Labor Day. The last day.
We skipped the first movie “Separated” because it was about the Trump policy on the border to separate children and parents and the effect it had on families for years to come. Evidently it was well done, but I find that policy to be absolutely horrible and I didn’t need to see it.
“Conclave” was the second film to come to our venue. It’s the film that I saw early and really liked so I decided to see it again! Everyone liked it, of course. I know it will get some Academy Award nominations.
Finally we saw “The piano lesson”— an adaptation of the August Wilson play. It was very much a family project, with Denzel Washington’s son as the Director and co-writer and another son as the key actor. There were also two other smaller female parts played by people whose last names were Washington so I think they’re probably all involved.
(Starring John David Washington & Director & co- author Malcom Washington ).
I thought the film was a little uneven, and I’m not sure it will be accessible to a very wide audience. I noticed it will be released soon, and it has a listing on IMDb. But the film version could do things that the play could not do, e.g. locations and special effects.
We did not go to the last night show as we needed to get back to pack and prepare to leave in the morning. It was a good festival, but I did not see nearly as many as I usually do. But that’s OK. I really enjoyed the ones I did see.
Some of the films that were at the festival were not available to us, such as “Maria”—about Maria Callas and starring Angelina Jolie. I noticed in the Hollywood Reporter that it was extremely well received in Venice this week and I’m sure it will get wide distribution. Actually, I think that will be on Netflix, so I will look for that. I’m not a big fan of her, but someone who saw it already said it was excellent —as was Jolie.
When I have a chance, I will make a summary list of all that I saw and my ratings.
Au revoir Telluride!
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