tv The Film Review BBC News November 15, 2019 5:45pm-6:01pm GMT
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the film review coming up, but first a quick look ahead to sports day. coming up, we look into the case of the chinese swimmer who says he did not give a drugs test sample because the testers could not prove their identity. the triple olympic champion faces a lengthy ban if he loses at the court of arbitration for sport. he also denies smashing his blood sample with a hammer. all that and more on the sports day at 6030 pm. now, though, time for this review. —— at 6:30pm. now, time for the film review. hello and welcome to the film review on bbc news.
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to take us through this week's cinema releases is mark kermode. so mark, what do we have this week? i think we have something for eve ryo ne i think we have something for everyone from that we have in the month 66, starring christian bale and matt damon. —— we have a le mans ‘66 will stop we have the amazing johnathan, a documentary that becomes an enigma. and the report, in which the cia are called to account. a really interesting week! let's start with le mans ‘66, known in other territories as ford versus ferrari. this is the story of the ford motor company attempting to regain its mojo by winning le mans ata time regain its mojo by winning le mans at a time whenjames bond doesn't drive a ford, though it suddenly so much because his urgent government to generate! —— is set in the film but that's because he a
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degenerative! it's about carroll shelby, an engineer, he wants to call in ken miles, british race driver, who is very much his own man. we first meet him in his garage. another satisfied customer? can i help you, miss? wasn't that an mga 1500? ah, you know your cars! i like them. i love the sound they make, the way it goes right through you. right. that vibration. mine is the wood—panelled country squire across the street. a real hot rod. oh, yeah? is it fast? very. wait a second. what type of girl are you? the type of girl who likes the smell of wet gasoline... 0h. burnt rubber... 0h. are you some kind of a deviant, are you?
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well, that makes sense, i married you. i think that gives you a sense of the playfulness of the story, which in many ways is very serious. christian bale is that character and matt damon are someone who is very different. this has sort of a chalk and cheese pairing at the heart, not just between their characters but also between then as the designers and writers, and ford who is this very corporate motor company forced at they basically want him out because they think he's a loose cannon, he won't do what he's told when he's put in front of the cameras, he says whatever comes into his mind, shelby wants him in because he says it's the only way to win. you have to have someone who knows what they're doing. many things to like about this. first, the performances are terrific. you get to know the characters unlike them, and care about them. and secondly, the way sequences are nail—biting, much like that film rush, a lot of it is to do with the sound effects, crunching use. it's
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filmed in a way that does put you right in the cockpit, you do feel those ray sequences. i like the behind—the—scenes stuff, the way in which its that sort of fight between the corporate and individual, which you can see to some extent as being maybe a fight about making films in a very sort of corporate environment. but mostly, i don't really have any outside interest in motor racing at all, but this documentary made me interested in the characters, i didn't know how the characters, i didn't know how the story panned out. and i think it's really down to the fact that the film does have a joyous sense to it. it is a serious subject and it's a life—and—death subject, but i think you so from that clip, there isa think you so from that clip, there is a playfulness, sense of entertainment, of liking the car is a second. even if the people like the car is first and the people second! the second film, i don't even know how to describe it, i don't know
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what to make of it. we have to be careful what we say, it's called the amazing johnathan, a documentary about the amazing johnathan. a comedy magician who achieved huge vegas success at the turn of the century and he called himself the freddy krueger of comedy full his act involved appearing to scoop his eye ball act involved appearing to scoop his eyeball out onstage, appearing to secure his tongue. and then in 2014, when he was onstage, he announced he had been given a year to live, he had been given a year to live, he had a heart condition. the documentary picks up in recent yea rs, documentary picks up in recent years, he's still here and is going out to do more gigs. and it begins asa out to do more gigs. and it begins as a documentary about this extraordinary character, about whom idid not extraordinary character, about whom i did not know anything, but it very $0011 i did not know anything, but it very soon becomes a documentary about itself because we discover that the film—maker not only has his own particular interest in telling the story but also he's not the only person trying to tell the story. so it has an unreliable narrator, somebody who is an illusionist, a prankster, who make things appear
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real that aren't real, a documentary film—maker who starts making a documentary about documentary film—making, and we have enough twists and turns at by the time it got to the final, by which point it could have become very naval gazing, it manages to pull off a bravura final flourish. the only thing it manages to pull off a bravura finalflourish. the only thing i have to say is, it is has intrigued you, see the film without reading another word about it.|j you, see the film without reading another word about it. i know you have read about it. i haven't seen it and have read about it. i haven't seen itand i'm have read about it. i haven't seen it and i'm intrigued. the less you know the better. it's like searching for sugar man and those kinds of films, the less you know going on, the better it is. i did find myself going, no, no, really?! intrigued, a lwa ys going, no, no, really?! intrigued, always a good thing! now, the report. adam driver is danieljones, who headed up the investigation into enhanced interrogation techniques. the title is the torture report with the word torture blacked out, or specifically redacted. it's about the report into cia techniques, but which we now
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know much more than we did then, in the wake of 9/11. his conclusion is firstly that these are torture and secondly that they don't work. of course, the cia is not impressed. here's the clip. i vehemently disagree with the narrative that you're trying to string together here. it lacks context, it does not paint an accurate picture of the work that was done. senator, john brennan's name is on the report, he was director tennants's chief of staff and then deputy executive director when the programme started. he grew up at the agency. he claims to have spoken out against the eit programmes. where? i've just spent five years looking at their e—mails and never found anything to suggest that is true. well, we knew this wasn't going to be easy, they have their own narrative and they are going to stick to it. maybe we could come up with some middle ground, find some common language. i thought ourjob was to provide oversight and accountability, not middle ground. i have a question for you. do you work for me or for the report? and i would encourage you to think
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about that before answering. so that's annette bening, as dianne feinstein. interesting thing, you can see, it's a drama that plays out in rooms and a lot of it is people in rooms and a lot of it is people in rooms having conversation or looking stuff up on the computer, or going through... it can be dry. i think there's an argument that there isa think there's an argument that there is a certain amount of dramatic inertia. therefore it says a lot about the film that firstly, the subject itself is really interesting, but also, it's telling that it kept me great. and at the heart of that is adam driver. he has two movies out this week, he is also in marriage story, and he is double that completely different characters in these films. i absolutely believed in him is this kind of dog it, you know, very sort of low—key person who is involved in seeing this report through to the end. there is a lovely moment where it looks like he's been threatened with legal action and someone says, you
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don't have a legal problem, you have a sunlight problem. what they mean is, first, the report may never see the light of day but also he hasn't beenin the light of day but also he hasn't been in the sunlight for a very long time, he's been in a bunker. subject dealing with is so distressing. so distressing. but i think this is judicious in its use of showing us what the report is about. it's mostly showing us his efforts to get that report finished and get it out into the open against huge odds. it's an important story. it's a very recent history and already is something that, we need to remember these stories because they are important, and i think it's well done. hats off to adam driver for this and also for marriage story, at the same week. that's out... this is the last week i'm going to do this. the thing is, this looks like a film about child gorillas but for me it's a modern
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day retelling of the lord of the tries, its extraordinary cost, the soundtrack is amazing. one of the best soundtracks of the year. visually, it is utterly breathtaking. you're with me so far. i'm with you so far. but you found it to... too stressful. it doesn't get any it to... too stressful. it doesn't get a ny less it to... too stressful. it doesn't get any less stressful. this right but is that not an indication of how powerful it is? yes. it's gripping. yeah dvd of the week, they maradona, in a different way. it opens with a car chase through the streets of naples, resembling the car chase in the french connection, and it focuses on diego maradona's time in naples and looks at the divide, diego, his home life, maradona... and as with all the director's work, i think he's
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very good at getting under the skin ofa very good at getting under the skin of a subject and finding a way of replacing dualities so that there is a tension in the characters. i thought it was fascinating, bearing in mind again i said this about motor racing, i've never seen a football match in my entire life and i still watched this and i knew where i was and understated because it's constructed like a dramatic narrative. it's a very dramatic documentary. he is clever.m narrative. it's a very dramatic documentary. he is clever. it really is. and see monos again! again?! that's it for this week though. thanks for watching. goodbye. good evening. as we head into the weekend, it looks like low pressure will always be fairly close to our
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shows, thing set to remain fairly u nsettled, shows, thing set to remain fairly unsettled, quite a bit of cloud around, some rain, too, and it will stay chilly for the time of year. but there will be some sunshine, probably scotland and northern ireland faring best with that. this huge area of low pressure has been causing issues across the western half of europe, italy flooding, venice, snow in northern spain in the alps, and it's been bringing us some miserable conditions, as well, outbreaks of rain, cold air moving in from the east, and quite a lot of cloud and outbreaks of rain continuing this evening and overnight, some more prolonged bursts across southern areas. like the clear spells for scotland, so the clear spells for scotland, so the northern and western scotland and northern ireland, here it will be quite a cloud into the night, frost and fog here. a few clear spells across the south—east, but where you hold on to remain fairly u nsettled, where you hold on to remain fairly unsettled, quite a bit of cloud around, some rain, too, and it will stay chilly for the time of year. but there will be some sunshine, probably scotland and northern ireland faring best with that. this huge area of low pressure has been causing issues across the western half of europe, italy flooding, venice, snow in northern spain and the alps, and it's been bringing some miserable conditions, as well, outbreaks of rain, cold air moving
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in from the east, and quite a lot of cloud and outbreaks of rain continuing this evening and overnight, some more prolonged bursts across southern areas. lengthy clear spells for scotland, said the northern and western scotla nd said the northern and western scotland and northern ireland, here it will be quite a cloud into the night, frost and fog here. a few clear spells across the south—east, but were you hold onto the cloud, temperatures will hold on 5—6. low pressure still with us, weaker on saturday, isobars further apart, meaning the winds will be lighter. but we will continue to have thicker cloud in central and eastern england, down into wales in the south west or south—eastern parts of england could see brightness. rain edging into the west isles through the day. lighter winds, edging into the west isles through the day. lighterwinds, chilly edging into the west isles through the day. lighter winds, chilly but not as cold as it has been to the last few days. into the night, it stays damp across central and northern areas, a few clear spells around, and where we see that it will be cold, close to freezing, chilly spots across the south where it stays clear but most places will hold on the cloud. another cloudy day to start sunday, the weather front draped across northern england, southern scotland, the midlands into wales, could bring some persistent rain to flood affected areas, so watch this over the next day or so. an improving picture, though, for scotland and northern ireland is high pressure begins to come in, we will see sunshine here, but another chilly day. this area of high pressure will last through monday and tuesday and bring us fine unsettled weather, finally. it will be cold but we
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should see plenty of sunshine before a low—pressure start stakeholders of the weather from wednesday for the band when it does, after monday and tuesday which will be fine, cold and sunny, it will introduce outbreaks of rain from the —— at times, when from the south—east, milder for our shores. we will notice that towards the end of the week.
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