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(E) 114 min
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lhrt; may he. at heart. a story ahout the dream of playrnq protessuonal sports and the opportunities; rt {lllt)l(lf; but it it: more ahout family, education, dang culture and. most ohvrously, the l)l(?(ll(3£llll(?lll of the hlaek males; Ill the Amerrean sortral system Dil’OClOl Michael Tollrn rearsts; serrtrmentalrsrng the players' lives. |llE§lO€l(l allowrng them and their families to reflect on the actions: land rnaetronsl that led to them down their path. Mrnrmal extras. lMark Rohertsonr
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DRAMA EVERYTHING (15) 88min
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When overweight. middle—aged Rrrthar'd (Ray rVrnstoner visits; prostitute Naomi rex EastErrders star .Jan Gr‘avesonr at her (:entral London klltXTlelt] shop he seems less interester’l rn extracurricular aetrt'rtres; than the serdrd details of her lrte and trade. As he refuses a Single sexual tax'our trrne ar‘d again she becomes hoth intrigued and angry as their relatronshrp becomes;
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(15) 104min
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Although there have been numerous Tintin exhibitions. literary tributes and even a rumoured Spielberg-directed movie of the quiffed one, there has been relatively little documented of the man behind the boy reporter. In 2003 Danish documentarian Anders Ostergaard sought to redress this by making the insightful and intriguing film Tintin et Moi — a document of the bizarre life and times of the publicity shy Tintin creator Georges Remi, AKA Hergé.
But this is no ordinary straightforward biopic: Dstergaard picks an extraordinary turn of journalistic events for the basis of his documentary. Following in the footsteps of student reporter Numa Sadoul, he centres his film on a proposed brief ten-minute interview with Herge’ that unexplainany turned into four days and a consequent 14 hours worth of audio interview material. published as a book in the mid-70$. Dstergaard has reconstituted this therapy session (Sadoul readily admits to feeling like Herge's psychoanalyst at points) into a beautifully pensive and at times melancholic movie that seeks to re-establish the reasons why the Tintin books work on several different levels.
Amidst some creative marrying of frames of the books with archive footage, Tintin et Moi intertwines and finally lays to rest the issues of accused Nazi sympathies. his relationship with the Catholic church. and in turn his hunger to explore new cultures from the confines of his own Brussels studio.
Featuring contributions from esteemed Tintinoligists Michael Farr and Harry Thompson, it's an authoritative and artistic homage to a man who projected himself and his issues through the boy adventurer. and interestingly enough, through Captain Haddock in latter days, while maintaining the exterior of the consummate ‘balanced' and fastidious professional that he was. This is highly recommended viewing.
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