Don't Eat The Film Either
In more belated news about Farmer John, check out this postcard that we picked up way back in early September. It's a promo for the Bonn premiere of the documentary The Real Dirt on Farmer John, with Farmer John to appear in person! These postcards were all over our organic grocery stores and at the Ökomarkt. So surreal to come so far and to see our old farmer staring back at us from a German postcard!By the way, the film is pretty great. It won the Audience Award at Sundance, and I bet not a one of the audience members was biased by having eaten Farmer John's sprouts. You all should see it!
Oh, also, the German title is "Mit Mistgabel und Federboa" (Mist = muck, Gabel = fork, so Mistgabel = pitchfork). I guess "The Real Dirt" doesn't translate.
posted by b @ 9:34 PM
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Der realen Schmutz
But do you know, does that also mean "the real story" like it does in English? I'll have to ask Corinna.
I don't really know what I'm talking about as you probably know. From what I gathered from the online dictionary, schmutz does seem to mean both soil and mess, which is less true of the word dirt here which means mostly mess. But as for the story thing, I don't know.
I'd never heard of this film, but was hoping our friend globalisation would mean it would be available at my local Blockbuster. Alas, in this instance, I have been let down. I wonder why they thought the Germans would love it but not the British?
I do like how they change the title of films depending on the country, though. Sometimes in slightly strange ways, like Music and Lyrics was changed to Come-back in France (so not French).
it's funny about the film -- i think we saw it at a special screening about a year ago in chicago, but i think it only had its national release in the us over the summer. so it might still be too early for it to be out on dvd yet.
and i really like that little bit about 'music and lyrics'! i first heard of that movie when we flew to bangkok this summer -- it was one of the many incredibly crappy movies available on the plane. i couldn't believe how poor the choices were -- i eventually broke down and watched 'ghost rider', but i can't say i'm proud of myself.
Are you going to try to meet your farmer friend? He might get really freaked out by seeing you in person in Bonn.
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