aaronBsmith
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9/11/2006 10:46 AM
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Films I saw at Telluride
At Telluride, I saw:
The Last King of Scotland
Severence
Jindabyne
Catch a Fire
Directed by John Ford
The Italian
Volver
Infamous
I would be interesting if anyone out there has seen the original version of Directed by John Ford. It came out in 1971. The version I saw at Telluride was more or less the same, but with more interviews from current filmmakers and actors as well as restored clips from many of John Ford's films.
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quint
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9/11/2006 11:17 AM
posted awhile ago
Re: Films I saw at Telluride
How was the new Almodovar?
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JScott
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9/16/2006 4:04 PM
posted awhile ago
Re: Films I saw at Telluride
Volver is no All about my mother but it is still a very good film. It was my favorite at Telluride.
Even average Almodovar is better than just about anything else, in my opinion.
If you like High Heels it feels like a sequel to that almost.
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paul
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9/22/2006 9:27 AM
posted awhile ago
Re: Films I saw at Telluride
Hi Aaron. I think I'll weigh in on what I saw as well.
Little Children
Maldonne
Lonesome
Remorques
Playtime
Civic Life
Infamous
Day Night Day Night
Dodsworth
I also attended a tribute to Walter Murch and a tribute to Alexander Corda. There were two Romanian short films in the Great Expectations program. The Tube with a Hat by Radu Jude and Marilena de la P7 by Cristian Nemescu. Both were exhilerating because they were distinct, fresh voices from a rather unheard of place in the world of cinema.
I really wanted to see Ghosts of Cité Soleil the way everyone I talked to who'd seen it seemed awestruck by it. But my schedule just didn't work out.
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akdennis
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9/27/2006 3:24 AM
posted awhile ago
Re: Films I saw at Telluride
Here's my list:
Jindabyne (Q & A showing)
Infamous
Civic Life
Fur
Little Children
Severance
Don't Move
Signs
Don't Move
Calling Cards (Shorts)
Sunday Seminar
One of my favorites this year was one of the shorts. "Dead Letters" from New Zealand was wonderful. It had me in tears at the end (I love it when a movie does this) and as I was exiting the theatre and thinking about it, I realized that the film makers had gotten to me in 13 minutes. They developed the story, the characters and pulled at my emotions in 13 min. Bravo.
The Q and A session after "Jindabyne" with Laura Linney (one of my favorites) was terrific. The movie is dark (this was the year for heavy, dark dramas and violence, wasn't it?) but very well done and I thought Laura was terrific opposite Gabriel Byrne.
"Civic Life" was terrible, just like their short was last year. How did they get back in this year? People were leaving half-way through, including myself.
"Little Children" and "Infamous" were solid features that I enjoyed very much. "Fur" was strange and the story didn't quite work for me but I enjoyed the acting of Downey and Kidman.
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