Beautiful day to kick off TIFF 2013 this week. The sun is shining and, protected from the wind, it's quite warm; in the gusty winds (or in the shade of a building), the coming fall is very present. It's supposed to drop to 8C tonight. The line-up outside the Ryerson Theatre later is going to be cool!
So much for the weather. I came down early today to try to sang a rush ticket to a screening of David Cronenberg's "Shivers". Although I'm a big fan of his work, I've actually never seen one of his early horror films. With TIFF offering a big programme of all things Cronenberg this fall, it's time to correct that deficiency.
TIFF doesn't start rolling until this afternoon, so I had time to check out a show of Ralph Steadman's work in the Film Reference Library at the Lightbox (there is a documentary on Steadman at TIFF this year and the show provides an opportunity to see some of the work highlighted in the doc).
The show is a mix of his work and life collaborating with Hunter S Thompson, along with some of his photography and more political work. It was the latter that had the greatest impact on me. Some of his work, notably illustrations of Henry Kissinger and Osama Bin Laden, that were chilling. A gonzo take on Picasso's Guernica showed flashes of humour within the darkness.
The show is on only during TIFF. It's in the Film Reference Library on the fourth floor of the Lightbox.
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