Replying to GWYNE

just watched the '16mm' ski film GWYNE, and I have to say it's one of the best movie's I've ever seen - on par with Glitter and Black Knight. The editing was amazing, it must have been done by Lucas Arts or whoever did the Matrix, and the soundtrack rivaled Moulin Rouge.

Wait, actually, none of the skiing was cued to the music at all. At least 3 of the songs were poached from other ski movies, and the rest of the songs were just plain horrible. So many shots in the movie had multiple appearances, upwards of 3 or 4 times for a few. A few shots looked like they might have been 16mm, but the quality was definitely not up there with all dig movies like Berman's. I don't know a lot about filming, but the white balance seemed real off in most of the shots, and sometimes it was just hard to see the skiing. A better name for this movie would be 'Comp Footage from the 02-03 season: A Hi8 Ski Film'. On a positive note, there are people skiing in the movie.

Overall, save yourself 30 titless minutes and rent wild things.