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Love is strangeLove is strange indeed. How many words do we have for love? Day 3 at DIFF consisted of three films that have love as its central theme - admiration for a friend, revenge after the loss of a loved one and love by family and friends. How strange to be named Federico is Ettore Scola's tribute to his friend, Frederico Fellini. This documentary, part recreation and part original footage, shows how the master developed from cartoonist to deity. I expected a more dissecting portrait of the maestro. I wanted to leave the cinema with a better understanding of his films, but that was absent. I enjoyed the characters, especially the always smiling prostitute called Mona Lisa and the narrator who seemed to pop out of nowhere. Pity it only had one screening. John Lithgow and Alfred Molina play an aging gay couple in the very dream-like and sad Love is strange. The film caused a stir at major film festivals . Hats off to these two prolific actors for being so convincing. In the film, George (Molina) gets fired from the Catholic school where he teaches for being gay and the couple has to sell their apartment and move in with family and friends. I would have loved to see the powers that be at the school who dismissed him get what they deserved, but it seems liberated NY is small- of the dynamics of relationships as the couple is split up. Thank you Ira Sachs for not showing gay people as cartoon characters. Love is strange has another screening on 22 July. The highlight of my day and my festival so far was the bloodfest that will make the Coen brothers proud and Quinton Tarantino jealous. What happens when your son allegedly OD's on cocaine? Love quickly turns to revenge. In The order of disappearance you wipe out the city's drug underworld, starting with the gopher and ending with the drug boss. And if you can't fight them by yourself, you let them destroy each other. This film, that debuted in Berlin, is a Norwegian crime thriller that should appeal to everybody that devour Hollywood action flicks. The only difference is that it is in Norwegian. This film should be released on circuit for a wider audience to enjoy it. Catch this Norwegian film noir masterpiece on 26 July, but only if blood doesn't offend you. * Day 4 has a very serious tone: a South African documentary called Fatherland, Israelis and Palestinians clash in Omar, and My blind heart, a portrayal of Marfan syndrome. 21.07.2014 | danie's blog Cat. : diff durban Gay love is strange Norway
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