The Log Driver's Waltz

After my first experience at Montreal's Cinema Du Parc this week, a theatre that specializes in documentaries and indie flicks, I'd been feeling kind of artsy and in the mood for some high quality picture in motion. I saw the documentary ANVIL by the way, all about a Canadian metal band that never quite made it. Mix the classic underdog story with old school metal, some guy who played his guitar with a dildo, and some pretty kick ass cinematography, and you'll understand right away, if your brain works like mine, why this movie was actually really great. Anyways, so all week I had been trying to satisfy my quality film craving. I even re-watched Silence of the Lambs (hello Clarice) which, although it delivers some good quality spooks and one of the most bad-ass movie characters around (if I could do that creepy lip-sucking-inhale thing Hannibal does I'd be doing it right now), it just wasn't what I was craving. Then i remembered someone mentioning that the National Film Board of Canada put a ton of its movies and shorts online, completely free to watch. So i checked it out tonight, to see what the NFB had to offer. Praise the lord, on the home page i encountered this cherished relic of my childhood, having spent hours a day about 4 inches from the screen watching kids shows.

http://www.nfb.ca/film/log_drivers_waltz/


Yes ladies and gents, the log driver's waltz. I must have seen this on CBC or YTV a couple of times when i was a youngster but I never appreciated how balling this video/song were until now. So i got my kicks and even though i could still go for a docu, my eyes are satisfied for the moment. I'd be happy... if i only I could please the girls as completely as the log-driver... if only.

- Brows