Telluride: Day 3 Movies

Movie #6: Ginger & Rosa

A Sally Potter film. I loved Orlando, so that was reason enough for me to see this latest film. Not much was given away in the program description, so Tanya and I overheard some angst among potential viewers that the film might be "girl on girl stuff."  And of course they didn't want to see anything like that.  The story centers on two best friends of high school age who (it becomes evident) have very different approaches to the world.  Eventually, they clash.  There is indeed some uncomfortable situations, but that's all I'm going to say.

It's well-acted but familiar territory. Not among our top films of the festival.


Movie #7: No

This film is about the 1988 campaign to remove Pinochet from power by defeating him at the polls.  Because I didn't know anything about this effort, the film was factually interesting to me, but I did not find it a compelling film in any other respect.



Movie #8: Wadjda

We both loved this film about a young Saudi girl who wants a bicycle, knowing full well that bicycles are for boys, not girls.  The girl is an astonishing actress.

Trivia tidbits:  This is the filmmakers first feature film.  It is the first film shot entirely on location in Saudi Arabia. And the first film by a Saudi female.


Movie #9: Rust & Bone

This film is not for everyone, in spite of the fact that it stars Marion Cotillard and yummy Matthias Schoenaerts.  I kept flashing on the movie Boxing Helena although the movies have little in common but a certain amount of weirdness.  This is a romance between an unlikely couple: a man who fights (as in Fight Club) for a living, and a woman who trains sharks.

I loved it.  Others did too.  But plenty did not like it at all.  Monitus es.


Movie #10: Hyde Park On Hudson

Although some people at the festival were dying to see Ben Affleck trot down the aisle, I went to Hyde Park to see Laura Linney at the podium. Bill Murray was the cherry on top.  The movie is about Roosevelt's romantic relationship with one of his cousins.  Neither of us liked this movie. Yuck.

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