I was very excited about the beginning of today. The festival is paying tribute to Ethan Hawke. So as they usually do with tributes, they showed clips from his films. I had seen a number of them, of course, but I have to say I gained much more appreciation of him today than I ever would’ve imagined. After the clips were shown, they had an interview with him and he was impressive. Then they screened a new film of his called « Blue Moon »—-which was one of his famous songs, of course, as well as my funny valentine, The lady is a tramp etc.
It’s the story of Lorenz Hart of the team, Rogers and Hart. Musical theater! Virtually all of the action was in Sardis. The time period is just after Roger and Hart split up and Rogers teams up with Oscar Hammerstein. It’s opening night of Oklahoma. Hart left the show a little early and got to the restaurant ahead of the rest of the folks. Through his ongoing dialogue with the bartender we really get to know the man. I was amazed at the transformation of Hawke! He is well deserving of some serious awards. Throughout the entire film, the piano player in the bar is playing musical theatre numbers from the period. I bit my tongue not to sing along with them. Director is Richard Linklater, who has collaborated with Hawk on many occasions. The two leading actors and director were present to greet us before the screening. Very special!😀
The second film today was « lost in the jungle ». It is the real story of four children whose airplane crashes in Amazon jungle. It was a documentary, chronicling the experience of these children surviving in a jungle. Really an amazing story. Turned out it was much more of a story than I had anticipated. I recommend it for folks who like documentaries.
Third today was « H is for Hawk » staring Claire Foy as an academic at Cambridge, who, after losing a loved one, decides to train a hawk (in a similar fashion as people who train a falcon). She becomes rather obsessed with it and we follow her as she works out her grief. The cinematography was beautiful and her portrayal convincing.Several Films here have been directed by women (yay ) and this one was Philippa Lowthorpe who was here to introduce it.
So today I saw four! The Final one was « the history of Sound. » It’s a very misleading title. It takes place in the early 1900s and shows a couple of academics who research folk music. But the real story is the relationship between these two men played by Paul Mescal and Josh O’Connor.
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