Tuesday 25 March 2008
Film 3
I've seen a few movies in the last week, each different. Last night we went to the Music Box Theatre in Lakeview to see The Counterfeiters, a German language film about a career master counterfeiter who was thrown into a concentration camp in Nazi Germany. Salomon Sorowitsch and fellow 'skilled' jews are partitioned from the horrors outside of their isolation so they can help the Nazi's salvage victory by flooding the wartime economy with counterfeit money.
It is not a typical concentration camp story but the film relays a true story of 'Ope
ration Bernhard,' the largest forgery operation of all time. It was very good and won best foreign-language film at this years Oscars.
The Music Box Theatre mind you was like a throw back to the ABC in Catford in the mid-70's. Built in 1929, the theatre is known for championing independent and foreign-language films. It is said to be haunted by a ghost often sat in aisle 4. I wondered who was stealing my popcorn.
On Saturday we watched Once, another Oscar winner for the song Fallen Slowly. An Irish low budget film about a Dublin street busker and an Czech immigrant who instantly bond due to their love of music but their love for each other doesn't come as easy. The Frames' Glen Hansard stars as the busker come hoover repair man. Director John Carney used to play bass in the band too.
Then last week we saw Snow Angels starring the beautiful Kate Beckinsale. Set in a snowbound Pennsylvania town it is sorry tale of a broken marriage littered with anger, violence and reprehension. I personally didn't like it as I found it morose but it is a complicated thriller with a lot of tragic stories playing out, only cheered by excellent performances from teenage sweethearts Arthur and Lila played by Michael Angarano and Olivia Thirlby, who was also in Juno. ¶ 10:28
It is not a typical concentration camp story but the film relays a true story of 'Ope
ration Bernhard,' the largest forgery operation of all time. It was very good and won best foreign-language film at this years Oscars.The Music Box Theatre mind you was like a throw back to the ABC in Catford in the mid-70's. Built in 1929, the theatre is known for championing independent and foreign-language films. It is said to be haunted by a ghost often sat in aisle 4. I wondered who was stealing my popcorn.
On Saturday we watched Once, another Oscar winner for the song Fallen Slowly. An Irish low budget film about a Dublin street busker and an Czech immigrant who instantly bond due to their love of music but their love for each other doesn't come as easy. The Frames' Glen Hansard stars as the busker come hoover repair man. Director John Carney used to play bass in the band too.
Then last week we saw Snow Angels starring the beautiful Kate Beckinsale. Set in a snowbound Pennsylvania town it is sorry tale of a broken marriage littered with anger, violence and reprehension. I personally didn't like it as I found it morose but it is a complicated thriller with a lot of tragic stories playing out, only cheered by excellent performances from teenage sweethearts Arthur and Lila played by Michael Angarano and Olivia Thirlby, who was also in Juno. ¶ 10:28
