The Age of Adaline

Käisin eile vaatamas. Põhjuseks loomulikult filmi peaosalist mängiv Michiel Huisman, kes ei valmistanud pettumust, sest palja ülakehaga duši alt tulek oli täitsa olemas. Nali naljaks, aga ma arvan, et selle filmi kontekstis see võib-olla oligi ta parim stseen. Mulle tundub, et see roll oli tema jaoks liiga "vanilla", liiga positiivne, liiga üheplaaniline.

Stsenaarium oligi selle asja kõige nõrgem koht, aga eks seda oli ka arvata. Kui tahta antud teemal - naine, kes ei vanane - teha just naisi massidena kinno meelitavat romcomi, siis ei saagi muudmoodi. Peabki läila olema.

Ja mis värk on sellega, et kusiganes filmis süüa tehakse, siis peab lõikelaual mingi paprika vedelema? Kas vabad ja vallalised mehed valmistavad ainult paprikatoite?

Mis mulle tohutult meeldis, oli operaatori- (Davind Lanzenberg) ja kunstnikutöö (Claude Pare). Eriti filmi esimeses pooles oli teatav ajatu atmosfäär ja varjatud pinge just visuaalselt suurepäraselt edasi antud. 

Üllatas Blake Lively ja seda just heas mõttes. Ma pole teda siiamaani eriti heaks näitlejaks pidanud, aga see roll sobis talle. Anda edasi aastakümnete pikkust painavat elukogemust ei ole kerge isegi vanemale näitlejale, aga Blake sai sellega hakkama. Rääkides vanemast näitlejast - selles filmis mängis Harrison Ford! Jaa, tema ise. Ja tegi nii hea rolli, et lausa valus oli vaadata. 

P.S. Kui eile kinno jõudsin, siis ründas mind kõigepealt üks proua lokitangide- ja teine siidripurgiga. Ma olin piletit ostes vaateväljast eemaldanud sõnad "Ainult naistele" ning ei osanud aimatagi, et enne filmi algust keeratakse lokke, määritakse kuhugi kreemi ja kinosaalis toimub ka väike teleturg. Loosimised ja puha. Õnneks olid mul klapid kaasas, sain paarkümmend minutit seriaali vaadata.

Waiting list

Battle Creek

Just watched the first episode of Battle Creek and while I am not entirely convinced it is my cup of tea I have to give credits to the opening titles. Very clever.

Are there any nice people to talk to?

Art and Craft
2012
Cullman/Grausman

Stumbled upon this documentary on iTunes while checking out "The 0.99 Rental of the Week" selection. Ashamed to say I had never heard of Mark Landis - infamous art forger and fake (there might be a question mark) philantropist who conned (another question mark) art institutions and museums for almost thirty years "donating" them pieces by known artists, but actually made in Landis' bedroom while watching reruns of old films. 
The thing with documentaries for me is simple. If I like the main character and I am able to feel empathy or sympathy towards him or her, I'm sold. But this story was something else in its own. Mark Landis was able to fool museums all over US for years, offering them fake pieces, NOT asking money for it and posing as a philanthropist sharing his late mother's or sister's belongings. He had a gift of copying various styles of painting and doing it incredibly fast ... while watching TV. The way he did it, almost without passion, somewhat methodically, but absent-mindedly at the same time.
He had been diagnosed with various mental issues and was under a supervision, but other than that - he was just like your next door neighbour, his rooms filled with sketches, paintings, frames, photocopies. He not once bragged about his work, just said it was an easy thing to do. He knew his craft.
A very captivating film indeed.

One of the aliases he had while visiting museums was Father Scott. He just put on a white collar and said that "“You can learn everything you need to be a good priest from the Father Brown DVD series”