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*barks*
Hi everybody, I'm introducing this video today while I put my makeup on
so i'm trying to double task here, I hope that's ok with everybody
I was going to introduce this video with Tim but we ran out of time
We'll do a video eventually some day about how Tim's day can be pretty limited in terms of making videos
because he only has about an hour free per day and he often has other stuff that he needs to do
So i'm introducing this video myself as I get ready to do our favorite thing, it's Hot Docs
So we live in Toronto, and once a year the city comes alive in celebration of documentary films
Hot Docs is one of the world's biggest, if not the biggest documentary film festivals
and I love documentaries, Tim does too
I've actually been going to this festival for about 10 years, and it's grown like a huge amount since then
I introduced Tim to Hot Docs, actually when we first started dating
or when Tim first moved home from England
and he really loves documentaries too, and he has really loved doing Hot Docs
and then last year, and this year, our wondering mother-in-law has given us for Christmas, well my mother-in-law, Tim's mother
has given us a festival pass
which means that we can see as many documentaries as we want
now this year, Tim unfortunately has to work. So he's still going to be seeing movies in the evenings and on weekends
but i'm taking the whole time off, and I'm going to see as many documentaries as I possibly can
so I think we're going to make a few videos about the festival, some of it is going to be disability related content and some of it's not
It is kind of neat in terms of disability, the festival has done some pretty neat stuff in terms of welcoming disabled movie goers
One of the things that we take advantage of is that disabled people get attendants in for free
now this is something that is a huge disability perk, and something that you see at a lot of events or attractions
where they offer people an extra ticket if they have a disability
now the purpose of these tickets is that some people, a lot of people, wouldn't be able to go to these types of attractions or events without somebody there to help them
Tim is sort of in that category, I mean Tim could go see a movie by himself but its a lot easier with somebody else
in terms of buying food and even paying for tickets and things
so it feels a little patronizing to be given the "disabled discount"
but at the same time, it saves a lot of money
so we take advantage of it when we can
which means during Hot Docs we get to go see all the movies we want, 2 for 1
so we'll bring you around. We'll show you the different movie theatres that we go to
because the Hot Docs happen at all different theatres all over the city which is cool
some of the different accessibility features, and I haven't decided yet but we might give you reviews of some of the films
so it's our favorite thing, this is all we're going to be doing for the next 10 days
Tim's going to be working and seeing movies and i'm really just going to be seeing movies
so come to a film festival with us.
So I just saw my first Hot Docs movie of the year
It was called The Silent Teacher
It's a Taiwanese movie, actually about death but it was pretty sweet
essentially in Taiwan and in other Chinese cultures, bodies are suppose to stay intact after death
and this has made it very difficult for medical schools to get cadaver bodies for their students to train
so aparently there was a big push to get people to donate their bodies to the medical school so that they could learn
but they've done this with a lot of respect and dignity for the bodies and for their families
so essentially we follow this one man who's wife donated her body, and his children as well
as they struggle with her death, even though it was three years ago
they really treat the cadaver bodies as if they are still alive, until they are done with them
so it follows him and then it also follow the students who use her body for learning
and in this culture they are very respectful of the body, they call them the Silent Teachers
they get to know the families and they even attend the funerals, which happen after the cadaver is finished being learned from
honestly it was a little bit slow for my liking, but then at the same time, they couldn't have really tackled the subject matter in any different way
so I wouldn't blame the film maker for it being slow, the nature of the documentary needed it to be that way
but ya, I was just a little bit bored, but still a beautiful documentary
so if it interest you, it is subtitled, but I would check it out, its probably going to be hard to find later
so anyways that's my first review, and for the first year ever i'm trying doing these video reviews
I used to type them out on Facebook, but this year I think i'm going to have them in video format
so let me know what you think. And then obviously any movies I see with Tim, we'll review together
So after that movie, I met Tim
Hello everybody
Oh.. good try (laughing)
We are eating at Red Lobster of all places for diner
we were going to go to a fancy place, but honestly on a Friday after work all the fancy places are full of business people having drinks
it just so packed, but Red Lobster is pretty empty
And we get Cheddar Biscuits
Ya that's all Tim really wants at Red Lobster
I kindda feel like this is all anybody really wants at Red Lobster
does anyone come here for anything else?
We are here...hello... we are here going to my first Hot Docs movie of 2017
Natalie's second Hot Docs movie, in the elevator of the Scotiabank Theatre
So I don't know how well you can hear me
but essentially we got to the theatre. I had already had a ticket because I came here earlier in the day
so I was able to pick it up. That's Tim's ticket actually
but then we bring that ticket to the box office and ask for a companion ticket
are you scanning our tickets?
Yes, thank you
so we get our tickets scanned. we usually ask them for us to not have to wait in the line and just go in first
And we do
ya, ts not like we're taking the best seats, there are already seats assigned to us so
One of the perks of disability
No lines
we just butt all the lines
We thought we'd show you some of the various accessible seating options at different theatres
across the city
There are usually 2 wheelchair spots in the theatre
and you can see it's sort of mid range, its not the very front row, its the sort of cross section
and these are easy seats, some of the theatres are a little bit difficult
this is nicely always reserved for me
This is also where Natalie and I had our first date
second date no?
well, first real date I suppose was at a theatre in this building just like this
Didn't we see Inception?
we did
haha, what a silly movie
So rush is scavenging for popcorn
That's his Hot Docs activity
He knows better than to eat off the floor, but I guess its a little bit too enticing
Another Hot Docs tradition, the nightly wait for Wheeltrans
It was suppose to be here 10 minutes ago, its not here yet
Alright we saw our second movie
it is midnight, I am tired, but we're trying really hard to do video reviews after every movie
Here is my 1 minute review of Who is Aurthur Chu
I liked it more than Natalie I think
I though the main subject was... Rush is currently enjoying his time off
anyway, back to my review I found the main character Arthur Chu endlessly facinating
(Rush is interrupting with a squeaky toy)
Thank you for the interruptions
I thought the movie had some pacing issues, was a little slow at times
but generally, not a bad start to my Hot Docs week
So who is Arthur Chu was about, surprisingly, Arthur Chu
who I guess won a whole bunch on Jeopardy but made a lot of people mad because apparently he "played" it wrong
and he's tried to turn his internet fame, like all of his followers, into doing better stuff for the world
he did a lot of commentary on Gamergate, and misogyny in nerd culture
which is kind of cool
I just didn't think the movie delved into any of those topics enough
about half of the movie was sort of about Arthur Chu and his family and his issues with his Chinese/Taiwanese culture
and being a first generation American
which is fine to, but i don't know it was frenetic, and it was kind of slow, like I really liked the first half an hour but the rest of it I was kind of checking my watch
It was Ok, if you are interested in Arthur Chu, as someone who didn't know a lot about him, and i'm not that interested in the subject matter
Meh, it was fine, I gave it a 3 out of 5. Day 1 over.
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