The Time Out review that we used to describe this MovieNight referred to Toto the Hero as “[a] deliciously offbeat film” and “an immensely vibrant, inventive, compassionate movie”. That pretty much sums it up, but the reviewer neglected to mention the theme tune, which I have been unable to get out of my head since first viewing Toto about a month ago. My wife has threatened to leave me unless I stop singing/whistling/humming it. I managed to cover it up with a layer of the theme from Winter’s Bone for a few days, but it’s back, and it’s stronger than ever!

“Boum” (Warning! This catchy tune may get stuck in your head for weeks!)

Toto the Hero was the first installment in our three-part Belgian mini-season (we won’t be doing all three consecutively), and it was suggested by Flavia who, with her second successful suggestion, gets her very own paragraph on the suggestion page.

Thanks to Jessie for (inadvertently?) injecting three lovely “flickas” into the MovieNight mix. I promised them Bergman next week. Hurra!

Also, while we’re thanking… we should also express our deep gratitude to Igor, for all the great video material he’s given us (Yello’s Touch DVD entertained us in the after hours once again!) over the years. Also for detecting the “Auto-Iris” setting that somehow got turned on on our projector. Now… about that conspiracy theory… should we show Zeitgeist at MovieNight?

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