|
TORONTO: Fest '06 Wrapup
So I wasn't able to really dig into the more than 350 films at the Toronto International Film Festival in the same way as some of my colleagues (a few who were seeing 5-6 a day), but I can finally take off my iW Managing Editor hat and quickly note on some of the gems I saw at the festival: » Continue reading "TORONTO: Fest '06 Wrapup"TORONTO: Herzog's Riveting New Film That Explores A Man's Struggle With War and Nature
Werner Herzog has created another visually stunning, realistic portrayal of a determined man's struggle to succeed and overcome enormous obstacles in his new film "Rescue Dawn," which premiered at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival this weekend. Like Ken Loach's "The Wind That Shakes The Barley," (also at Toronto) which is about the British oppression of Irish right after World War I, "Rescue Dawn" shows in minute detail how war impacts and destroys individual lives as they struggle with the cruelty and absurdity that armed conflict brings. » Continue reading "TORONTO: Herzog's Riveting New Film That Explores A Man's Struggle With War and Nature" |