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Barbie (2023)
Could have been written by an IA !
It has its great moments like the « Barbie Bizarre » one but it is so jammed with pre-thought ideas that I never really took of. The jokes, the references seem to me pretty « cerebral » except the first one used in the trailer and some of Ryan Gosling ones when as a character he really go for it trying to be the one ! Otherwise, I felt pretty left outside of it as if in some kind of populist political meeting where all the ideas of the moment are expressed. Ok why not, but I came for a story with emotions... and some catharsis. Here I felt there were 4 attempts of making us have a catharsis... but none really worked for me. A cerebral mumble jumble.
Francis Ford Coppola Directs 'John Grisham's The Rainmaker' (2007)
Working with actors milestone
I've found it a really generous and energizing "workshop" documentary on the work of a director with actors. You get a glimpse of how even "huge" actors like Jon Voigt or Danny DeVito can benefit from images and an atmosphere to be able to really "play". As Francis F.Coppola said it it's an actor department in the film and the documentary shows you how it is run. You can get how improv is done and help the acting of the scene. I've found it a precious document because it gives you a feeling of all the actors insecurities and at the same time how to handle them as a director. This is quite surprising to have opened the process of filmmaking to such an extent. I actually see it as the actual working version of "Day by night" of François Truffaut, how you actually need to form "une troupe" with actors (the exercise of the imaginary ball !) to give them confidence and love ! Really great.