Thursday, December 22, 2016
Cinema vague
Two people in Death Valley because their dead son (AIDS) has told them he will meet them there on a certain date.
This is a two character play set in the beauty of Death Valley.
Talk, talk, talk.
Michael left two letters, named these dates. What's up?
It is nice to watch two superb actors work with this strange material. It is also a treat to see Death Valley in wide screen.
Beyond that? French angst in the usual heavy portions. Followed by an inconclusive shrug.
C'est La Vie.
A lot of photography here and on location at the same place we stayed when we visited.
Just like old home week.
We see a lot of the designated "sights". They skipped the sliding stones which are pushed by the wind and leave tracks. A quarter inch a decade. Or something.
The stones move a little more quickly than this film.
It isn't much to watch but it is nice to see these troupers doing their best to breathe life into a saggy premise.
I won't tell you whether the son appears or not.
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