While the last ESLF article detailed the more memorable roles of Mr Mortensen’s career, this review looks to the most recent, Everybody Has a Plan (Ana Piterbarg, 2012) a film he not only produced but also took, along with its director, to the recent 56th BFI London Film Festival. As previously stated he has starred in Spanish-speaking films before, most recently, playing the titular character of Captain Alatriste (Agustín Díaz… Read More »
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LFF 2012 Review: Blancanieves
The tale of Snow White was published by Grimm brothers Jacob and Wilhelm in their Hausmärchen collection and has seen many a filmmaker make attempts to adapt the classic fairy tale to the big screen including Walt Disney, Michael Cohn and most recently Tarsem Singh and Rupert Sanders. Both directors released, respectively, very different versions, however, since literary publication in 1812 it has taken some 200 years for a truly… Read More »
The Renaissance Man: Viggo Mortensen
It was announced, recently, that Viggo Mortensen would be presenting a Screen Talk at the 56th BFI London Film Festival to discuss his new film Everybody Has a Plan, on his birthday no less. Some will know him as Aragorn from The Lord of the Rings; a testament to his memorable turn – thanks to a last minute casting decision – in Peter Jackson’s Middle-Earth saga, while most will recognise… Read More »
Review: Untouchable
In the same vein as adapted memoirs, The Sea Inside (Alejandro Amenábar, 2004) and The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Julian Schnabel, 2007), Untouchable, too, portrays a male protagonist living with a severe disability, based upon Abdel Sallou’s You Changed My Life. While the former film titles attempted to encapsulate the struggle of locked-in syndrome and a fight to end a life with dignity, this light comedy-drama provides the affecting story… Read More »
