THE PRIVATE LIVES OF PIPPA LEE
6/10
This wasn't a bad film, but I can't help but think I wasn't the target audience. It's about a middle aged woman, Pippa Lee, who's married to a man a reasonable amount older than her (played by Alan Arkin). It begins just after they've moved to a retirement village near their children, a place that's far smaller and not as glamourous as the home they came from. Pippa reminisces throughout the film about her various stages of life and the 'different' lives she's led. Has Winona and Keanu in it in small parts, but Alan Arkin does a great job (as usual). Probably more aimed at the more 'mature lady' than 30 something gentleman. Watchable.
ALPHAVILLE
6/10
My second film of the festival starring Anna Karina. She's a guest of the festival too and did an intro and Q&A. She seems like a sweet lady and very down to earth. Alphaville is a 1965 black and white film by Jean-Luc Godard, about a secret agent who travels from Earth to Alphaville in order to try and take down an evil scientist. To be honest, I didn't really enjoy the film, and fell asleep through parts of it, only to wake up and feel like I hadn't missed anything. The print wasn't the best, and white subtitles without shadow made for some difficult reading. Anna Karina looked great and the film was visually entertaining enough to stick around for, but it probably won't rank very highly in my favourite sci-fi films of all time. Interestingly, JLG didn't give a script to the cast at the beginning - they had to just show up and were given their lines on the day, so they never really knew much about what was going on. Neither did I.
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