just back from the first night of the urban nomad film festival. i arrived a little late, and then left early due to it starting to get cold(the screening was outdoors) and having a stomachache.

unfortunately, the evening was marred by technical problems. i suspect the organizers didn't have time to test their set up before putting it into practice. most of the films i saw felt like student work(which is not neccesarily a bad thing). lin chun jen's a breathing apartment was probably my favourite from the night. one of my least favourite film's was the whine-a-rama taipei 101: a travelogue of symptoms the construction of the film was interesting, but the content was just whine whine whine. why is it ok to point your camera at fat people(or someone different from yourself) and ridicule them? granted the filmmaker did seem to ridicule himself as well, but not nearly enough for my tastes.