Last night I watched the documentary, Chez Schwartz (2007). It’s a film by Garry Beitel, the professor from my Canadian Documentary class at McGill, and a Montreal-based filmmaker who has worked on numerous independent documentaries (often for TeleQuebec) that narrow in on particular communities and individuals. Chez Schwartz is a film about the 75 year-old [...]
Over the course of running the Outdoor Site (read: Beer Tent) at the 18th edition of the Ste-Ambroise Montreal Fringe Festival I was able to snap a few shots of the goings on around the tent. The Indyish Mess, Pop Montreal, pancake breakfasts, improv, stand up, buskers, fringe artists, shenanigans, volunteers, staff, groupies, musicians, lovers [...]
Well, we did two MonthlyMess’s at the Main Hall, and I hesitated to write this ‘Venue Story’ because we’ve said a lot about the Main Hall here at Indyish over the past year and half since we had our launch weekend there, August 2006. Explore the tags below, you’ll see what I mean.
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If you’re going to photowalk with 4 of the funniest people in Montreal, please take note:
Bring a tripod. Gut-wobbling guffaws lead to blurry photos.
Bring earplugs. While you’re photographing one of ‘em, the rest will be behind you, airing their sometimes rude, often hilarious & always insightful observations about the subject [...]
Scene: Evening on the corner of Pine avenue and The Main, in front of a dépanneur. Three classy ladies in busty corsets, flouncy skrits and bowler hats stand basked in the glow of a street lamp. A couple of scruffy-faced men in slick suits slouch in the background carrying dark & mysterious instrument [...]