Paul D Agostino
The Pundit 2006 Reviews »
A collection of four short disturbing films, Rampo Noir is right at home in the Brain Monkey Sushi film category. Each short film has its distinctive qualities, yet each also possesses some similarity to the others. The central themes are art and love, conveyed in extremely disturbing situations.
The opening film, Mars’s Canal is silent and packed with male nudity and artistic, flashy cuts. Mars’s Canal tells the tale of a man recounting a horrific sexual experience, in which he ends up killing his lover. Because the film lacks any sound …
The Pundit 2006 Reviews »
Richard Linklater’s adaptation of Philip K. Dick’s novel A Scanner Darkly manages to entertain the audience for the two or so hours that it lasts. Set in the near future, a narcotics agent, Rob Arctor, is working undercover to discover the source of the latest drug epidemic, the drug known as ‘Substance D’.
A Scanner Darkly is, simply put, eye-gasmic. If there is one reason to see this film, it is to embrace the immense quality of the artistic style represented onscreen. Linklater’s use of rotoscoping has effectively managed to further …
The Pun 2006 Interviews »
How is your Festival going?
Good. I’m enjoying myself but I’m getting a bit tired, as I’m sure all comedians are, at this point.
I’ve checked out your schedule and it seems like you’re doing pretty much every night?
Yeah. I’m working full-time as well.
Are you a masochist?
Yeah I am actually. So I’m basically trying to do a little bit too much at the moment I think.
You work as a teacher I believe?
Yeah. I do. Pretty much everything I do requires my voice.
Wouldn’t it be easier to write everything up on the board …
The Pun 2006 Reviews »
Risotto Sans Frontieres or ‘Risotto Without Borders’ is an interesting show. Tanya Losanno has managed to piece together a series of anecdotes drawn from life experience with a selection of serious content relating to the duality of celebrities endorsing noble causes.
That being said, I don’t think I’m her target audience even though Tanya and I share similar upbringings (growing up in Australia with strong ties to an Italian heritage) because the stories were all too familiar to somebody like me and failed to hit the mark. Tanya does, however, manage …
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Hot off the Press is a special event that is a bit out of step with the rest of the Comedy Festival. This does not, however, make it any less entertaining than anything else you will see.
2006′s Hot off the Press guest list comprised of Shaun Micallef, Corinne Grant, Mark Knight, David O’Doherty and Demetri Martin. For the two hours that the event ran, the audience was treated to a comedic history of each guest involved and how they managed to get where they are today.
Anybody interested in comedic writing …
The Pun 2006 Reviews »
Performing his second show at this year’s Festival, Demetri Martin could be seen as capitalising on a captive audience.
Thankfully for us, his shows are actually worth seeing.
These Are Other Jokes consists of a varied collection of comic material, the majority being observation based humour interspersed with musical whimsy. Throw in a dash of prop comedy, and it is fair to argue that Demetri has catered for all audiences.
One problem Demetri has to face is the amount of his material that his audience actually understands fully. On a number of occasions …
The Pun 2006 Reviews »
If you haven’t heard of Tripod by now, chances are the rock or online gaming clan you used to hang out with know full well who Tripod is. Now you are left wondering why you are sitting at home sobbing while listening to Eric Carmen belt out ‘All by Myself’. Before you fall into a bottomless pit of despair, know that Tripod will welcome you with open arms at their show Tripod in Self Saucing.
The infectious trio has managed to keep its comedic fashion fresh and lively for some time …
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