Albert Fujimori, that interesting?

A few of us went to go see this documentary about Albert Fujimori, the former President of Peru, who came from nowhere to become that country's leader in the 1990's. As you can tell by his last name, he doesn't have a Spanish background, as his family is Japanese. Anyway, he was embroiled in scandal eventually, and left the country.

The movie is part of the SF International Film Festival. We went, thinking, hey, people will likely have much better things to do on a Friday night than see a documentary about a former Peruvian president. We guessed wrong. Not only was the show sold out over a half hour before it was set to begin, there were 50 people in the "rush" line to see if they could get in. Is this city really full of that many people who want to see a movie about Albert Fujimori? I doubt it. I think it's because this city (San Francisco) just doesn't have a lot to do period.

San Francisco thinks it's a lot bigger than it really is. Don't get me wrong, I do really like it here, I just wish it had about twice as many people so it could reach that critical mass where things stayed open! It's pretty ridiculous when the major "hip" shopping areas in Hayes Valley and Cow Hollow shut down by 7 pm on a Friday or Saturday. That's ridiculous. And as for art or theatre, there isn't a whole lot going on. There are some shows, but most theatre is simply to expensive and runs too long for it to really impact most people. There is a good music scene though.

I suppose people were faced with another night trolling the bars, sitting at home watching something from Netflix, or seeing the Fujimori documentary.

San Francisco, the little city that thinks it could.