Goodbye, Cruel World

Adiós Mundo Cruel

I went to the Bob Bullock museum last night, home of the only IMAX screen in town, to check out Jack Zagha‘s first full-legth film Adiós, Mundo Cruel (Goodbye, Cruel World). It played in the Austin Film Festival and won the JURY PRIZE NARRATIVE FEATURE award.

The movie is a light comedy set in Mexico City that will keep a smile on your face for the whole duration of the movie, even if, like me, aren’t a fan of scatological humor. I won’t spoil any of the jokes here – but there are plenty of great moments. I’ll just say this: keep an eye open for it for when it comes out in the movie theaters. It’s good stuff. Congratulations to the director and everyone else involved!

This is getting ridiculous

Looks like I started a monitor war. First it was, the poor engineer, thinking I was so cool with four. Then Jaco, who need to see x-rays and stuff beats me to the punch with nine. Now it’s Amanda and her telescope controlling setup ups the stakes with twelve screens – all from the top of a Hawaiian volcano, like a supervillain’s lair. Anyone else?

Amanda's desk at the United Kingdom Infrared Telescope

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