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So what am I celebrating this week?
Film Festival!
Yes, it's that time of year again. Two weeks to indulge my passion for film and he opportunity to see things that would never grace the screens of my local multiplex. The festival started yesterday, and I've already seen two films, both of which I really enjoyed. I think to keep a record, I will do micro-reviews of them here. Just to remember…
So, the first one I saw was a French film from Agnes Vargas, the now-90-year-old French New Wave director. It's called Visages Villages (Faces Places) and follows Vargas and photographer JR as they roam the French countryside taking photographs of people in villages and making them into art installations on empty walls. It was very sweet, and the growing friendship between JR and Vargas was touching.
The second was a film called The Party from director Sally Potter. I have a love-hate relationship with Sally Potter's films, so I was wary going in. But I thoroughly enjoyed this black and white exploration of a supposedly celebratory dinner party at which all the guests had extra baggage to bring. Fabulous cast too - Timothy Spall, Kristen Scott-Thomas, Patricia Clarkson, Emily Mortimer, Bruno Ganz and Cillian Murphy.
And there are many more to come…. So there will not be much writing in my next couple of weeks, but I never feel bad about it because seeing all these wonderful films always charges me up creatively.
What are you celebrating this week?
It sounds like a lot of fun. And I bet you get tons of ideas from all those movies. I hope you can see a lot!
ReplyDeleteA film festival sounds like a great time, and the two films you described sound very interesting!
ReplyDeleteThat is indeed an excellent cast!
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The film festival sounds like fun! Glad you enjoyed both the movies you saw so far. Happy viewing. :)
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