Friday, February 23, 2007
Venus
We saw the movie Venus last night.
This is one of the cases where I really appreciate skillful acting. Peter O'Toole was amazing as a doddering old rapidly declining actor who had spent his life chasing women. He plays the character Maurice (pronounced Morris)
He is marvellous as an appreciator of women even as he is completely aware that no woman is interested in him anymore.
He is determined to enjoy them to the very end of his life. This puts him in sharp contrast with his friend Ian who is also an actor and equally declining. The difference is that Ian is determined not to enjoy the end of his life.
He views his young niece, Venus, as a dangerous nuisance rather than as a gift to be courted.
One thing that I loved about this movie was that it didn't sentimentalize old age. The actors were so real. We could love them exactly because they were so real.
This is one of the cases where I really appreciate skillful acting. Peter O'Toole was amazing as a doddering old rapidly declining actor who had spent his life chasing women. He plays the character Maurice (pronounced Morris)
He is marvellous as an appreciator of women even as he is completely aware that no woman is interested in him anymore.
He is determined to enjoy them to the very end of his life. This puts him in sharp contrast with his friend Ian who is also an actor and equally declining. The difference is that Ian is determined not to enjoy the end of his life.
He views his young niece, Venus, as a dangerous nuisance rather than as a gift to be courted.
One thing that I loved about this movie was that it didn't sentimentalize old age. The actors were so real. We could love them exactly because they were so real.
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