Comments on: Aiden Dillard at The Borscht Film Festival http://www.artlurker.com/2008/12/aiden-dillard-at-the-borscht-film-festival/ A Miami based contemporary art newsletter / blog Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:48:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Alan DIpple http://www.artlurker.com/2008/12/aiden-dillard-at-the-borscht-film-festival/comment-page-1/#comment-6431 Alan DIpple Fri, 26 Dec 2008 17:12:23 +0000 http://www.artlurker.com/?p=948#comment-6431 Mediocre? Maybe... but obscene? Autistic kids who see angels?! "Class" is a dirty word. You don't have to flee to the most liberal city on the Left Coast to make a "truly great and thought-provoking" movie. Let's see a movie made on the front lines in Liberty City or Little Haiti for a change... Mediocre? Maybe… but obscene? Autistic kids who see angels?! “Class” is a dirty word. You don’t have to flee to the most liberal city on the Left Coast to make a “truly great and thought-provoking” movie. Let’s see a movie made on the front lines in Liberty City or Little Haiti for a change…

]]> By: I wasn't there, but- http://www.artlurker.com/2008/12/aiden-dillard-at-the-borscht-film-festival/comment-page-1/#comment-6304 I wasn't there, but- Thu, 25 Dec 2008 06:54:20 +0000 http://www.artlurker.com/?p=948#comment-6304 It's disappointing that Medicine for Melancholy was overlooked in this article. This is an incredible film whose writer/director was born and raised in Liberty City. It has achieved a well-deserved level of success any independent filmmaker would die to have. How typical of Miami that the truly great and thought-provoking work gets passed over and ignored while the mediocre and obscene is held up as an example of civic pride. No wonder Mr. Jenkins had to make his film in San Francisco. I'm thankful that the Borscht Festival is out there trying to bring some class to this city. It’s disappointing that Medicine for Melancholy was overlooked in this article. This is an incredible film whose writer/director was born and raised in Liberty City. It has achieved a well-deserved level of success any independent filmmaker would die to have. How typical of Miami that the truly great and thought-provoking work gets passed over and ignored while the mediocre and obscene is held up as an example of civic pride. No wonder Mr. Jenkins had to make his film in San Francisco. I’m thankful that the Borscht Festival is out there trying to bring some class to this city.

]]> By: I was there http://www.artlurker.com/2008/12/aiden-dillard-at-the-borscht-film-festival/comment-page-1/#comment-6274 I was there Wed, 24 Dec 2008 12:58:34 +0000 http://www.artlurker.com/?p=948#comment-6274 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uayCdDcUI8&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoZauiEIF4w I think Aiden is great but no discussion of locally made "art movies" is complete without acknowledging Doris Wishman. Contrary to popular thought Miami does have History. Each Time I Kill Double Agent 73 Satan was a Lady Dildo Heaven http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uayCdDcUI8&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoZauiEIF4w

I think Aiden is great but no discussion of locally made “art movies” is complete without acknowledging Doris Wishman.

Contrary to popular thought Miami does have History.

Each Time I Kill
Double Agent 73
Satan was a Lady
Dildo Heaven

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