I watched Woman In Gold today, the new Helen Mirren film about Maria Altmann's fight to recover the Klimt painting of her aunt that had been looted by the Nazis in Vienna before the war.
The film has had mixed reviews as you would expect with a lot of the story 'schmaltzified' and the complex legal questions and international issues either simplified or glossed over but it was OK for all that.
A device used in the film was bringing to life photographs and memories. This I really liked.
Old black and white photographs would morph into living people as Altmann (Mirren) looked at them and remembered the day.
Also, when she was remembering places and occasions she would, as her current day self, be included in the scene with the living people of her memories.
Clever that and I haven't seen it done so well before.
I tried to download a sample from the film showing this but couldn't find the right one.
Never mind, I found this interesting video which you might enjoy.
WOMEN - KNOW YOUR LIMITS!
Monday 13 April 2015
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2 comments:
"I tried to download a sample from the film showing this but couldn't find the right one."
Should have asked a woman.
No, no, no Robert.
Didn't you click on the video link?
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