In these times when we are being asked to “Stay Inside” it is important to still have connect with colleagues. The Chat Cinema gang got together over Skype to have a conversation about films. Our stay home recommendations to watch until the crisis is over. Some surprises happened over the course of the 4 way digital meet up.
Bonus films we recommend.
Kristin-Breakfast at Tiffanys
Sofia-Working Girl
Steve-Crimes and Misdemeanors
Breck-Blazing Saddles
Please Stay In during this Crisis. The medical services have there hands full at this time. We wish everyone to be safe.
The documentary on Grace Jones:Floodlight and Bami Live with Friends opens in the US. The legendary performer allows filmmaker Sophie Fiennes to document her life in this extraordinary film capturing an icon at her most vulnerable.
Up Date The Dinner did not live up to its level of artistic pretentious. Bloated, missed the mark, who cared were the comments. I was told not to waste my time.
The reviews for Trainspotting have been “OK” but no rave reviews. Does the tale of a group of aging misfits from Glasgow resonate today?
Director Danny Boyle
Actress Anjela Nedyalkova
Actor Ewen Bremner
As usual this festival season, politics became a topic with reporters asking questions concerning Brexit. In this hyper political age Director Boyle states his film is not political. It is a story of life’s disappointments, a post modem.
Early news on the new Stanly Tucci debut directorial film has been met with a lack of enthusiasm. The screening is today.
Up Date: A labor for 10 years, actor, director, producer, and writer, Stanley Tucci’s Final Portrait arrived at the Berlinale. Sadly, it was not the welcome a filmmaker would like to have. Based on the last 2 years of the life of painter Alberto Giacometti, played by Geoffrey Rush, the film portrays the artist as a man who lives a life without consequences.
At the press conference helmer Tucci described the film making process of using handheld and two cameras for coverage and the color palette.
Armie Hammer and Stanley Tucci during the Berlinale Press Conference for the Final Portrait.
Can I recommend this film? Based on the reactions in the press area, NO, because the press conference felt more like a firing quad than a film festival, which is always a tall tale sign of a films reception.
Final Portrait stars Geoffrey Rush, Armie Hammer, and Clemency Poescy.
Is Wilde Maus from Austria the breakout film?
Up Date: There were smiles after the press screening of this dark comedy, Wilde Maus/Wild Mouse, Austrian Actor, Director, and Writer Josef Haider’s story of a Viennese Music Critic who loses his job and esteem. A well-known performer in his native country, Haider decided to star and direct in his own film after realizing what he wanted to do with the feature. Saying, he could not imagine another person directing him or another actor playing the lead role he wrote. Hating the casting process of auditions, the director pulled actors, George Friedrich, Jorg Hartmann, and Pia Hierzegger, from his personal relationship circle, asking them to be spontaneous on the set. Judging by the favorable response from the press core I think he succeeded with his debut directorial effort.
