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Ebertfest 2016

5/12/2016

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Bryan and Jon spent a day in downtown Champaign during Ebertfest, watching movies, discussing them over delicious saison, and ambulating.  The following is a back-and-forth debrief of the event.

Radical Grace: B-
Blow Out: C+
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Bryan: Jon, thanks for attending Ebertfest with me.  I had a great time.  We saw “Radical Grace” and “Blow Out” but before we discuss those movies, what were your thoughts on the venue?  I thought the Virginia theater had a great atmosphere - the sight lines were good, the volunteers were helpful, and the audience was in it to win it.  They laughed at semi-awkward times, but that probably comes with the territory when three-quarters of your audience has a Master’s degree or higher.  Watching a movie in a full house isn’t typically my cup of tea, but I really enjoyed this experience.  The biggest downfall was the incredibly lumpy, cramped seats.

Jon: Hey, thanks for hosting me.  This was my first film festival, and will certainly not be my last.  On the venue itself, we’re pretty much on the same page, though I’d give butt comfort a higher grade than you might.  We both agree that leg comfort was lacking, in that it was bad enough to keep me from sticking around to hear Nancy Allen discuss Blow Out after the credits rolled on that movie.  We definitely picked good seats for both showings.  On the audience, I was more mixed.  While I thought they laughed at mostly appropriate times during Blow Out, the same couldn’t be said for Radical Grace, where deserved laughter occasionally morphed into political choir-preaching.  We’re watching a movie, not attending a fundraiser, and the applause at hearing a liberal bromide, whether I agree with the sentiment or not, was a little annoying.  

On the movies themselves, let’s start with Radical Grace, Rebecca Parrish’s doc about nuns in conflict with the strictly male hierarchy of the Catholic church.  I’m the lapsed (what’s a harsher term?) Catholic after a rigorous upbringing, so it was a film attuned to my inner wavelength.  Not coming from that specific religious tradition, how did the movie resonate with you?


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