2005 Toronto Film Festival Report: Back out in the sun and over to the Paramount of the next film: "Sarah Silverman: Jesus is Magic". Sarah was there to introduce the film, but she did not stick around for a Q/A afterwards. Never seen "Sarah Silverman" do stand-up before, but I have seen her on Talk shows and the like. To be honest, was not sure what to expect.
Sarah has a potty mouth! Very politically incorrect (in a good way), and completely fearless.
Plot Outline: Narrative digressions on sex, race, politics, and more from comedienne Sarah Silverman.
And she does it all. I like her delivery she 'pauses' well. It isn't rushed; Sarah allows time for the words to sink in. Now the film itself is basically stand-up and a number of songs/skits intertwined. Sarah has a decent voice, is quite beautiful in my mind, and dirty too! Should you rush out and see this film on the big screen? Nah. HBO or DVD will do just fine. In her introduction Sarah said "Ah comedy at noon" (The screening time was 12:30 in the afternoon). Is comedy funnier at night? There was a Midnight screening of the film the night before, did it play better then? Maybe.
Quick story: Before the film I was chatting with a lady next to me about the festival. She was seeing 30+ movies, but was a little disappointed about the lack of German language films at the festival this year (only two). She was obviously of German decent. About half was through the film Sarah starts ragging on Jewish folks that buy German cars (Sarah is Jewish). The lady beside me starts to squirm a bit. Sarah moves from the stage to a sing skit where she once again starts to sing about Jewish folks buying German cars. The lady beside me stood up and left. As I watch her leave I thought to myself... what would Sarah think of that? "Yeah... I got someone to walk out, must be doing something right". Or would she be disappointed that the lady just did not get it. As Sarah says several times during the film, "It's just a joke folks". However, for some, it just might be too much.
Sarah has a potty mouth! Very politically incorrect (in a good way), and completely fearless.
Plot Outline: Narrative digressions on sex, race, politics, and more from comedienne Sarah Silverman.
And she does it all. I like her delivery she 'pauses' well. It isn't rushed; Sarah allows time for the words to sink in. Now the film itself is basically stand-up and a number of songs/skits intertwined. Sarah has a decent voice, is quite beautiful in my mind, and dirty too! Should you rush out and see this film on the big screen? Nah. HBO or DVD will do just fine. In her introduction Sarah said "Ah comedy at noon" (The screening time was 12:30 in the afternoon). Is comedy funnier at night? There was a Midnight screening of the film the night before, did it play better then? Maybe.
Quick story: Before the film I was chatting with a lady next to me about the festival. She was seeing 30+ movies, but was a little disappointed about the lack of German language films at the festival this year (only two). She was obviously of German decent. About half was through the film Sarah starts ragging on Jewish folks that buy German cars (Sarah is Jewish). The lady beside me starts to squirm a bit. Sarah moves from the stage to a sing skit where she once again starts to sing about Jewish folks buying German cars. The lady beside me stood up and left. As I watch her leave I thought to myself... what would Sarah think of that? "Yeah... I got someone to walk out, must be doing something right". Or would she be disappointed that the lady just did not get it. As Sarah says several times during the film, "It's just a joke folks". However, for some, it just might be too much.