Short Post for a Tuesday / Day Four in the Books / Reminder

Good Tuesday every one....the 43rd Telluride Film Festival has come to a close.  It was awesome.


SHORT POST FOR A TUESDAY

As you read this I am in a Jeep Patriot headed back from Heaven (Telluride) to the home base in Oklahoma.  So excuse me if this is short.  I have about a 9 1/2 hour drive topped by a play rehearsal ahead of me.

First and foremost a shout out to my hosts for the 11th consecutive year: Larry and Mitzi Mallard of Telluride.  They make the fest and by extension this Blog possible.

Also a tip of the hat to professional friends who have embraced MTFB in various ways: Kris Tapley, Sasha Stone, Tomris Laffly, Scott Feinberg, Eric Kohn, Anne Thompson, David Ehrlich, Mark Johnson, Greg Ellwood, Kenny Miles and the irrepressible Chris Schiller.  You folks make me feel like a part of the club.

And to the Festival a big thanks.  Julie Huntsinger, Shannon Mitchell and Richard Parkins...you make me feel welcome.

Finally, to  my wife Kristy who indulges the obsession that I have for the Telluride Film Festival...Thank you.


DAY FOUR IN THE BOOKS

A lazier day than two or three and that's OK.

Slept in a bit on Day Four so started with the Labor Day Picnic at 11:00.  Nice eats.  Good ice cream.  Stuck around long enough for the arrival of the iridescent Emma Stone.  Before leaving Town Park I had the chance to speak briefly with Moonlight screen writer and director Barry Jenkins.  In the midst of that conversation came the revelation that he knew of MTFB and mentioned that this space had been the first to suggest a Telluride play for his film (thanks to Jason Osiason).  He was appreciative. That moment became the highlight of a very eventful weekend for me.  Thank you Mr. Jenkins!

Caught my breath and then  hiked to the Gondola to catch the 1:00 pm screening of Bleed for This. It's competently constructed and lead Miles Teller does a convincing job as the central character, real life boxer Vinny Pazienza.  For my money the film is stolen by Aaron Eckhardt as Vinny's troubled trainer,  I'm imploring any members of the Academy or any readers that know members of the Academy to lobby for Mr. Eckhardt here.  Liked him in Sully on Saturday...loved him in Bleed for This on Monday.  He's fantastic.

Closed film watching late Monday afternoon at the Chuck with the Israeli film Through the Wall which was a delight.




REMINDER

The 43rd Fest is done...so People and Professionals...send me your film ratings!  1 to 5 scale with 1 being not so good and 5 being a Kubrick level masterpiece.

Email to:

mpgort@gmail.com

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michael_speech@hotmail.com

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Monday's TBAs and Special Programs / Pics of the Day / Day Three Comments/ And on the Fourth Day / Don't Forget

Welcome to Monday, Labor Day, Sept. 5, 2016...the final day of the 43rd Telluride Film Festival. Was it good for you?

MONDAYS TBA'S AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS

SPECIAL ADDED PROGRAMS:

At the Pierre: Volker Sclondorf's Voyager @ 4:00pm
                       The Fabulous Baron Munchausen @ 7:00pm

TBAs by Venue

The Palm

Una @ 1:00pm
Moonlight @ 3:15pm
Sully @ 6:00pm
Lost in Paris @ 8:15pm

The Galaxy

Things to Come @ 3:00pm
Manchester by the Sea @ 5:30pm


The Chuck

Through the Wall @3:30pm
Toni Erdmann @5:45pm


The Zog

The Eagle Huntress @1:00pm (Free)
Arrival @ 3:45pm
La La Land @ 6:45pm

Sheridan Opera House

I Called Him Morgan @ 9:00am
Frantz @ 3:00pm
Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer @ 5:30pm
California Typewriter @ 8:00pm

The Nugget

Bright Lights @ 1:00pm
Mifune: The Last Samurai @ 3:15pm
Chasing Trane @ 5:15pm
Neruda @ 7:45pm

The Masons

The Pagnol Trilogy @ 1:30pm, 4:00pm, 6:45pm


The Pierre

Calling Cards @1:30pm (Free)
Other programming is above in the Special Programming section

The Backlot (all programs free)

The Fanatic Heart: Bob Geldof and WB Yeats @ 9:15am
Beauties of the Night @ 1:00pm
The Family Whistle @ 3:30pm
Bernadtte Lafont @ 5:00pm
Cool Cats @ 7:30pm


PICS OF THE DAY

Via the CEO Kristy Patterson;

Bryan Cranston from Wakefield's Q and A:

And Richard Gere from Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer Q and A:

DAY THREE COMMENTS

Toni Erdmann...funny...ver funny and touching but a meandering second act and a third act that strains credulity.  That said, it's still very good.

Una...Rooney Mara is outstanding in this adaption of the Davod Harrower play Blackbird (which I saw in June with Michelle Williams and Jeff Daniels).  Ben Mendelsohn gets acted off the screen (imho).  Frankly I'd love to ahve seen a Daniels/Mara film version and something script-wise closer to the stage version.

Wakefield...I liked this quite a lot though the heavy use of voice over may challenge some viewers. Bryan Cranston carries the load with Jennifer Garner giving solid support.

Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer.  I liked it  quite a bit too.  Solid performances from richard Gere and company especially Lior Ashkenazi as the Prime Minister of Israel.

Oscar prospects from Sunday: Mara for Una, Erdmann for Best Foreign Language Film.


AND ON THE FOURTH DAY

MTFB sleeps a bit and then...

11:00 Labor Day Picnic
12:00 Noon Convo in Town Park
1:00pm Bleed for This (The Chuck)
3:30pm Through the Wall (The Chuck)
8:15pm Lost in Paris (Palm)



DON'T FORGET...

Time to start thinking about rating those films you've seen this weekend.  Send them in on a 1 to 5 scale with 1 being "putrid" ad 5 being"poifect".   The People's Telluride composite ratings will be posted here in a week to ten days.


Send ratings to...

mpgort@gmail.com

michael_speech@hotmail.com

Twitter @Gort2

or as a comment to this blog.