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Maryline (2017)
How graceful
The end credit song gracefully confirms what is the key to the plot : it is a film about being an actress. A woman who acts.
"An actor is something less than a man, while an actress is something more than a woman" (Robert Taylor)
A friend of mine who is an actress told me many times that for a woman, existing in the acting world was much, much harder than it was for a man. It took me a while to believe her, because I saw no logic in . It seemed so stupid. And yet, it stil is true.
It think this movie is about exposing this absurd situation and opening doors to put an end to it.
It is gracefully written, well played (I am not talking of the leading roles, only : th wole casting is quite precisely done) and the music is heartfully chosen written and produced) . Quiet a coherent piece of art.
Ad Astra (2019)
Wouldn't James Grey need help ?
Actually, I read a long and beautiful interview of James Grey that was well.... Much more interesting than the two movies I sat through ("the lost city of z" and now, "Ad Astra". ).
Really, really, I'm all for psychological stuff, for films that take their time, for films that don't have a special moral and focus on the grace of the journey.
But really... And when I read what was saying James Grey in the said interview, I said to myself "Wow, this guy is so lucid, intelligent. I was logical, profound".
So how come ?
What's annoying, really, is that I felt that it could have been a good movie, so personnal. But the work is just not done. All the characters are still a depressed James Grey, for instance. James Grey and his problems. But where is the rest of James Grey ?
Having seen these two movies and read the interview, I felt convinced that James Grey was stuck and needed help.
What I saw is the first draft of a script, really, that was shot as it is written, with no rework on credibility, characters, or dialog.
Maybe seeing older movies from J.G. might reveal something to me. And I'll sure hope James Grey gets better, because he seems to have a very good mind, quite a bit of patience, of courage. He sure deserve to appear more as he seems to really be when he talks about cinema and his journey through life.
Stelle (2012)
Enchanting piece of cinema
The story is so simple, but the treatment is so graceful... I had the chance to see this short twice in festivals, and I must say I long to find it somewhere to watch it with my children.
The voice of Gigi Proietti adds quite a bit of magic to a beautiful photography and quite an adequate soundtrack. Really touching.