Wow, another fun day! I don’t think I’ve ever gone to 5 movies in a day but did today! Michelle says I can’t count the one I left half way through but I say I get credit for enduring that much!
1. A tribute to Adam Driver—with clips from his films.
Then the film “The Report.” This was about the report of the senate intelligence committee led by Diane Feinstein that exposed the torture covered up by the CIA after 9/11. Adam Driver was the lead. This movie will be big. It’s like other recent films exposing wrong-doings like “the Post” (Watergate). Besides Driver, the filmmaker was here as well as the actual man who Driver was playing.
2 “the climb” — You should skip this one!! It’s 2 young men’s amateurish tale of their friendship shown through a series of vignettes. Felt like a student film. I left 1/2 way through. Gave it a chance...
3 “The aeronauts”. Great! Eddie Redmayne & Felicity Jones play 2 curious adventurers in the 1860s London who take a hot air balloon higher than anyone had ever done. This will be popular. I love Eddie. So talented. Both of the actors & the director introduced the film to us. We also saw him as he entered the theatre, walking past us.
4 “Pain & Glory.” I wasn’t sure if I’d like this one but it was excellent! It centers on Antonio Banderas, who’s an aging filmmaker who suffers for an array of ailments (one wonders if some are self inflicted) and struggles with the fact that he’s no longer who he was. He was super! It’s in Spanish with subtitles. Antonio was at the festival but unfortunately he left before our screening.
5 “Ford v Ferrari” stars Matt Damon (a car inventor) & Christian Bale (a famous real life race car in the 60’s when Ford wanted to develop a car that would beat Ferrari at Le Mans. This will be commercially seen. It’s good but not great. Certainly worth seeing but not at the top of my list.
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