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November 13, 2005
Reviving Tin Cannes, Virtually.
One of the few things I remember fondly about the Army was the various incantations of the Tin Cannes film festival. For those who weren't participants, the idea is a group of friends would gather, usually at Engberg's (so I'm told--I was in North Carolina), and rate movies based on a scale of various canned goods. Bad movies were "Spam," decent movies were "Dinty Moore"--you get the idea. I was never present for the real deal; Tin Cannes faded away before I returned from Fayetteville. Efforts were made to revive it, but it never worked out.
I'm thinking of making a virtual Tin Cannes for anyone interested. We can choose a movie once a week, probably a rentable movie so those of us who don't get out much can participate. We could also review restaurants, books, theatre and other stuff. It would be well suited to the since we're all so spread out these days. I think we'd need at least four or five "regulars" and a couple of "occasionials" (like you poor bastards in Med/Vet/Law school) to make it worthwhile.
If anyone's interested, post a comment with your thoughts.
Posted by james at November 13, 2005 10:43 PM
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I'm game! For those of you who can access the Denver Film Festival, there are several films of note out there. I recently saw "Why We Fight", a documentary on the military industrial complex and it's integration into the American social fabric. An 'andy worhol' contender, for sure.
Also, for those purists out there, the Andy Worhol can of soup can be seen at the Fine Arts center in Colorado Springs: http://www.csfineartscenter.org/
To wrap up: I'm in!
Posted by: Adrian at November 14, 2005 09:54 AM
Let's reiterate what you just said: 'One of my best memories of the Army involves something that I wasn't even there for!' That pretty much sums up the Army.
I'm in, I'll just need a lot of heads up time to make time to see the movie. Do you still have a sight online for us to rank the movies?
Posted by: jarrad at November 15, 2005 05:52 AM