1. Our day began with a tribute to Jane Campion best known as the director of the “Piano“. She was interviewed briefly and then they showed a series of clips from her films. The movie that she brought to this festival is called “the power of the dog” starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Kirsten Dunst and Jesse Plemons. It is set in Montana in the 1920s. It is very much a character study and not at all the typical Western that it appears to be.We found it to be quite compelling and quietly suspenseful , and of all the movies we have seen, this one engendered the most discussion and debate as we stood in line for the following movie. There were a lot of twists and possible interpretations.
2. “The Duke”, with Helen Mirren and Roger Michell. The program said that it is a most delightful heist movie. And it was! It was based on a true story about a painting of the Duke of Windsor that was stolen from the national Gallery in England in the 1960s. It was entertaining and light and a good break from some of that more somber films that we have seen.
3. “Bergman Island” is about a married couple filmmakers ( including Tim Roth) who go to Faro island, off Sweden’s coast where they seek inspiration from the late Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman, by visiting where he lived & filmed. While our group found it interesting, I doubt that it will have wide appeal.
Here is a picture of the four of us with some guys who we have run into every year for many years, and we catch up with their news and share reactions after each movie while waiting in line.
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