The 2018 Nashville Film Festival

You know I never have been to a Film Festival.  Time to scratch this off the bucket list.  This was a lot of fun, a new experience.  I wish I hadn't waited as long as I did.  I saw 2 movies on 2 different days.  The first a German Film in English subtitles, Die Beste Aller Welten (The Best of All Worlds).  Then a more mainstream movie,  Hot Summer Nights set to be released in the late summer.

The Best of All Worlds was an incredible true story of the love between a mother and her son, as she struggles with the pain of drug addiction. I have been to Salzburg a couple of times and it was strange to see this city from the inside of the drug culture rather than the perspective of a tourist. This is not your Sound of Music Salzburg. Warning this movie is not for the faint of heart, soul-crushing drug addiction is on full display. I will leave it at that, not to spoil it for anyone.

Before the start of the movie, a short synopsis was given on the film. Then at the end, the producer came on and talked about the making of the film. One thing he talked about that stuck with me, is there are no real child actors, they are coached or tricked in their scenes in a friendly way.

Hot Summer Nights was not your normal coming of age story.  I had a feeling that I had at other great films like Forest Gump and Pulp Fiction. The feeling this is going to be a great movie, maybe even an Iconic movie and it was. You see that this first time director was influenced by Tarantino.

I immediately struck by the style and feeling of this film. It was something new and vibrant. I left this movie feeling as my wife Terri told me, "Everyone has one of those summers when their young''. I know that I did, of course without the drug dealing and murder. The only bad thing that I can say is, that the end is a little predictable, some people say cliche. You know all isn't going to go well.

Well, it's off the bucket list, but I look forward to hopefully going to another film festival someday.