Joining the crown filing into the The Proposition, it was sort of surreal to see the SFist logo flash across the screen, as one of the sponsors of the Festival. Go us!

As with all "opening night" screenings, it began with the appearance of a local "celebrity." We really mean it with the quotation marks, because in this case, when we say "celebrity", what we mean is "Jan Wahl". Our favorite moment of her opening remarks was when, as she went on (and on) about (gasp!) the unique nature of San Francisco, she rhetorically asked "And what other city would let me keep brodcasting for so many years?" Around us, oh so many non-rhetorically responded "good question."

After some words from IndieFest's Founder/Director Jeff Ross (and we got mentioned again! And people who wetre not us clapped! Thank you, clappers!) and Director of Programming Bruce Fletcher, and some to-be-expected technical difficulties (would it be IndieFest without them?), we settled in for .

Directed by John Hillcoat and written and scored by Nick Cave, The Proposition takes the Wild West cinematic tradition and transplants it to 19th century Australia, where it flourishes. The beloved themes of outlaws, slaughter of the native peoples, rape, horses, and poor personal hygiene remain the same, even as the landscape and accents differ.

The Proposition