tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17709835.post2980161437665229828..comments2024-01-17T00:20:07.761-08:00Comments on Not For Fun Only: SFSFF: SouthAxel Feldheimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12517904558156089265noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17709835.post-86675460628798070522012-07-17T10:54:46.049-07:002012-07-17T10:54:46.049-07:00Point taken. SFSFF audiences are a laid-back, happ...Point taken. SFSFF audiences are a laid-back, happy bunch by comparison!Axel Feldheimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12517904558156089265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17709835.post-24597862564180451112012-07-16T16:52:41.243-07:002012-07-16T16:52:41.243-07:00Thanks, Axel, and yes: they are lucky. SF Opera au...Thanks, Axel, and yes: they are lucky. SF Opera audiences are only that patient when the tenor is flying in on a private jet from NYC.Lisa Hirschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014924958428072675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17709835.post-67079939073285532102012-07-16T12:03:55.788-07:002012-07-16T12:03:55.788-07:00BTW, the expedition also had a cat, but he did not...BTW, the expedition also had a cat, but he did not survive the ice floe either.Axel Feldheimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12517904558156089265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17709835.post-54166584837573751022012-07-16T11:54:24.099-07:002012-07-16T11:54:24.099-07:00SFMike: At least we managed to cross paths just be...SFMike: At least we managed to cross paths just before the last show! You saw some great stuff!<br /><br />Lisa: In my experience all the shows at the festival start late. They have to work hard to have logistical & technical problems at nearly every screening. They are lucky that the festival audiences are so easy-going & patient.<br /><br />I saw South with a friend who had read Shackleton's account of the voyage, & he seemed to recall that all the dogs were killed & eaten on the ice floe, though some of the men naturally refused to eat them. But that's astounding if some dogs actually survived!<br /><br />Yes, many of the tropes in Pandora's Box are vaguely familiar!Axel Feldheimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12517904558156089265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17709835.post-65975820518870487522012-07-15T12:21:51.457-07:002012-07-15T12:21:51.457-07:00I was at South and then Pandora's Box, which s...I was at <i>South</i> and then <i>Pandora's Box</i>, which started almost 90 minutes late - don't these people have, you know, technical rehearsals??<br /><br />That <i>Pandora's Box</i> is some movie and would make a great opera!<br /><br />I noticed the same thing about the dogs and looked up their fate. They seem to have mostly died on the sledge trip from the ice floe to where the crew got into boats, though I have not figured out whether they died of overwork/exposure, were eaten, or were killed at the end of the trip. I did find that three dogs survived the whole trip, though I don't know which three.Lisa Hirschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014924958428072675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17709835.post-2901541794505815972012-07-15T10:04:57.336-07:002012-07-15T10:04:57.336-07:00We seem to be doing quite a tag team at this year&...We seem to be doing quite a tag team at this year's festival. I went to "The Canadian" which was showing right before "South" yesterday. Turned out to be an extraordinarily good movie, and Stephen Horne's accompaniment was delicate and perfect.<br /><br />I think I'm going for "Stella Dallas" this afternoon. I'm in the mood for a Hollywood tearjerker.Civic Centerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12362422142667230626noreply@blogger.com