We can't believe this is our last day. Time flew by, as always, although T3 told me today she thinks she hit her limit this year. Here's what we saw:
Labor Day
Here's the unusual case of a mediocre book (by Joyce Maynard) being made into a better film. It's a story about an escaped convict who barges into the home and lives of a mother and son. Despite a treacly ending, we both enjoyed the film.
Just as an aside, we suspect that this film made it to Telluride because the festival was offering a sneak peek at the new Salinger biopic. Because Maynard had a short affair and a longer legal battle with Salinger, pehaps it seemed fitting (to the festival director) to show both films at the festival.
Prisoners
Oof. Neither Tanya nor I were big fans of this movie - a blatantly commercial film starring Hugh Jackman and Jake Gyllenhaal. The plot is time worn: Two young girls are kidnapped and the police are working frantically against the clock.. Meanwhile, one of the girls' father is going berserk at the lack of progress and decides to take matters into his own hands. I had to hide my eyes a lot during this film.
Tracks
I quite enjoyed this film adaptation of Robyn Davidson's memoir about her camel trek across the Australian desert. Tanya had issues with the film that I can't tell you about without giving something away.
Festival favorites that the Middle Sisters did not see:
Nebraska
Gravity
Ida
Tim's Vermeer
All is Lost
And there you have it. Over and out until next year.
T2
Labor Day
Here's the unusual case of a mediocre book (by Joyce Maynard) being made into a better film. It's a story about an escaped convict who barges into the home and lives of a mother and son. Despite a treacly ending, we both enjoyed the film.
Just as an aside, we suspect that this film made it to Telluride because the festival was offering a sneak peek at the new Salinger biopic. Because Maynard had a short affair and a longer legal battle with Salinger, pehaps it seemed fitting (to the festival director) to show both films at the festival.
Prisoners
Oof. Neither Tanya nor I were big fans of this movie - a blatantly commercial film starring Hugh Jackman and Jake Gyllenhaal. The plot is time worn: Two young girls are kidnapped and the police are working frantically against the clock.. Meanwhile, one of the girls' father is going berserk at the lack of progress and decides to take matters into his own hands. I had to hide my eyes a lot during this film.
Tracks
I quite enjoyed this film adaptation of Robyn Davidson's memoir about her camel trek across the Australian desert. Tanya had issues with the film that I can't tell you about without giving something away.
Festival favorites that the Middle Sisters did not see:
Nebraska
Gravity
Ida
Tim's Vermeer
All is Lost
And there you have it. Over and out until next year.
T2
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