A Love Letter
A love letter is what Douglas Coupland's screenplay is being dubbed at both the Toronto International Film Festival and the Vancouver International Film Festival (TIFF and VIFF as they are known). "Everything's Gone Green" was born out of a need felt by Coupland, the erstwhile Vancouver native, to see Vancouver represented for what it is rather than for which city it can look like. It was born out of frustration that as the hub for Hollywood North, Vancouver is rarely given due credit. Thus, a movie that pokes fun at all clicheed Vancouver conventions while celebrating the fact that there really is no other place like Vancouver in this little fucked up world of ours.
I will be seeing this movie on Saturday at VIFF. I will report back with what I thought and what I hope to be an inspiration for more Vancouver loving. With all the anti-Olympics, anti-VanAqua, and general frustration coming from Vancouverites recently, I need something that glorifies this city. And considering that summer has closed and all the tourists are gone, there's no more steady stream of pro-Vancouver comments coming at me.
We'll see.
I will be seeing this movie on Saturday at VIFF. I will report back with what I thought and what I hope to be an inspiration for more Vancouver loving. With all the anti-Olympics, anti-VanAqua, and general frustration coming from Vancouverites recently, I need something that glorifies this city. And considering that summer has closed and all the tourists are gone, there's no more steady stream of pro-Vancouver comments coming at me.
We'll see.