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Title: I think I want to go see this!
Post by: Batan on October 28, 2010, 04:19:06 PM
Saw an ad in Georgia Straight for Jewish film festival going on in November. Among the rest there is this:
http://www.vjff.org/programme/screening/236/the-beetle
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Title: Re: I think I want to go see this!
Post by: Batan on October 28, 2010, 04:51:09 PM
The trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtATh4k5iQo
Title: Re: I think I want to go see this!
Post by: Bruce on October 28, 2010, 04:53:27 PM
The Ridge Theatre
November 14 2010 | 09:30 PM

Do you think we can get special "rock star" parking arranged for our Beetles?
Title: Re: I think I want to go see this!
Post by: Batan on October 28, 2010, 05:00:19 PM
The Ridge Theatre
November 14 2010 | 09:30 PM

Do you think we can get special "rock star" parking arranged for our Beetles?


Clarkdale is the sponsor of the movie, I bet we could! Hopefully, my bus won't get discriminated against!


I just found this interesting snippets written by the filmmaker:

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"Yishai Orian (Y.O.): "The Beetle" is the first film I have made after graduating "The Sam Spiegel Film School" in Jerusalem in 2005.

When I was a film student in Jerusalem I needed a car to get around so I bought the cheapest one I could find. I did not know then that the VW Beetle I had just purchased with all my savings would become the center of disagreements between my wife and myself – and the subject of my first feature film.

It did not take long for me to discover that the car I had bought for practical reasons alone was not just any old car. People do not remain indifferent when they see you drive by in a Beetle. This got me thinking about what might have happened to my car before it was mine. Who drove it? Who sat in the back seat? And do they remember the car?

As I became more attached to my Beetle, and more curious about its past, I started thinking about making a film about my Beetle."
Title: Re: I think I want to go see this!
Post by: Bruce on October 28, 2010, 05:21:24 PM
The Ridge Theatre
November 14 2010 | 09:30 PM

Do you think we can get special "rock star" parking arranged for our Beetles?


Clarkdale is the sponsor of the movie, I bet we could! Hopefully, my bus won't get discriminated against!
If they had their say, they'd arrange it for the new imposters.
Title: Re: I think I want to go see this!
Post by: Geoff on October 28, 2010, 05:37:42 PM
That was on tv in the spring, still be cool to get some vw's there for it
Title: Re: I think I want to go see this!
Post by: Batan on October 28, 2010, 05:40:06 PM

If they had their say, they'd arrange it for the new imposters.

I know, I meant more along the lines of the actual festival organizers being VW friendly. To them, the actual aircooled Beetles would be a lot cooler.

That was on tv in the spring, still be cool to get some vw's there for it

It would. Let's see if we can organize something.
Title: Re: I think I want to go see this!
Post by: egspot on October 28, 2010, 05:47:21 PM
That was on tv in the spring, still be cool to get some vw's there for it

If my 68 is not sold.... I will be there. ;D
Title: Re: I think I want to go see this!
Post by: DarrenE on October 28, 2010, 08:10:06 PM
My insurance is up on the 10th, but I may get a day pass.  I'll check our calendar.  It sounds like a plan to me!   ;D
Title: Re: I think I want to go see this!
Post by: Batan on November 09, 2010, 04:51:13 PM
So, anybody seriously going to see this? It's this Sunday!