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Andrew and Jeremy Get Married (2004)
definitive documentary
TV documentaries are often no more than magazine articles dressed up with pictures. or they fall into the cult personality journalism trap - Nic Broomfield. Michael Moore for example. Sometimes they are SO much better. this film, directed by Don Boyd and produced by Charles Sturridge and Nick Fraser, is an example of documentary at its very best. a combination of innovative smooth film-making (albeit impressionistic at times) and very sensitive, probing storytelling. It looked ravishing and was brilliantly edited.(Kate Spankie) it worked on so many levels and i enjoyed every moment. (a bit short maybe - apparently Don Boyd shot 100 hours of footage!). i saw it on a big screen in Brussells with many other women. They loved it.
Separate Lies (2005)
simply embarrassing
How did this silly film get produced? The performances are OK but all these actors have been better in other much better films. I suppose the title might give you a clue to its redundant sentiments - Coward or Ayckeborne.What is clear is that from the start whoever fashioned this film had no clue of the emotional truths that the themes of the book offered and the dialogue descends into the kind of drivel associated with short stories you might have imagined people read in magazines of the 50's. One thing is apparent. It makes you question the Oscar system.Did the creator of this film really win an Oscar? I wonder how much Robert Altman had to do with the script of the film Julian Fellowes wrote which won him his Academy Award. Gosford Park is an example of a film director's ability to go beyond what was a pretty superficial script and create atmosphere and memorable imagery. This ridiculous film does none of this and will surely pass into the oblivion it deserves. On a philosophical level, do not be fooled by the hype. it says nothing about marriage or human beings for that matter. Tosh.