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SA Spring General Meeting skipped

By Corrie Sakaluk Dialog Reporter

On the afternoon of Tuesday March 20, the Spring General Meeting for the Student Association of George Brown College had to be cancelled due to a lack of attendance when quorum could not be reached.

Unfortunately, even the council member who originally called the meeting, Director of Internal Affairs Leon Cox, was not present.

Director of Education and Equity Cindy Brownlee said that she “Finds it frustrating” but “Also understands why it happened.”

Brownlee said, “We had no items scheduled on the agenda aside from the annual report and people are gearing up for final exams”.

Brownlee seemed concerned and voiced compassion for the potential situation of Director Leon Cox. When asked about his absence, she stated that “The Director of Internal Affairs was also absent from school today. I would assume it relates to his status as a full time student, compounded by the fact that he pays international student tuition fees and therefore he has more on the line if he fails his courses”.

A concern is that there were a number of costs for the meeting that had to be paid, despite it not being able to go forward. Unfortunately, this is not the first time this is happened.

All Student Association General Meetings are planned to be completely accessible, and American Sign Language (ASL) interpreters are always arranged. Without due notice, like with any contracted employee, they are entitled to be paid for showing up.

According to Brownlee, the cost of ASL interpreters was approximately $500. Other costs included the printing the Executive Report ($2000), food ($150), and payment to the person chairing the meeting ($75). She also mentioned all of the regularly paid staff time but didn’t attach a figure to these costs.

For anyone who is interested, there are copies of the Executive Report available to any student who requests one at each of the Student Association offices (Casa Loma Campus room E100 / St. James Campus room 147).

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Thomas Mulcair wins federal NDP leadership race riding of Outremont in Dialog Reporter a provincial After months of campaigning and by-election debates, the New Democratic Par- in 2007 and ty (NDP) has a new leader. It took then named four ballots, but Thomas Mulcair Co-Deputy emerged on top and has now taken Leader of the reigns as the Leader of the Of- the NDP by ficial Opposition.

Layton, before being The leadership convention took re-elected place at the Metro Convention in 2011 and Centre in Toronto on the weekbeing named end of March 23 and 24, but House Leader was more sparsely attended than of the Official expected. Most of the ballots were Opposition. cast online. The second ballot included Nathan Cullen (SkeenaFor leftists Bulkley Valley, BC), Peggy Nash within the (Parkdale-High Park, Ontario) and NDP having Brian Topp. Nash was eliminated Mulcair as first, and then Cullen, with the leader, seen final decision coming down to a as being on Thomas Mulcair was elected leader of the federal NDP Photo: Canada’s NDP choice between Topp and Mulcair. the right-wing of the party, However, whatever the disapThose within the NDP who recBoth of these final candidates must be a disappointment. After pointments on the NDP left, it is ognize the strategic importance of frequently invoked their strong having had the opportunity to be clear from official party messagQuebec during the Orange Wave ties to former NDP leader Jack led by a genuine trade unionist ing that any concerns, divisions on May 2, 2011 – the date of the Layton and his vision of party like Peggy Nash, who became a or bad blood that may have come federal election which saw the building. Mulcair’s website is labour movement activist through about during the leadership race NDP form the Official Opposition peppered with mentions of Layton her job as an Air Canada ticket are going to be kept behind closed in Parliament for the first time in and features an exuberant picture agent and then assistant to the doors. The NDP’s unified focus, history with 59 out of Quebec’s of the two of them together. Days president of the Canadian Auto as was articulated in most of the 75 seats – were likely swayed to before the leadership convention, Workers, it could certainly be a leadership-hopefuls campaigns, is vote for Mulcair due to his QueLayton’s mother Doris wrote a hard pill to swallow. the next federal election in 2015. bec roots. The NDP currently message to New Democrats urgImmediately following the results holds 103 seats in Parliament, ing them to support Brian Topp.

Of particular concern is Mulcair’s of the fourth ballot, NDP National with the rest coming from Britadamant loyalty to Israel and Director Chantal Vallerand sent an ish Columbia (12), Alberta (1), Mulcair was a member of the intolerance of any criticism of the email to all party members asking Manitoba (2), Ontario (22), New Quebec Liberal Party for many Israeli occupation of Palestinian Brunswick (1), Newfoundland them to “Join me in congratulatyears, serving three terms in office territories. While any criticism of and Labrador (2) Nova Scotia (3), ing the new leader of Canada’s from 1994 to 2007 for the riding Israel was definitely limited to a New Democrats and our country’s and the Northwest Territories (1). of Chomedey, near Laval. From few renegade voices even in Lay- next Prime Minister”.

2003 onwards he was the Minister ton’s NDP (Layton himself insistWith Quebec holding over 57% of Sustainable Development, Ened that MP Alexandre Boulerice of their seats in Parliament, and “Today we took the next step vironment and Parks. He resigned retract his endorsement for the the NDP’s primary goal to govin moving Canada forward by from his position as Minister in Canadian Boat to Gaza), in 2010 ern come 2015, it is no wonder electing Thomas Mulcair as our 2006 rather than sign off on a bill Mulcair attacked Vancouver East leader,” her message read. “Tothat electing the only Quebec selling public parks land of Mont- MP Libby Davies when she made morrow, we get down to work candidate for leader took priority Orford provincial park to private supportive comments towards the preparing to defeat Stephen over whether or not this choice of developers, or being shuffled to Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions leader would potentially move the Harper in 2015. Together, we’ve another Cabinet position. He was campaign against Israel that has party further to the right. chosen a strong new leader who approached shortly afterwards been steadily gaining profile and will go head-to-head with Stephen

by Jack Layton with the goal of public support on the left and with Harper in 2015 – and win. But Regardless, the NDP have taken expanding the reach of the NDP the broader Canadian public for a first definitive step in moving tonight – we celebrate.” in Quebec, and eventually named the last few years. beyond the legacy of Jack Layton Mulcair his “Quebec Lieutenand into a new era. ant”. Mulcair was elected in the

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New immigration bill slammed by critics

brainchild of federal Immigration ic Don Davies the bill, “Puts too Minister Jason Kenney who wants much power in the hands of the Dialog Reporter the bill to pass in the summer and minister.”

A new bill called “Protecting Can- be in force in the fall. ada’s Immigration System Act” is Under the bill, the Immigration being criticized for many things, For the New Democratic Party Minister gets to choose which including violating international (NDP), this is not good news. Ac- countries are designated as a ‘safe’ law. This bill, Bill C-31 is the cording to NDP immigration crit- country of origin and which are

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not. Unlike before, the bill gives the minister the power to do this, setting aside a proposed committee of human rights experts that were to help him with this task.

People from the countries on the ‘safe’ country list whose claims are rejected “Would no longer be allowed to appeal the decision to a new appeals body within the Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB).” They would also “Have to wait a full year to apply for humanitarian and compassionate consideration to become permanent residents, which would take into account issues of personal hardship.

In the interim, they could be deported.”

Another reason that the bill is disturbing is that although claimants from countries on the safe country list would be allowed to ask for a judicial review by the Federal Court, but there would be no stay of their deportation pending a decision. That means failed applicants could be deported before the court rules on their case.

Though the Immigration Minister claims that these changes are necessary to deal with the ongoing issue of ‘bogus’ refugees, genuine refugee claims may very well be denied as well.

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GBC starts new baseball team

By Jason Miller Dialog Reporter

also gives the students athletes of George Brown a chance to show that they can also compete at the next level.”

Due to a high student interest George Brown athletics will add men’s baseball as a varsity sport to In 2004 the team played at Christhe 2012/13 season. tie Pitts, and that is looking like it would once again be home to Hus“The athletic director has always kies Baseball, however nothing thought that baseball would be has been confirmed yet, according successful at George Brown,” Jeff to Gordon.

Gordon, George Brown Athletics Member Service Specialist said. It As well there is no baseball league will also “be a viable option to get affiliated with the Ontario Colleges a lot of student participation.”

Athletic Association, but the team is still considered a varsity team “We feel it will be an easy transi- and will compete against other tion to instate men’s baseball,” Ed Canadian Colleges and Universimark, manager of Athletics said. ties in the Canadian Intercollegiate Baseball Association (CIBA).

However this is not the first time the Huskies took to the diamond. George Brown joins one of the The team folded in 2004 after a toughest divisions in the CIBA aclack of participation forced athlet- companying Humber and Durham ics to shut it down. Now the ath- who competed for the 2011 Naletics department is confident that tional Championship game where things are different and just like Durham won gold. the rise in popularity from another recently added team, men’s volley- Their work is defiantly cut out for ball, baseball will thrive at George them, but Mac Kinnon is up for the Brown. challenge.

They have already started noticing “We need to work harder than some strong players emerge after everyone else. We need to do the just one throw around. small things, “he said. “If we can continue to show growth, the wins “At the first throwing session there will come.” was quite a bit of talent,” Gordon said. “It was just an informal prac- The college is behind the new team tice but you could tell there was and is looking forward to the reindefiantly some talent.” statement.

The newly appointed coach to lead the reinstated baseball team is Kyle Mac Kinnon, who comes to George Brown after a playing career for perennial CIBA contender Durham College and currently coaches with the Ontario Blue Jays.

“The organizational support is all there to have them gain success in the future,” Gordon said. “Right now it is just nurturing the culture to ensure that everyone is enjoying themselves. We will not be contenders in our first year but it is what we can build and grow in a few years.”

Mac Kinnon is excited about the opportunity and looks forward to The next practice will be April 2 at compete in the 2012/13 season.

Casa Loma Campus, and it is open to all students interested in being “I feel that given the chance to part of the team. To play George coach a George Brown is a great Brown Baseball visit your camopportunity for me to coach at the pus athletic department for all the next level,” Mac Kinnon said. “It practice times and locations.

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Contact dancing with Kathleen Rea

By Corrie Sakaluk Dialog Reporter

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the age of 15 and I was sick with bulimia for 10 years. There were a huge percentage of my colleagues who were also suffering to varying degrees, some less and some more than I. Unfortunately as long as there is that thin aesthetic, it’s

Kathleen Rea is a teacher of contact improvisation in the Dance Department here at George Brown, a graduate of the National Ballet School of Canada, and the founding artistic director of REAson d’etre productions, a company she founded to “Teach and inspire the public about dance/ theatre through the creation and production of classes, workshops and performances that use dance, vocalization, text and physical theatre to express the human condition”. The Wednesday Night Jam coordinated as part of REAson d’etre productions’ programming is a mainstay in the contact improv Kathleen Rea, George Brown College dance instructor. Photo: Jeff Moskal community in Toronto and has now been running for 12 years. sity Dance Program , Studio 303 going to be a reality in the ballet and Toronto Dance Theatre. world. Luckily bulimia doesn’t Kathleen danced with both the have as high of a death rate as National Ballet of Canada and In spring 2010 Kathleen received anorexia, so I’m happy that I chose with Ballet Jörgen Canada, bethe K.M Hunter award from the it , because I lived. I would love to fore taking a contract abroad and Ontario Arts Foundation for her see a ballet company with tons of dancing with Tiroler Landestheater achievements in dance. She is different sizes and I don’t actually in Innsbruk, Austria. She started preparing to publish her first book, think it would take away from the REAson d’etre productions in the and is also planning the first Inter- beauty of the art form. year 2000 after returning to Toron- national Contact Dance Film Festo. Their production Long Live, a tival which is currently accepting CS: What was it like to attend story ballet inspired by the loss of submissions up until August 31. your very first contact improviher own father that explores death sation class? and the grieving process, was Corrie Sakaluk: What were nominated for three Dora Mavor some of your personal struggles KR: I had switched from ballet Moore awards in 2008. as a ballet dancer, and training into modern dance but I was still at the National Ballet School? doing a quite traditional, structured Kathleen has choreographed over classes and set choreography. The 30 original works for various Kathleen Rea: I was a curvaceous possibility of a spectrum of modorganizations including the Before girl so it was a struggle for me to ern dance that involved improvisaDuring After Festival of Duets, fit into the thin ballet aesthetic. tion and following momentum was Bravo Television Network, Ballet I was often told to lose weight. I totally foreign to me. I had these Jörgen Canada, Canadian Olympic developed an eating disorder at hippy friends in Austria that were

doing this thing called contact dance, and they kept talking about it. I think that people that fall in love with contact dance have an awe in their voice when they talk about it, because people either fall in love with it or they don’t.

There’s very little ground in between.

So when my friends talked about it, it sounded really weird and it kind of scared me! But finally they convinced me to go to a class. In the first ten minutes it was like a whole new world opened up to me, a world where there was a possibility to dance in a manner less concerned with aesthetics and more concerned with movement that felt right for your body.

I had an epiphany, I just knew I would be doing contact dance as a dance form for the rest of my life. That moment changed my life course.

CS: What is your relationship to ballet now?

KR: Occasionally I do a class, and I do enjoy the challenge of a ballet class. But when I see ballet on stage I don’t enjoy it as much as I used to. My aesthetic has gone in a different direction, where I find beauty in what people find traditionally ugly. I love chaos on stage. I like seeing individuality versus conformity. I could create a ballet piece with my aesthetic in mind but a lot of ballet pieces I see are too held together, or polite, or not emotionally expressive enough for my liking.

CS: How do you want your dance pieces to impact your audiences?

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Contact Dancing cont.

KR: My main thing is that I want the audience to have a visceral change in their body sensation.

When you’re really involved in a dance you gasp for breath, you lean in, you feel your heart drop.

I think that those visceral body changes really mean the audience is with the dancers. I find using breath and getting the torso to move really helps with that because our emotion lives in our chest area. If we get that area moving with breath and with expressive torso moves then the audience tends to be moved.

CS: What is your choreographic process like?

KR: Book the studio. That’s the start. Show up with nothing. My first day of rehearsal is always very scary because I come in with nothing, and I have dancers looking at me. This is the way that works best for me. It’s scary as all hell. I do it anyways because that’s how my best work comes out. I just show up and see what happens. The last full-length piece that I worked on ended up being about a man with mental health issues, exploring what he does and how he makes connection with people.

We rolled around on the floor the first day. I get people to start moving and then I start to see things.

While I’m having them improvise, I’ll start to see a story emerge. A man keeps standing up and when he stands up I get a painful feeling of disconnection and that’s the start of a story that I follow. It’s like following the tail of the thing that’s emerging and trying to keep capturing it.

you are trying to use art as a tool to do something else then the art can get forgotten. I’m really art-based, and through expressing the truth if that pushes for political change then I’m fine with that but I can’t start with that as my goal. Art is not a hammer like a tool, it’s an entity all its own. And when it is treated like a tool, the strength of it is lessened.

CS: Have you had any mentors during your dance career?

KR: I think it’s so important to have a person who encourages you, because this industry can be hard on people’s self-esteem. Without encouragement, often really talented people get lost in the fray of things. Bengt Jörgen from Ballet Jörgen Canada has been my main mentor. He helped me as a dancer when I was down and out, and nothing was happening with my career. He hired me at Ballet Jörgen Canada and over 5 years of working with him, he also noticed that I had a choreographic talent and had me participate in choreographic workshops.

CS: What is the role of advocacy in your creations?

CS: What advice would you give to young performing arts students, in general and in terms of dealing with a lack of support or encouragement?

KR: I make no attempt to bring in anything political, or to advocate for anything. I just try to tell the truth about myself and the dancers I work with. Through that my pieces do often end up being political and advocating for change.

But I think that if from the start

KR: Don’t get caught up in body image stuff, it’s hell. Whatever size you are, you can make a career for yourself, there are tons of different options. I think people

get caught up with having their body be a certain way when they think they can only go into ballet. Let your heart lead you with what choices you make. People don’t always understand the arts.

Some people are angry at artists because we followed our dream and they didn’t. You don’t always get understanding from people. A week before my dad died he said to me “Kathleen, I can figure out if my other kids are successful by the amount of money they make.

But I can’t figure out if you’ve had a successful life because you don’t

have any money”. And I said “Oh, Dad! I measure success in such a different way, and yes I’ve had a successful life!” The sense of satisfaction and fulfillment I feel is enormous. Working on a piece can be torturous for me, but I love it anyways and I just can’t not do it.

I just love it. It has to be that you can’t not do it. If you don’t have to do art, then you’re not meant to be an artist. It’s not easy but it’s well worth it. You get your second job that pays the bills and you do the art when you can.

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GBC wins Ontario Hockey Championship Scott, in a George Brown athletics article. “Just a great experience and while winning is always fun, just getting an opportunity to play hockey with a bunch of guys who Hockey always did their best was someThe Huskies hockey team took thing special.” home the Ontario Hockey championship after an upset 1-0 win The Huskies coached by Val Pozzan posted a 17-2 record on the against Fleming College. year and end the year with top honThe only goal of the game came ors. They competed in the Ontario just five minutes into the first pe- Colleges Committee on Campus Recreation (OCCCR) and throughriod. out the tournament in Oshawa only “Has to be one of the biggest high- lost to Humber College. lights for me,” said goalie Jesse

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Indoor Soccer

against Georgian College winning 4-0. It was not enough to advance Last weekend the men’s and wom- them to the playoff round and finen’s indoor soccer teams travelled ished the round robin play with a to Conestoga College in Kitchener win, tie and loss. to compete for the OCAA ProvinThe women’s team had differcial championships. ent results losing all three games The men’s team got off to a good to Fleming, Sheridan and Durstart on the weekend against Flem- ham. They struggled offensively ing College finishing the game throughout and we unable to hit with a 1 -1 draw. After the tough the back of the net during the engame the Huskies went on to face tire tournament. future OCAA gold medalist Humber College where they came up short losing 4-1. The Huskies rebounded back with a shutout

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Athletic therapists are GBC’s unsung heros

By Jason Miller Dialog Reporter

dency on using shoulder, elbow and wrist mechanics in badminton George Brown therapists are the while if you look at soccer there is unsung heroes of athletics at the a lot of mechanics with the lower George Brown. body and hip.”

Injuries are a taboo topic for many athletes. They can haunt your career, prevent you from performing at your peak and could force you to leave the sport you love. Steps are always taken to recover from injuries but sometimes it is too late.

Mugabi is also a registered personal trainer and uses some of the techniques from that area to assist The therapists would recommend him in dealing with athletic injuvarious exercises for athletes to ries. strengthen areas that athletes often used.

“There is a little bit of overlap between therapy and personal train“I feel that if I did not get some of ing,” he said. “I have had to draw the treatment on my ankle during from my knowledge in personal the season, it would have contin- training to assist with my athletued to get worse and forced a se- ic therapy to provide alternative rious injury or taken more out of exercises and giving the athlete the game,” one George Brown bas- an idea of what to do to improve ketball player said. “The therapists strength.” really helped me recovery from the nagging injuries so I was able to perform.”

Therapists are the first on the scene when an injury takes an athlete down in a game, the ones helping them recover and the ones helping prevent the injury from reoccurring. They are always behind the scenes helping athletes perform at their best and are essential to the success in sports.

Before the varsity games the therapy centre would be hard at work Throughout the year therapists assisting the athletes with preat George Brown athletics would game prevention. treat anywhere from 10 to 40 athletes a day. Athletes would come “We did a lot of prophylactic tapto the therapy centre to recovery ing, like preventative taping so we from injuries, work to prevent in- could get an athlete in a certain juries and recover in the ice bath position and make sure that they after competition. maintain that position as best as possible,” Mugabi said.

Athletes from all sports would seek treatment from various inju- Not only do some of the varsity ries sustained in their high level athletes agree that the therapy of training. Mugabi a therapist at helped them recover but Mugabi the George Brown Athletics centre felt that if some of the athletes did has seen many different injuries not get treatment they would have throughout the year. had a tough time performing in their sport.

“The most common injury we saw was ankle injuries,” he said. “Some of the athletes, if they did “However each sport was different not come would have had a lot of and we would see different injuries difficulty going on in their sport,” for each one.” he said.

Since each sport has different muscles used and different movements other injuries are more common.

The athletic therapy would see a trend of injuries in each given sport.

consequently but in the long run as well.”

The therapist’s goal is not just to get athletes ready for the next game, but to help them in the long run and reduce the risk of future injury.

“We made sure that they were go“The mechanics of every sport are ing through the exercise so the redifferent and the overall demand,” habilitation method is working,” he said. “There is a lot of depen- he said. “Not only to help them

Each of the sports that were successful this year had some injuries that held them back. Women’s basketball had various players miss games due to wrist and ankle injuries. While OCAA Men’s Cross Country gold medalist Sean Sweeney had an injury that sidelined him and he was in the midst of recuperating during the 2011 season.

Injuries are very common within sports, and therapy is crucial for athletes so they get back into the game quicker and can perform at the highest level. A important area in sports that George Brown has acknowledged and excelled.

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Building a winning culture with George Brown athletes

By Jason Miller Dialog Reporter

George Brown athletics experienced a rise in success this year.

Athletics took home numerous awards at the provincial and national level. This success proves that a change in culture has happened at the college and one that is looking to evolve and grow into a winning tradition within the OCAA.

small community feel as the department increases.

“We are considered a big school in terms of student population,” Mark said. “But, we have a very small family atmosphere with an open door policy and we want to keep that.”

Despite some of the colleges in the Greater Toronto Area that seem to have a win at all costs attitude George Brown plans to go beyond “The spirit of the department in just the end result. terms of the varsity athletes, staff and students are seeing a lot of im- “We want to engage students and provement,” said Director of Ath- make them have a good experience letics, Ed Mark. while they are here,” he said. “We are more about long term teaching, George Brown is striving to be able I hate to say this but I think that to compete in all athletics. Howev- other schools just see the athlete er unlike other schools with strong as just someone who comes in and athletic programs, Mark feels that does their time and leaves.” the college will differ and keep its

The culture “evolves with people, like the coaches, athletes and staff, we have new and old coaches adding to the culture,” Mark explained.

Unlike Seneca and Humber who “We have not gotten to that point have been provincial powerhouses where we are an efficient system in athletics, George Brown is still but we are getting there. We have a small school mentality but we are building. growing pretty fast.”

“They have a system in place,” he said. “I see Seneca and Humber as Not only does Mark recognize machines so they have developed staff and students who have helped their system as we’re still evolv- change the culture, but he also ating and building, so every student, tributes the exposure the departstaff and coach participating now ment has received from journalist feels more engaged because they David Grossman. are part of our team that is build“We have had more George Brown ing.” students on the show than any othMark was quick to address that it er school,” he said regarding The is a team effort regarding the in- Fan 590 Sunday morning radio creased success of athletics and the show that Grossman hosts. “We culture change. George Brown has are getting more and more recogenjoyed a successful year but there nition and that is a good thing.” is still a ways to go.

“Your experiences go beyond your time here and your memories last forever,” he said.

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New on DVD: Melancholia is beautiful but confusing

a real creepy sense of looming doom. The movie is named after the planet that is headed toward Earth at incredible speed plays a The end of the world as we can major part in this two part film. imagine it has many different faces, whether it’s a weather change The word Melancholy refers to or a sudden impact. The outcome the sadness and depression of the will never change, and it’s painspirits, awaiting gloom, a pensive ful to imagine that one day that and reflected state that can somemaybe be the case. times trigger outbreaks of anger.

Lars Von Trier is the filmmaker, In Melancholia, this 2 hour film, but I must warn you that he can be starts so confusing that it leaves misunderstood especially at press you wondering how can this even conferences. He is a famous film make sense at the end. With exmaker but can blurt out really in planations of the future scenarios appropriate things to get a rise out thrown in the beginning it’s amazof people. So with this film, he ing how it really turns around. went on to say, “may be crap…

This film is really for the movie there’s quite a big possibility that lovers that really enjoy emotion it might not be worth seeing” He and atmospheric film detail. As makes and loves to create sadiswell as letting your self enter this tic movies. This isn’t a movie that world and feel what each second will make you feel good and for is about. The effects of the movie my generation I would consider it are done very well and tastefully, to be a movie similar to Donnie not going over board and creating

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Darko with Jake Gyllenhaal. In the sense that the movie is awaiting something unexplainable and gearing towards something that is dark and mysterious.

The arrival of this big planet is part of the second half of this movie, where more of the story line gets revealed and the conclusion happens. The first half leaves you wondering about the state of mind Justine (Kirsten Dunst) is in, while ruining her wedding day and having melt downs through out the night. The wed-

ding night is filled with awkward moments and unsettling feeling as people need to wait for Justine to over come her emotional outbursts and runaways. This film is a beautifully crafted film that showcases acting and cinematography in synced right through until the end. There are questions but there are answers, the conclusion leaves you satisfied and the beginning is very hard to get through. Over all I enjoyed it in many different respects but don’t expect it to follow the normal Hollywood story routine.

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