Two Tiff Tuesday 2013 Edition - #1

So guess what? I'm still alive.  I've now finished my acting assignment at work and am back in my old job.  I'll no longer be working 12+ hours a day so I'll have more time to blog/hang with my buddy Arthur.  I did like the job I was doing and I'm going to miss my staff but I'm looking forward to not living/breathing my job.

There have been a number of things that have happened since I last posted/visited the blog world.  For starters I'm 30 now (boo), but maybe I'll do a big "June/July" post and cover off anything that I think should be shared.

Today, however, I'm going to be bringing back a post series from last year because....TIFF IS COMING!!!  If you've been reading my blog since last summer, you'll know that I love the Toronto International Film Festival.  I'm one of those people who starts standing in line around midnight (9-10 hours before the box office opens) and sees about 15-20 films per year.  In preparation for the festival, every week I share two movies that I'm interested in seeing.

So I bring you the first Two Tiff Tuesday post for 2013:

Burt's Buzz

AHH! Look at his awesome shell belt buckle.

In this documentary, director Jody Shapiro treks out to the backwoods of Maine in search of Burt's Bees creator Burt Shavitz.  I actually knew nothing about Burt Shavitz prior to reading about this film.  In fact, I just assumed the picture on Burt's Bees products was a random drawing (of a sailor...I'm dumb) but to my surprise it's beekeeper/Burt's Bees creator, Burt Shavitz.  After reading more about him, he sounds like an interesting dude.  For starters, that colourful dwelling in the first photo is of a renovated turkey hut that he called his home.  After serving two years in the U.S. army he worked as a photojournalist freelancing for publications such as the New York Times and the International Herald Tribune (source).  

He was also a pretty good looking dude in his youth.

Who knew!  I'm looking forward to checking this film out at TIFF.

Rush

Now here's two people I do know a lot about: James Hunt and Niki Lauda.  I don't think I've posted anything about my love of F1, but I love me some F1.  Watching the race Sunday morning was a bonding activity for me, my dad and my brother.

In fact here's a photo I took at the 2011 Grand Prix in Montreal.

The movie Rush is directed by Ron Howard and depicts the 1976 season rivalry between James Hunt and Niki Lauda. During the season Niki Lauda was well in front in points until he was nearly killed in a crash.  He recovered (it was pretty miraculous, he was in a coma at one point and suffered third degree burns to his face) and he and Hunt had a championship showdown during the last race of the season.  I, of course, was not alive at the time but I hear it was all very thrilling.  Should be exciting to watch a Hollywood dramatized version of the events.

 

Also, Chris Hemsworth is in it and he's not terrible to look at.

Alex & Arthur