You can probably tell that I’m flagging, right? I couldn’t think of anything to write about the World Animation 2 selection, and by the time I got through today’s four films, I was only able to write about two of them. Oops…
Another indie film about the lives of failing writers – in this case, turning to a life of crime in addition to flirting with the girl of his dreams.
OK, it’s true – I don’t know enough (read: anything) about the 1956 revolution in Hungary, so I can’t really judge the accuracy of the film (as with I served the King of England) I mean, I know there was a revolution, I know tanks were involved – it was in the news last year [...]
Aw, bless
Another indulgence, but after all, Richard is theatre, literature and cinema’s quintessential anti-hero, and never more so than in Olivier’s gloriously all-out performance, the complete antithesis of his Henry V. I don’t really have anything to say about it (I’m obsessed with the character, the play, this film, even Al Pacino’s documentary about the play, [...]
I don’t really know why I do this to myself…
More than OK…
A charming, funny, moving documentary about the very reason I’m spending my holiday commuting all hours of the day to Edinburgh – cinema.
This was always going to be an indulgence, because I could probably quote reams of Henry V verbatim, particularly Olivier’s version. And having never seen it on the big screen, I found it impossible to resist.
The first real bust of the festival