So you've seen our posts about 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days and David Gordon Green's Snow Angels. I was lucky enough to catch the former back in September at the amazing Telluride Film Festival in Colorado as part of a student symposium, which meant that we spent an hour in a small elementary classroom with the film's director, Cristian Mungiu, and picked his brain about the film. I'm a huge fan of Green, and read the novel of the same name which the film is adapted from, in anticipation of the film, which came out of last year's Sundance with glowing reviews. However, there's a few other things as well to check out worth your while.
One is The Band's Visit, about a band made up of members of the Egyptian police force, who become stranded in Israel on their way to a concert. While there they end up staying overnight, with the Captain and one of the younger members of the force shacking up with the owner of a small shop. Throughout the night the three learn about each other and themselves, and the film deftly balances a light, comedic, deadpan tone with a dramatic undercurrent. I highly recommend this.
Something that I was supposed to see but missed at Telluride was the Best Foreign Oscar Winner The Counterfeiters, set in WWII Germany. Word was high on this high, and apparently for good reason.
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