Whether it's a photograph or a
piece of clothing, a leather bag or a
film, I tend to gravitate towards simple, beautifully made, quietly
lovely things.
At the
film festival: Bruce LaBruce's subversive masterpiece, Gerontophilia, a
lovely rom - com in which everybody fucks one another across all age and gender borders — desire shall bind us together; Juno Mak's Rigor Mortis, a touching albeit grim look at loss and damnation in the form
of a Chinese hopping - vampire movie, with many a nod to the subgenre's clichés and conventions; Jealousy, Philippe Garrel's latest tale
of love ground down by the mill
of daily life, raw and naked even by his ascetic standards; Hayao Miyazaki's troublesome The Wind Rises, which frames the story
of a fighter - plane designer as a grand romance
of struggle and failure, with animation's supreme living master contemplating the price mankind can sometimes pay in the name
of one dreamer's self - fulfillment, and the willful blindness and egocentricity it takes to realize one's vision; and finally to Yorgos Lanthimos's Necktie and Athina Rachel Tsangari's 24 Frames Per Century, their contributions to the Venice 70: Future Reloaded omnibus, not to mention the untitled
pieces by Jean - Marie Straub, Monte Hellman, Amit Dutta, and Haile Gerima.
As the
film draws towards its finale, so Howard finally really releases the shackles and allows the music to go full - pelt - «It's God» with a soaring trumpet theme; «The Final Climb» reprises a couple
of earlier themes, Howard once again combining conflicting emotions with real class; and finally, a
lovely end credits
piece which is very recognisably from this composer, and one
of the album's certain highlights.
76 % The Prestige (2006) Full
of twists and turns, this
film is a dazzling period
piece that never stops challenging the audience, and Johansson is alluring as the
lovely magician's assistant who earns the affections
of rival illusionists.