L Parkruns at Forest Rec this morning. I play it safe and go
for the bacon sandwich option instead.
We are both hiding in the bedroom from the football match as
Derby unexpectedly take a 3-0 lead away at Rotherham. We come back downstairs
in time to hear them throw it away and the game finishes 3-3.
Later we are at Broadway.
The latest film from the Coen
Brothers 'Hail, Caesar!' depicts life in the Hollywood studios in the
1950s through the role of Eddie Mannix (Josh Brolin) as the head
of studio whose job it is to keep everything running smoothly.
The main problem he faces is keeping the Biblical epic ‘Hail,
Caesar!’ on track after its star Baird Whitlock (George Clooney) is kidnapped
by a group of communist script writers (see ‘Trumbo’) known as ‘The Future’,
who demand a $100,000 ransom in exchange for his safe return.
Then there’s DeeAnna Moran (Scarlett Johansson), an actress
who becomes pregnant out of wedlock in the middle of her film and there's Hobie Doyle
(Alden Ehrenreich), a cowboy actor in Westerns being asked to take over a part
in a more serious role, where he really can't cut it.
Meanwhile Mannix is being seduced by a possible new employer, who offers him more money and the chance to be home in time for
dinner with his wife every evening.
Writing about it now the plot sounds like it has promise, so I'm not
sure what exactly went wrong because it really didn't seem to work. 'Hail, Caesar!' is a rare thing, a disappointing Coen
Brothers film.
For a start there are too many actors and actresses fighting for screen time because there are additional roles for Ralph Fiennes, Tilda Swinton (twice, playing
twins), Channing Tatum, Frances McDormand and many others.
The film is part tribute and parody of Hollywood's Golden Age with
its many references to the films of that era but it’s an unfocussed one, that
will fall flat on most of his audience who do not really go back that far.
In a way it’s the sort of film that Woody Allen would make
and that wouldn’t have been for me either. It was probably great fun to make,
much less to watch.
Post-film is again spent in the Golden Fleece. I think we need a drink after that one.
(Saturday 12th March)
Post-film is again spent in the Golden Fleece. I think we need a drink after that one.
(Saturday 12th March)
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