Film Review: Souvenir of Canada

[da]

Souvenir of Canada was a fun film. But short. (Short enough that I feel like making this a short review.) Douglas Coupland spent a while trying to figure out what defines Canada, to him. It seems steeped in nostalgia for his childhood, in the 70s and 80s; and doesn't try to stretch much further.

Coming out of the film, I told melted_snowball and aleriel that I most wondered what Canadians who had been around here, then, thought of the film. After some thought I told d. this aspect bugged me; that I couldn't really tell if the film was quintessentially Canadian. He said (and I paraphrase), but that's the part that bugs him, as a Canadian; the film was an overwhelmingly anglo/white/gen-x view of a country that is (increasingly) more than that.

Hm. Worth seeing? Yes, if you liked the book. Only, it's not got a very wide distribution yet, according to their website.

One part that was very worthwhile to me: I had never seen videos of Terry Fox, only photos.

Comments

[persephoneplace.livejournal.com]

very very interesting. you folks maybe interested in going to a movie together next week?

[da-lj.livejournal.com]

Ooh. Sounds appealing! You'll only get me, though, as d. is headed off to a conference. In California. Early on Sunday. Yeah, bummer.

If we can't find a 1st run film we're into, there's a list of videos I should watch (that dan's already seen, or isn't interested in). Hm. maybe I should post those.

[dawn-guy.livejournal.com]

I was a kid when Terry Fox ran his Marathon of Hope and remember the news footage both during his run and after he stopped running. It was years after I saw and touched the statue outside Thunder Bay that I first had cancer touch my life in a meaningful way. Terry Fox is as much a part of my culture as Mr. Dressup.

[melted-snowball.livejournal.com]

Terry Fox is absolutely awesome.

[epi-lj.livejournal.com]

Oo! I've been wanting to see that.

[da-lj.livejournal.com]

Hm- taking a look at the princess schedule, it looks like it's only playing here this weekend (sheesh). Coupland's myspace (ugh) says the dvd is due at the end of september.