That’s how many years I have lived in Toronto and avoided the Toronto International Film Festival. It’s not that I don’t enjoy the idea of the festival itself, it’s more that I can wait a couple of weeks to go see the same movies for much less once they are released to the general public.

When I lived in Montreal, I used to go to the International Film Festival every year, I’d see a good 10 movies every time. I even booked vacation days one year to attend to more than that. Montreal didn’t showcase many American films in its round-up, it truly felt like an International Festival… maybe it was more special to me because not many films from England, Australia, Japan, etc would ever play in Montreal otherwise unless they were translated in French as well or unless they’d play in an art house for one or two showing only.

This said, after I was made aware of EVERY LITTLE STEP, a documentary on the auditions of the casting of the new production of A Chorus Line on Broadway, I sort of new there wouldn’t be many chances to see this on the big screen, so there I went, to the TIFF’s box office to buy two tickets… and then I was reminded of another reason why I had never been to the Toronto International Film Festival: 2 tickets cost me: $43 (#44).

Ouch.

They’d better not be one fucking peep during that 9am showing.

Anyway, here’s a preview of that VERY EXPENSIVE movie we’ll see tomorrow:

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