As sad as it is to be on the last day already, the good news is we had 4 excellent films.
1. “White Boy Ricky”—based on a true story— a sad case of a father & son living on the wrong side of the law in Detroit in the 80s. Matthew McConaughy was here to introduce the film to us.
2.” The old man & the gun” stars Robert Redford as a career bank robber—based on a real person named Forrest Tucker. It was charming. Will have wide appeal. Also with Casey Affleck &Sissy Spacek.
3. The Front Runner” is about Gary Hart’s failed run for president in 1988 after tabloid accusations of his womanizing. Starred Hugh Jackman & Vera Farmiga—well acted.
4. “Boy Erased”— powerful real tale (based on a memoir) of an 18 year old son of a preacher in Arkansas who is sent to “conversion therapy” for being gay. Excellent cast: Lucas Hedges, Nicole Kidman & Russell Crowe. Excellent!
Overall we felt it wasn’t the most spectacular year of films this time. But I did enjoy most of them. A theme this year: stories based on real cases.
It’s really hard to believe it’s over already. Went really fast! More rain this year than ever.
My ratings: in no special order
Favorites:
Girl
The Favourite
White Boy Rick
Watergate
The Front Runner
Destroyer
BoyErased
Very good:
First Man
Old man & the gun
Trial by Fire
The White Crow
Worth seeing:
Limited appeal: Roma, Cold War
I didn’t see here but want to:
Can you ever forgive me
Nonfiction (French)
Reversing Roe
Monday, September 3, 2018
Sunday, September 2, 2018
Telluride Day 3 Sept 2
We managed to see 4 films today. An excellent day!
1. A tribute to Emma Stone & her new film, “The Favourite.” The festival honored Stone & we saw a short interview with her before the movie. She has been here the last 2 years with La La Land and Battle of the Sexes. (And the Birdman was the year prior).
Her new film was excellent. She played a conniving servant in Queen Anne’s court. The filmmakers did an excellent job of suggesting the historical period but making it current enough to be accessible.
It was really entertaining! I look forward to seeing it again. It will get a lot of attention.
2. “Girl” was a very moving story of a young man who wanted to become a female and wanted to become a ballerina. I thought it was very touching and easy to empathize. Outstanding acting. It had won several awards at Cannes. Not surprising.
3. “First Man” tells about Neil Armstrong on his path to the moon. This will be popular. We all enjoyed it. It does take poetic license but still worth it.
4. “The White Crow” told the story of Rudolf Nureyev from his childhood until his professional ballet, and then his defection. Of course I enjoyed the dancing. Well done!
So this was a day of 4 excellent films!!
We had thunder & lightening, so it reminded us where we were!
1. A tribute to Emma Stone & her new film, “The Favourite.” The festival honored Stone & we saw a short interview with her before the movie. She has been here the last 2 years with La La Land and Battle of the Sexes. (And the Birdman was the year prior).
Her new film was excellent. She played a conniving servant in Queen Anne’s court. The filmmakers did an excellent job of suggesting the historical period but making it current enough to be accessible.
It was really entertaining! I look forward to seeing it again. It will get a lot of attention.
2. “Girl” was a very moving story of a young man who wanted to become a female and wanted to become a ballerina. I thought it was very touching and easy to empathize. Outstanding acting. It had won several awards at Cannes. Not surprising.
3. “First Man” tells about Neil Armstrong on his path to the moon. This will be popular. We all enjoyed it. It does take poetic license but still worth it.
4. “The White Crow” told the story of Rudolf Nureyev from his childhood until his professional ballet, and then his defection. Of course I enjoyed the dancing. Well done!
So this was a day of 4 excellent films!!
We had thunder & lightening, so it reminded us where we were!
Saturday, September 1, 2018
Telluride Day 2 Sept 1
Today we decided just to see three films. We’re taking it a little slower this year. They’re just were some films that didn’t appeal to us very much.
1. First was a tribute to Alfonso Cuaron(who directed “Gravity” for example)
and the screening of his new film: “Roma.” He explained that the film was drawn from memories of his childhood in a district in Mexico City called Roma. It was in the 1970s. The four of us had very mixed reactions to this film. It was a character study and certainly not action packed. Visually it was interesting and the human story was compelling. But I doubt that many people will flock to see it. It was in Spanish.
2. “Cold War” was a Polish film about a man who researched, played and taught folk music to a young choral group, to ensure the tradition continues. He falls in love with a young lady in the group and their very passionate and tortured relationship is set against the backdrop of the challenging political turmoil of Eastern Europe from the late 40s -50s. Because of the music and locales (including Paris in the 50s) I was drawn to it, but some others thought it less appealing.
3. “Destroyer” starred Nicole Kidman as an LA detective who ( as the program explains) was haunted by an old case that had gone wrong. Her transformation into this character is certain to garner an Academy award nomination. It’s a gritty cop show with a woman in the lead, instead of a man. We Just read a review of it that was very positive. This is one to watch for.
Sleep time. . .
1. First was a tribute to Alfonso Cuaron(who directed “Gravity” for example)
and the screening of his new film: “Roma.” He explained that the film was drawn from memories of his childhood in a district in Mexico City called Roma. It was in the 1970s. The four of us had very mixed reactions to this film. It was a character study and certainly not action packed. Visually it was interesting and the human story was compelling. But I doubt that many people will flock to see it. It was in Spanish.
2. “Cold War” was a Polish film about a man who researched, played and taught folk music to a young choral group, to ensure the tradition continues. He falls in love with a young lady in the group and their very passionate and tortured relationship is set against the backdrop of the challenging political turmoil of Eastern Europe from the late 40s -50s. Because of the music and locales (including Paris in the 50s) I was drawn to it, but some others thought it less appealing.
3. “Destroyer” starred Nicole Kidman as an LA detective who ( as the program explains) was haunted by an old case that had gone wrong. Her transformation into this character is certain to garner an Academy award nomination. It’s a gritty cop show with a woman in the lead, instead of a man. We Just read a review of it that was very positive. This is one to watch for.
Sleep time. . .
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