Film Review: Souvenir of Canada
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.
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.