Hollywood in Berlin
Feb is Berlinale time. Berlinale is the film festival, and it shows the largest number of films of any film festival in Europe. It is a real mixed bag of documentaries, new unreleased movies and old crackers. It’s hard not to get into the spirit as nearly every film is in English and those that aren’t come with subtitles. So last Friday I hooked up Neil and Donna to go and see The Shining. I hadn’t seen it before and I know it’s a classic so it was a must do, and it was brilliant. I was genuinely scared! It has been a long time since I have watched a movie and been scared, but watching Jack Nicholson’s character come apart at the seems and go slowly mad was not only great acting, his facial expressions are perfect, but riveting and so bloody scary. I will never be a caretaker at a deserted hotel!!
On the Sunday Ela and I tried to get tickets for a German movie about a woman who was a fighter for the resistance in Germany during WW2 which is a hot favourite for best movie but we were a bit late so we will try again next Sunday. Plus 2001-A space odyssey is on Sat, which I haven’t seen since a kid so will definitely try for that one.
