Just watched the first 20 minutes of Hal Hartley's "The Girl From
Monday," anyone see it? I did and I feel woozy with the
DV stutter/flash effect that all the footage, or tape has...

I was excited to see that I own the same model camera Hartley
used to make the movie in the "making of" which so far is better
than the movie.

It's so funny, I saw a matinee of "The Island" (I know...) but
for some great reason I dug it in that silly, retro "Logan's Run"
way and I think "The Girl From Monday" has a bit of that going
on. Little action of course, but some of that "THX:1138" let's
make the Future out of what we see today kinda thing.

Anyone see it?

"Let's f--- and increase our market value," says Sabrina Lloyd
in the flick. A smoking hot alien played by Tatiana Abracos looks
like she was hired for the nudity, looks and not her acting ability.
Unless that's the way the aliens act, but I've only seen 20 minutes
and will get back to it as soon as my eyes settle down.

Themes of totalitarianism seem popular lately. Also the used
and dirty future that seems created by George Lucas is so tired
to me. I would like to see some clean and sterile futures like
Kubrick's "2001" every once in a while. It might be nice to find
a hopeful friendly Tomorrow in a film. I think it could be
Revolutionary.

Okay, back to the movie... Where's my remote?

Well, I finished it! Not sure I liked it as much as everything else
Hartley's done, but I am still thinking about it.

I keep looking at my DCR-VX2000 Sony Digital Handycam in
the corner all lonely and think, "I can now make a feature like
that!" It's the same model he used.

Just one problem, I'm not as talented as Hartley.

Still, I love the idea of this kinda science fiction and believe
DV low budget will make it possible to create some thought
provoking works. Why, it could be like when writers were
cranking out pulp stories for less than a penny a word for
Weird Science!

Imagine a gang of indy scifi filmmakers with little to no
money making quick mind twisting features with no stars,
no special effects, just acting, story, content, ideas, guts,
and a hope there's a growing following of like minded
viewers to grow a much need small fan base.

These filmmakers could be like local bands that sell
CD's and t-shirts at the gig and pimp their music on myspace
and ignore the record deal offers and control their own
destinies... The Stars My Destiny!

Who is ready to climb that DV Rocketship to planet Dogme?

Okay, I'll be there in a minute, still watching "The American
Astronaut."