
24 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Foxfire straight into my #Donostia60
top 3. Great story (about secret 1950s girl gang), superb
performances from cast of unknowns #sanseb12
24 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Only managed four in the end yesterday.
I blame Wellington. #filmfanfail
24 Sep Neil Young (UK) @JigsawLounge
P-DL is the 'Suspiria' of "romantic
comedies": a pummelling, exhaustingly exhilarating sensory
assault. Nothing if not accurately titled.
Retweeted by Matthew Turner
24 Sep Neil Young (UK) @JigsawLounge
PUNCH-DRUNK LOVE (Anderson '02) 10/10.
I'm near-speechless with relief, & some surprise, that a decade
on this *is* still my #1. #Donostia60
Retweeted by Matthew Turner
24 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Today's films: Foxfire, The Sessions,
After Lucia, Shell and Thomas the Imposter. #sanseb12 #Donostia60
23 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
@El_Duderino81 @PaulEGreenwood If you
get Rashida, I am prepared to concede. Although apparently Naomi
Watts is coming in...
23 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
@PaulEGreenwood Your Richard Gere
interview makes it #sansebastian2zurich1 #nogereinterview
#notevenforreadymoney
23 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Fourth film of the day: Here and Now.
23 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Is Here and There the Here and There
that won the prize at Edinburgh or was that the other Here and There?
23 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Confession: it has rained a bit in San
Sebastian today too. It's 30 degrees though, so it's like walking in
a warm shower.
23 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
About to watch Trueba's The Artist and
the Model. #sanseb12 #Donostia60
23 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Captain America shield frisbee!
@montimer @chelleajohnson http://twitpic.com/axoj5t
23 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Second favourite pintxo: crab meat cone
with hint of tomato: http://twitpic.com/axoio5
23 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Result. Picked up ticket for Thomas The
Imposter tomorrow. #theotherimposter #franjufest #sanseb12
23 Sep Eye For Film @EyeForFilm
Let us make you insanely jealous with
our 1st diary entry from this year's San Seb film festival:
http://bit.ly/UGehiM #60sansebastianfes
Retweeted by Matthew Turner
23 Sep Amber Wilkinson @NinjaWorrier
Keler tent threatening to blow away in
sudden high winds. Staff manning poles. #donostia60 #freebeerblown
Retweeted by Matthew Turner
23 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
@robbiereviews #Accents in abundance, I
grant you. Rather front-loaded on the #nudity though.
#LinesOfWellington #MALKOVICH
23 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
3 hours of Lines of Wellington worth it
for the scene where Wellington (Malkovich) outlines the recipe for
Beef Wellington to Vincent Perez.
23 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Isabelle Huppert and Catherine Deneuve
both on stage for Lines of Wellington!
23 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Right then. Bring on the accents, the
nudity and the Malkovich! #accents #nudity #MALKOVICH
#LinesOfWellington #3hourversion #sanseb12
23 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
@silent_london There's very little of
the sort of bullfighting you might be worried about. Mostly
cape-twirling, not killing.
23 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Capacity in K1 at the Kursaal is 1806.
This photo doesn't do it justice. #sanseb12 http://twitpic.com/axlp5n
23 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
I gather it's raining and cold in
London? #DIPLOMATICSILENCE
23 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
@andyffgibbons @robbiereviews This
version is 3 hours. It's adapted from a series, so makes sense if
it's longer.
23 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Grabbing pintxos before settling in for
3 hr epic The Lines of Wellington. Hashtags provided by
@robbiereviews. #nudity #accents #MALKOVICH
23 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Today's San Sebastian recommendation:
The Imposter (5 estrellas) -
http://www.viewlondon.co.uk/films/the-imposter-film-review-47262.html
… #sanseb12 #Donostia60 #zinemaldia @sansebastianfes
23 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Very curious to know if the
simultaneous translators get to watch the films beforehand. #sanseb12
23 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Luchini is now shouting about ducks.
#gallicshrug
23 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Fabrice Luchini managing to quote
Dostoyevsky and complain about his hotel room at the same time.
#sanseb12 http://twitpic.com/axknhp
23 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Just spotted the (excellent)
simultaneous translator in the booth above. Can't take my eyes off
him now.
23 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Fabrice Luchini and Francois Ozon at
the press conference for In The House. #sanseb12 #donostia60
http://twitpic.com/axkjoe
23 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Checking out press conference now to
see what Ozon and Luchini have to say about it. #inthehouse
23 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Really enjoyed Ozon's In The House.
Twisted, darkly funny story-telling drama; Luchini and KST both on
top form. #sanseb12 #Donostia60
23 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Shame Ozon isn't here. Could have said
"Ozon's in the house for Ozon's In The House". #sanseb12
23 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Today's films: In The House, Lines of
Wellington, Here and There, The Artist and the Model and The Cleaner.
#sanseb12 #Donostia60
23 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Full house for Ozon's In The House.
#sanseb12 #donostia60 #danslamaison http://twitpic.com/axj9cj
23 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
@sansebastianfes There's one missing!
#dondeestamaribel
22 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
The Keler Tent even has free wifi. The
LFF *really* needs a Keler Tent. #fuckyeahthekelertent #donostiaostia
22 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
#fuckyeahthekelertent
http://twitpic.com/axd4dv
22 Sep Amber Wilkinson @NinjaWorrier
Keler tent boasting an Austin Powers
vibe tonight. Very in keeping with retro vibe of films I've seen
#donostia60
Retweeted by Matthew Turner
22 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
The DJ at the Keler tent is on fire
tonight. I don't know what this is, but it's great!
#fuckyeahthekelertent http://4sq.com/P9AvFP
22 Sep Neil Young (UK) @JigsawLounge
solid enough day at #Donostia60
post-Argo: SLEEPLESS NIGHTS (E.Raheb), ☺ (G.Araki '07) and THE DEAD
MAN AND BEING HAPPY (J.Rebollo) all 6/10
Retweeted by Matthew Turner
22 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Free beer. Free food. All night. EVERY
night. You don't get that at the LFF, etc. #fuckyeahsansebastian
22 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Already seen nine films in two days.
Best so far: Argo and Blancanieves. Both will be in #sanseb12 Top
Five. #Donostia60
22 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Not sure I can manage six films in a
row tomorrow, especially if one of them is three hours long (Lines of
Wellington). #donostiaostia
22 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Remembered from last year by the staff
of the Keler Tent too. Embarrassing...but also kind of cool.
#kelertent #sansebastard @PeterBradshaw1
22 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Turns out you don't even need a card
this year... #KELERTENT #sanseb12 http://twitpic.com/axcf42
22 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Wish I'd thought to bring last year's
Keler Tent card. #sanseb12 #Donostia60 #kelertent
22 Sep Damon Wise @yo_damo
Pablo Larrain's use of digital in No is
ingenious, though I think I prefer his more sombre movies. #SanSeb60
Retweeted by Matthew Turner
22 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Had a similar problem with The Dead Man
and Being Happy as with Après Mai: great first half,
increasingly repetitive / dull second half.
22 Sep Amber Wilkinson @NinjaWorrier
Blancanieves a silent b&w (odd
moments of S&M aside) treat. Snow White and bullfighting dwarfs,
oh my. #donostia60
Retweeted by Matthew Turner
22 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
.@montimer Yes, it's fantastic.
Note-perfect from start to finish. Affleck now three for three. #argo
22 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
That said, if Argo is going to pick up
a Best Supporting nod, Alan Arkin and Bryan Cranston both in with a
shout. #argo #sanseb12 #noms
22 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
--> Argo, except that his
performance is so brilliantly subtle that it still feels like
support, even though he's the lead.
22 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
I've said in the past that - like Jude
Law - Ben Affleck is a terrible lead but a great supporting actor.
May have to retract that after -->
21 Sep Neil Young (UK) @JigsawLounge
Two more at #Donostia60: BLANCANIEVES
(P.Berger, Spain, 7/10) an unexpected delight. SILENT CITY (T.Anna,
Benelux, 4/10) starts OK, fizzles.
Retweeted by Matthew Turner
22 Sep Boyd van Hoeij @filmboyd
Finally a movie that lives up to the
hype. ARGO's awesome. #Donostia60
Retweeted by Matthew Turner
22 Sep Neil Young (UK) @JigsawLounge
ARGO (Affleck) 7/10. 'Retro', rather.
Niftily out-Clooneys Clooney, anyway. #Donostia60
Retweeted by Matthew Turner
22 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Hmmm. Liked the first half of the
Assayas (Après Mai) much more than the second. Really wears
out its welcome. #sanseb12
22 Sep Joe Utichi @joeutichi
Amazing orchestral performance of music
from The Impossible and The Orphanage. Thanks @FilmBayona.
pic.twitter.com/cvh2gbJl
Retweeted by Matthew Turner
22 Sep Amber Wilkinson @NinjaWorrier
Argo meanwhile shows Ben Affleck's
mastery of tension just gets better. #donostia60
Retweeted by Matthew Turner
22 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Pablo Larraín's No was very good
too, btw. Couldn't say that earlier because had to run from Victoria
Eugenia to Principal. #sanseb12
22 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
...and everything. About to watch Après
Mai. Fortified with a swift cafe con leche.
22 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
The tortilla de bacalao they do here
is, hands down, my favourite pintxo. El dueño remembered me
from last year and e http://4sq.com/UC4c6f
22 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Enjoyed Post Tenebras Lux. Not sure I
understood it, but I enjoyed *trying* to understand it.
#kidsdonttrythisathome #sanseb12 #Donostia60
22 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Sitting down for No. Big fan of Tony
Manero + Post Mortem so have high hopes for this. Also, Demetrios
tells me it's a laugh riot #sanseb12
22 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Director and cast of Blancanieves.
#sanseb12 #donostia60 http://twitpic.com/ax68ik
22 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Thrilled to see Scoot McNairy getting
such great parts. He's as good (and as unrecognisable) in Argo as he
is in Killing Them Softly.
22 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Poster for The Dead Man & Being
Happy (also showing at LFF): http://twitpic.com/ax5xiy
22 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Hard to disagree at this point. RT
@mant_a_tangi: @FilmFan1971 Ebert has already called it the favourite
for Best Picture #Argo
22 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
I'll be very surprised if Argo doesn't
win the SAG award for Best Ensemble Cast. Oscar chances fairly high
too, surely? Dir, scrnplay, pic?
22 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Today's films: Argo, No, Post Tenebras
Lux, Après Mai and The Dead Man & Being Happy. #sanseb12
#Donostia60
22 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
By the mighty beard of Ben Affleck,
Argo is fantastic. Already in my top five for the LFF. Just
brilliant. #sanseb12 #Donostia60
22 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Today's San Sebastian review: Savages -
http://www.viewlondon.co.uk/films/savages-film-review-48401.html …
#Donostia60 #sanseb12 @sansebastianfes #savages
22 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Right then, Affleck. Let's do this.
#argo #noembargo
22 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Highly successful on Party Task 1.
Massive fail on Party Task 2. I will talk to Ricardo Darin before
this festival is out though. Oh yes.
21 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
They are STILL not letting us in. Also,
no-one else seems to have bothered to wear a suit to this party.
Tchuh.
21 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Why does una caña in Spain taste
better than a pint of lager back home? #MYSTERY
21 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Squiggly pattern being projected on
church #2 http://twitpic.com/ax026g
21 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Spirally pattern being projected on
church #1 http://twitpic.com/ax01zz
21 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Half an hour *early* for the party.
Joder. Don't they know the screening of Argo is at 9am tomorrow
morning?!? #donostiaostia
21 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Contemplating bringing Julia Roberts
Flickbook as talking point. Apparently there's a Meryl Streep one
too. #collecthemall #sanseb12
21 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Tasks for Opening Night Party: 1)
Quickly identify exit point for pintxo / canapé deployment, 2)
Meet Susan Sarandon. #SanSebastard
21 Sep Gloria C.M. @GloriaCandeleda
¡ Viva Susan Sarandon y la madre
que la parió! #SanSebastián
Retweeted by Matthew Turner
21 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
@Spanishcineblog It's great. Much
darker than you'd think, too - it's not really played for laughs.
15 Sep Neil Young (UK) @JigsawLounge
General strike in Spain on Wed 26 Sep:
#Donostia60 will operate very restricted programme (i.e. films in
Kursaal only.)
http://www.sansebastianfestival.com/in/pagina.php?ap=1&id=3033 …
Retweeted by Matthew Turner
21 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Thought pigeon in Amour was a shoo-in
(literally) for Best Animal Performance of #Donostia60 until I saw
Pepe The Cockerel in Blancanieves.
21 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Maribel Verdu deliciously evil in the
Wicked Queen role. Bullfighting dwarves! A scene-stealing cockerel!
Blancanieves has it all #sanseb12
21 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Blancanieves is wonderful. An inspired
retelling of Snow White, done silent movie style and setting the
story in 1920s Spain. #Donostia60
21 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Now have Catch The Pigeon theme in my
head. #dastardly #muttley #pigeon
21 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
About to watch Blancanieves, my third
Snow White film this year. #snowwhite3 #thistimeitspersonal
#Donostia60
21 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Bearded man next to me was in floods of
tears. AMOUR SPOILER: I confess I was childishly amused by the
extended Catch-The-Pigeon sequence.
21 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Amour every bit as
good-slash-devastating as I'd been lead to believe. Trintignant and
Riva both astonishing. #sanseb12 #Donostia60
21 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
EXACTLY like that. RT @chuckmcduck:
@FilmFan1971 like a Mr Youngs screening in the good old days?
21 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Haneke, you bastard. #MANLYTEARS
21 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
This...this just isn't right...
http://twitpic.com/awxz3c
21 Sep Amber Wilkinson @NinjaWorrier
Arbitrage btw a cracking thriller
spearing not just big moneybrokers but also the evils of living life
in purely transactional terms.
Retweeted by Matthew Turner
21 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Animated sequences used really well in
Clandestine Childhood. Direction / camerawork inventive and striking
throughout. Very solid debut.
21 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Last year in this cinema, I sat next to
Frances McDormand for The Deep Blue Sea. Currently sitting next to
large bearded man. #notthesame
21 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Amour is going to make me cry like a
baby, isn't it? #sanseb12 #Donostia60 #tears #MANLYtears
21 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Blackberry flavour...
http://twitpic.com/awwamk
21 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
They have let us in to Amour. Grabbing
un gelado beforehand.
21 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
You could tell it was the 1970s because
there was a bit where someone played Operation. #clandestinechildhood
#sanseb12
21 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Clandestine Childhood (Infancia
Clandestina). Impressive child's-eye-view of growing up in 1970s
Argentina, junta and all. Bit too long.
21 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Massive queue for Amour already, 30
minutes before film meant to start... #sanseb12
http://twitpic.com/aww647
21 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
@robbiereviews @trim_obey I did think
about tweeting EVERY SINGLE PINTXO, but I'd like to have a *few*
followers left by festival end...
21 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Thing that occurred to me while
watching #Arbitrage: I wonder which actor has been in the most
on-screen car crashes? #sanseb12
21 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Shame Brit Marling isn't here too, but
I guess you can't have everything. Where would you put it?
21 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Got to say, I pity the poor bastard who
has to type that up...
21 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Gere, Sarandon and director Nicholas
Jarecki all very entertaining in 50 minute (!!!) press conference
afterwards too. #sanseb12 #arbitrage
21 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Enjoyed Arbitrage (the opening night
film) this morning, particularly Richard Gere's "garden
swan-like" walk. #sanseb12 #Donostia60
21 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
More pintxos. #festivaldepintxos
http://twitpic.com/awue9k
21 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Naomi Watts splashing about on the
poster for Lo Imposible. #sanseb12 #donostia60
http://twitpic.com/awudmf
21 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Blurry Gere and blurry Sarandon, but
you can tell it's them, right? Right? #sanseb12 #arbitrage
http://twitpic.com/awu9mn
21 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Richard Gere talking about "hungry
ghosts". #sanseb12 #arbitrage http://twitpic.com/awu940
21 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Tiny Richard Gere and Susan Sarandon at
the Arbitrage press conference. #sanseb12 http://twitpic.com/awtxta
21 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Today's #SanSeb12 films: Arbitrage,
Infancia Clandestina, Amour and Blancanieves. #Donostia60
#donostiaostia
21 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Right. Reviews done. Bedtime for Bonzo.
Four films to see tomorrow... #sanseb12
21 Sep Neil Young (UK) @JigsawLounge
@FilmFan1971 somebody should develop
Pintxoxd to counteract this dependency.
Retweeted by Matthew Turner
21 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Letterboxd addiction possibly getting a
bit out of control...
20 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
It *is* only Day One. You need to ease
in to testicles, I find. #cojones RT @SpodoKomodo: @FilmFan1971
mostly codfish, no testicles?
20 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Grumble, grumble, got to actually
*work* grumble.
20 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
.@JamieDunnEsq @JigsawLounge
@PaulEGreenwood I didn't actually have the fried egg one.
#apintxotoofar
20 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
@PaulEGreenwood Oh, it is ON.
#myfestivalcantotallytakeyourfestival
#yourfestivalgonnaendupcryintoitsmama
20 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Oh, solomillo... (@ Gandarias) [pic]:
http://4sq.com/PMdsAh
20 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Good shout, @samrigby... (@ Bar sport)
[pic]: http://4sq.com/PEEzyI
20 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Didn't have these, to be fair. But
still. #TRIPLEMUSHROOM http://twitpic.com/awok9n
20 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Oh, solomillo... #bitofjuicysteak
#greenpepper #seasalt #SOGOOD http://twitpic.com/awok12
20 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
MASSIVE BIT OF COD. #bacalao #rico
http://twitpic.com/awojob
20 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Mini-steak and chips, pintxo-style:
http://twitpic.com/awojga
20 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
World's smallest fried eggs (with
sausage and bacon): http://twitpic.com/awoj9n
20 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Monkfish, in Spanish, is "rape".
#awkward
20 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Apparently Susan Sarandon is here. I
MUST FIND HER! #sanseb12
20 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
So pleased the Keler Tent is back this
year. Basically, free food and (really good) beer ALL FESTIVAL LONG.
#jodersidonostia
20 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
O2 have twigged that I haven't used 3G
today and have sent me a hilarious begging text.
20 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Dos cañas. Muchos pintxos.
Hombre contento. #jodersidonostia
20 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Start as you mean to go on, I say...
#pintxotime http://twitpic.com/awnhtw
20 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Every time I walk past the McDonald's
in San Sebastian, I am reminded of @PeterBradshaw1's moment of
McShame last year.
20 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Watching the rest of Hungarian
Rhapsody: Queen Live in Budapest before meeting @NinjaWorrier for
beer and pintxos.
20 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
...in I'll Be There. #alovelycanoburn
20 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
It was a sad, sad day when they stopped
selling this in the UK. Charlotte Church has a whole fridge full of
it in http://twitpic.com/awmrh1
20 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
@evolheather Bless you. xx
20 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
There is a house on this island. A
house! I wonder who lives there? #montecristo
http://twitpic.com/awmliz
20 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Kursaal (delegate centre, sort of) from
Mount Urgull: http://twitpic.com/awml5x
20 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
The Germans got here first,
obviously... http://twitpic.com/awmkol
20 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
A delightful shade of blue.
http://twitpic.com/awmke6
20 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
This whole time I thought this was a
statue of Mary. Get all the way up here, turns out it's Jesus.
http://twitpic.com/awmj4s
20 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Trying not to look smug. Failing
miserably. #sansebastard http://twitpic.com/awmio2
20 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
If this had come out better, I might
have made it my new profile pic... http://twitpic.com/awmi6v
20 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
It's a...it's...um...it's a...no, I've
got nothing. What is it? http://twitpic.com/awmhcx
20 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Even public toilets are cool in San
Sebastian. #sanseb12 #toilets http://twitpic.com/awmgvd
20 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
It is a little known fact that when he
wasn't painting, Dali designed children's playgrounds...
http://twitpic.com/awmgg6
20 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
@_ikkin_ @louiseyb23 Saw this. Thought
of you. #barr #bear #barr http://twitpic.com/awmg26
20 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
The Deep Blue Sea (@twhiddleston, not
sharks) is playing in normal cinemas in San Sebastian, a year after
it played at the 2011 festival.
20 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
It shows her accepting an award (and
laughing). #juliarobertsflickbook #sanseb12
20 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Weird freebie in #sanseb12 gift bag: a
Julia Roberts flickbook http://twitpic.com/awks60
20 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Behind this (the delegate centre),
there's a beach. #SanSebastard http://twitpic.com/awk82e
20 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
.@robbiereviews You had me at
"Malkovich". #nudity
20 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Sold! RT @robbiereviews: @FilmFan1971
It's worth the effort. Many great moments, many more amusingly naff
ones. #accents #nudity #MALKOVICH
20 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
I should probably make the effort to
see Lines of Wellington. Three hours long though! And clashes with
loads of other things. #woes
20 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
There are actually 18 LFF films at San
Sebastian - Lines of Wellington fooled me by not being listed under
that name. #sanseb12
20 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
@sineadmw WiFi is free almost
everywhere - I'm in a cafe right now. O2 have a very reasonable daily
roaming rate this year though.
20 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Press screenings here go on from 9am
until midnight. At this rate I'll be seeing 6 films a day for 9 days.
#sanseb12
20 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Fans of The Rabbi's Cat (Le chat du
rabbin) might like to know the director has a new film out:
http://www.sansebastianfestival.com/mobilin/pelicula.php?ano=2012&codigo=248
… #dayofthecrows
20 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
The #PowerSlab, incidentally, is
already worth its weight in gold. Eternally grateful to @CatTurner.
http://twitpic.com/awiaju
20 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
@kellyanneharmer It's basically a
standard tortilla de patata with ham in the middle.
20 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
.@craigfilm @LondonFilmFan I like
#SanSebastard so much I might start using it myself.
20 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
But first, breakfast...
http://twitpic.com/awi6pg
20 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Later, I'm going to walk to the top of
this hill. Failed to do that last year, somehow.
http://twitpic.com/awi6l3
20 Sep London Film Fanatiq @LondonFilmFan
I may have to unfollow @FilmFan1971 for
a couple weeks. #SanSebastard
Retweeted by Matthew Turner
20 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Press pass picked up. Now to spend a
happy few hours going through the screening schedule. With pintxos.
#sanseb12 #festivaldepintxos
20 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
You don't get this at the LFF...
#fuckyeahsansebastian http://twitpic.com/awi37t
20 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
#fuckyeahsansebastian
http://twitpic.com/awi2v3
20 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
I have a balcony that looks onto the
street. Worried I might accidentally do a Brian. #notthemessiah
#averynaughtyboy
19 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
First plate of pintxos:
http://twitpic.com/awe2z7
19 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Looking forward to this one. Nice
poster. #blancanieves #alsoatLFF #fuckyeahmaribelverdu
http://twitpic.com/awdv9z
19 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
YES! There's a Keler tent!
@peterbradshaw1 @yo_damo @joeutichi
19 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Right. Off out in search of pintxos.
#fuckyeahsansebastian
19 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
For some reason, it never occurred to
me that I might need more than one of those Euro-plug converter
thingies this year. #idiotabroad
19 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
@samtromans @dexfletch @thedancinmouse
San Sebastian isn't going to be the same without you guys there.
#sadface #funtimes
19 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Staying in a Pension this year, right
in the centre of the old town. Very nice. http://twitpic.com/awdcrz
19 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
I'm at Donostia-San Sebastián
(Donostia-San Sebastián, PV) http://4sq.com/NCIJc3
19 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Also, am a sucker for rhyming things.
19 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Apologies to anyone offended by
"trolley dollies". One of my best friends is a *ahem* cabin
crew member and that's what she calls the job.
19 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
I had a row to myself so contemplated
making a start on Game of Thrones but didn't want trolley dollies to
think I was watching porn.
19 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
--> mine and what did I do with it?
Watched an episode of Tom Baker era Doctor Who (The Sun-makers) and
played Blast-A-Way. #padley
19 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Whole reason I bought an iPad was
jealousy after seeing so many people with one on my flight to San
Sebastian last year. This year I had --->
19 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Apparently, it's going to be 28 degrees
in San Sebastian tomorrow. I mention this purely in passing.
#fuckyeahsansebastian
19 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
How long is it going to take me to burn
through 25MB on the iPhone if all I do is look at Twitter, Facebook
and gmail? #idiotabroad
19 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Pic from flight. #clouds #nubes
http://twitpic.com/awcqzj
19 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Excited about the Retrospective strand
at SanSeb. They're showing three Franju films I've never seen:
Therese, Judex + Thomas The Imposter.
19 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
There's no way of knowing whether it
hurt or not but I didn't want to risk my own personal Terror At
50,000 Feet. #SHATNER
19 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
...(even though I've had no tooth pain
in 3 weeks), I dosed myself with painkillers before the flight.
19 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
Unable to get a non-emergency dental
appointment before I left and fearful of the receptionist's words
about plane travel setting it off...
19 Sep Andrew Jones @EthanRunt
I wanted to see what @filmfan1971 would
be up to this next week, and I found this is at San Sebastian:
http://www.sansebastianfestival.com/in/seccion.php?ano=2012&ap=4&id=2878&ck=6022
… Great films.
Retweeted by Matthew Turner
19 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
I'm alive! Ha ha! I kiss the sweet
ground! (@ Parada Bizkaibus Aeropuerto Bilbao) http://4sq.com/QmXAYn
19 Sep Matthew Turner @FilmFan1971
I'm at London Heathrow Airport (LHR)
(Hounslow, Middlesex) w/ 31 others http://4sq.com/QC32UW
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