(This is the final installment of the series as the festival ended today. In past years, some films have enjoyed special extended screenings at certain times but with the upcoming release of Breaking Dawn Part 1 this week, that is highly unlikely to happen this year)
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past
Lives (Apichatpong Weerasethkathul) ***1/2 - A dying man gather together
his loved ones including the ghost of his dead wife and his son who returns to
him as a large ape with glowing red eyes as he recalls his different past lives.
A strange, quirky film to be sure but oddly mesmerizing just like the second
half of the only other film I've seen of "Joe's", Tropical Malady. It's not for everybody but a
fascinating entry into the pantheon of world cinema.
Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life (Joann Sfar)
**1/2 - This is actually a biopic of French musician Serge Gainsbourg. I
actually know next to nothing of him apart from the fact that he's some sort of
musician and the dad of Charlotte Gainsbourg. It actually starts out very
promisingly with quirky tidbits that seem to promise an unconventional, quirky
and unique biopic but alas, such things don't happen often enough and it quickly
falls into the conventions of a typical music biopic. But the performances are
topnotch and it did hold my attention althroughout (extra points for finding an
actress who really does look like a Brigitte Bardot).
8 comments:
Both interesting, but watching them wouldn't be high on my priority list
Breaking Dawn is quite good at being an absolute waste of space.
Good reviews though, shame this festival had to make way for vampire garbage.
They look interesting!
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Good movies!
The art on the poster for Boonmee is pretty awesome.
Hm, not sure any of these really appeal to me. Sorry.
The first one sounds kind of psychedelic.
These both sounds a really good watch to me, I think I'd actually like to go out of my way to check them both out!
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