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Monthly culture, October 2023
October had very little culture due to my spending a fortnight in Crete, where culture consisted of local musicians playing Greek dances for tourists.
05OCT23: Le Week-End (Michell, 2013) -- Netflix
Written by Hanif Kureishi, starring Lindsay Duncan as Meg and Jim Broadbent as Nick, and featuring a delightful appearance by Jeff Goldblum: Meg and Nick have been together for thirty years and are taking a Eurostar to Paris to rekindle their relationship. It is not entirely successful: harsh things are said and bad behaviour (running out on a restaurant bill) committed. Halcyon pre-Brexit days, pre-Trump, pre-Truss, pre-Boris: but Meg is bitchy and Nick is whiny and self-pitying. Nice to see a film with middle-aged leads -- especially as I feel I will never be as old as these people, not if I live to be 80.
26OCT23: The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (Wes Anderson, 2023) -- Netflix
Short film, as some of us were just back from holiday and needed an early night. Benedict Cumberbatch in the title role; story by Roald Dahl (who's played by Ralph Fiennes in the framing narrative). Sliding scenery! Like a play with the same actor playing different roles -- but also the opposite, a continuous narration spoken by different actors. Loved the colour palette and the clutter: less keen on the same few bars of Mozart on repeat. Artificial Theatricality for the win
05OCT23: Le Week-End (Michell, 2013) -- Netflix
Written by Hanif Kureishi, starring Lindsay Duncan as Meg and Jim Broadbent as Nick, and featuring a delightful appearance by Jeff Goldblum: Meg and Nick have been together for thirty years and are taking a Eurostar to Paris to rekindle their relationship. It is not entirely successful: harsh things are said and bad behaviour (running out on a restaurant bill) committed. Halcyon pre-Brexit days, pre-Trump, pre-Truss, pre-Boris: but Meg is bitchy and Nick is whiny and self-pitying. Nice to see a film with middle-aged leads -- especially as I feel I will never be as old as these people, not if I live to be 80.
26OCT23: The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (Wes Anderson, 2023) -- Netflix
Short film, as some of us were just back from holiday and needed an early night. Benedict Cumberbatch in the title role; story by Roald Dahl (who's played by Ralph Fiennes in the framing narrative). Sliding scenery! Like a play with the same actor playing different roles -- but also the opposite, a continuous narration spoken by different actors. Loved the colour palette and the clutter: less keen on the same few bars of Mozart on repeat. Artificial Theatricality for the win