TStechnij Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 "Fred and Mick, two old friends, are on vacation in an elegant hotel at the foot of the Alps. Fred, a composer and conductor, is now retired. Mick, a film director, is still working. They look with curiosity and tenderness on their children's confused lives, Mick's enthusiastic young writers, and the other hotel guests. While Mick scrambles to finish the screenplay for what he imagines will be his last important film, Fred has no intention of resuming his musical career. But someone wants at all costs to hear him conduct again." One of my favorite films coming out of TIFF and likely the top of my list that will get an viewers. Emotional and absolutely gorgeous. Please make me rave about this film because I will. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halba Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 (edited) One of my favorite films coming out of TIFF and likely the top of my list that will get an viewers. Emotional and absolutely gorgeous. Please make me rave about this film because I will. it looks really good. cant wait to see this one. Caine/Keitel veterans are in top form. amazing what they can achieve at their age Caine is 82 Keitel is 76. Edited September 20, 2015 by Halba Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TStechnij Posted September 20, 2015 Author Share Posted September 20, 2015 And Jane Fonda is 77! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halba Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 (edited) And Jane Fonda is 77! oh yep didnt know she was in this movie. another reason to watch veteran actors in top form. also paul dano/rachel weisz. Both still in good form. Edited September 20, 2015 by Halba 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TStechnij Posted September 20, 2015 Author Share Posted September 20, 2015 Weiss has some moments of genius and also some that fall short. Dano is good throughout. Fonda comes for one scene and just kills it. Absolutely powerhouse moment. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Gittes Posted October 24, 2015 Share Posted October 24, 2015 Went to see this a couple days ago. Love the way Sorrentino can find meaning and beauty in an almost intuitive juxtaposition of images (his movies really rely on editing to achieve their effect more than almost anyone else's), and I'm glad that for most of the movie he keeps things light and amusing despite some weighty subject matter. As a two-hour series of observations, it's a pleasant watch, but it also can't help but be uneven - for every inspired moment (Caine conducting cows, Keitel seeing the characters of his films before him, the revelation of who Dano is preparing to play, a nightmare as a garish music video, etc.) there's much less interesting stuff like broad jokes about Hollywood, most of Weisz's plotline, exchanges and monologues that fall flat. Plus Caine and Keitel don't really do anything revelatory here, and the movie quickly loses steam and becomes much more po-faced after Fonda's cameo, when there's still half an hour to go. Overall it's good, but Sorrentino has done a lot better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...