Today we attended four films at the Seattle International Film Festival, starting with a mediocre film at the Secret Cinema before moving on to the Neptune Theater for the rest of the day.In Rescue Dawn, the true story of Dieter Dangler, director Werner Hertzog weaves a tense, nail-biting story of a US Navy airman shot down in Laos during the Vietnam conflict. Dangler is captured and imprisoned and quickly sets about planning an escape. Deplorable conditions in the camp are made worse by famine, and when the camp guards begin running out of food and plot to kill their prisoners, Dangler acts.
Christian Bale is riveting as Dangler in a performance marked by the actor's dramatic weight loss in the third act. (Bale also shed 60 pounds for 2004's The Machinist.)
We spent the evening enjoying two films from France: the anticipated comedy My Best Friend from director Patrice Laconte and the thriller Them, which was at times so creepy that people were literally jumping out of their seats. The former was one of the festival highlights thus far. Them, though full of starts and chills, got off to a sluggish start and is weak on character and plot.
Christian Bale is riveting as Dangler in a performance marked by the actor's dramatic weight loss in the third act. (Bale also shed 60 pounds for 2004's The Machinist.)
We spent the evening enjoying two films from France: the anticipated comedy My Best Friend from director Patrice Laconte and the thriller Them, which was at times so creepy that people were literally jumping out of their seats. The former was one of the festival highlights thus far. Them, though full of starts and chills, got off to a sluggish start and is weak on character and plot.
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