Life Post-TIFF

This is just a quick update, as a lot of things have occurred in the past few weeks that prevented me from writing on here. First of all, I have a new job at a video store in downtown Toronto! It’s quite similar to my job at the sex store because both are independent businesses but substitute sex toys for movies. It’s really great. I get to talk about movies all day and watch even more of them.

Secondly, I have been working at the Toronto International Film Festival for the past week at Bloor Cinema as a hosting site. I’ve mingled with cinephiles, casual moviegoers, directors and actors but I’m now sick as a dog and subsequently, sick of TIFF. Here’s an example of what my TIFF 2012 experience looked like:

…in a nutshell…

…yup.

I won’t lie and say I didn’t have a blast, but school has also begun this past week and it’s all pretty hectic. I have some sort of nasty cough that won’t go away–most likely due to my heavy stress smoking. But TIFF was cool! I’ll be honest, I was never much of a TIFF-fan previous to last year. I avoided the scene because of how daunting lines were and the costly price of passes. In landing a job working TIFF I was able to see a handful of movies whilst working without breaking much of a sweat and standing in a line for two hours.

I think my problems with TIFF are simply due to my philosophy on movies; film is for everyone. TIFF has an air of elitism with it’s exclusive events, high ticket prices, and of course, celebrity culture. I don’t think these are things that are important or integral to cinema. Not going to lie, I loved the TIFF parties I attended, but there was no way in hell I’d have any chance of getting in if I didn’t know someone “important”. The glitz and glamour of the festival is fun in small, small doses. And now that it’s over, I’m happy to have experienced it all but I’m ready to go back to reality.

I only saw a handful of movies at TIFF and really only one that is appropriate for review on this blog. Expect that review soon! First, I gotta get some homework done.