July 22, 2005
My review of Last Days is up, along with a relatively uneducated look at Linklater's remake of The Bad News Bears.
I'll have one soon for Saraband, which I saw this afternoon. It was exquisite. It's the first time I've been able to see a new Bergman film on the big screen - and, sadly, the last. Although truthfully, it's not sad; he's said that this is his swan song; in many ways it seems crafted as such, and it's a truly beautiful closing note to his career.
Of minor relevance: the film was shot on HD, and although I'd heard Bergman was unhappy with the look of the 35mm transfer and only allowed it to be projected digitally in Sweden, I hadn't expected Sony Pictures Classics to honor his requests here - but they did indeed. It's always interesting to see old masters embracing new mediums (and the film certainly looks gorgeous, with a palette very reminiscent of Autumn Sonata).
Another old master, Robert Altman, is curently shooting what hopefully won't be his last film, Prairie Home Companion, in Chuck's Twin Cities stomping grounds. You've probably heard by now that Altman has on-set backup from a certain cause celebre filmmaker...but if you haven't, you can read all about this at that filmmaker's newly relaunched (un)official site.
Posted by David Lowery at July 22, 2005 12:02 AM
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i came *this* close to going to see Last Days last night, but then i realized it was premiere night, and i live in seattle. so i knew it would be crazy, and probably sold out by the time i got there. instead, i caught Murderball. which was excellently fun, by the way.
Posted by: brad at July 23, 2005 1:08 PM
Yeah, I saw Murderball the other day, too. Quite good.
Posted by: Ghostboy at July 23, 2005 1:30 PM