Two years ago my friend Daniela lend me a film which I never got around to watch... until this evening. I don't suppose anyone (except for German speaking folks) on my flist has ever heard of Das weiße Rauschen (The White Sound) but it's a fantastic film. And heck, I knew Daniel Brühl was a good actor but I never realised he is this amazingly gifted.

Even though the film is about schizophrenia it kept reminding me of An Insomniac's Nightmare rather than of A Beautiful Mind. Both films have these intense and creepy insight into a disturbed mind. A Beautiful Mind is a good film but too Hollywood-esque.

And I'm so so SO tempted to buy this but... *smacks wrist* ... thou shallst save thy money...

I bought them tickets for the Merry Christmas premiere today. Benno Fürmann, Diane Krüger (yes that's the actress from Troy who snogged Orlando Bloom) and Daniel Brühl will be there. And I've seen the trailer and it looks very promising. All I hope for now is that they'll show the trilingual version, not the dubbed one.

/fangirlage

Went to see Ladies In Lavender today all on my ownsies (wich I've never done before...go to the movies all alone without friends) because I couldn't possibly find someone to go with me. It's not one of them big blockbusters featuring the next blonde sex goddess, that's why it's not shown in our big super cinema palace but only in a small cinema that's actually a rather old fashioned film theatre. And ironically it's also the place where I went to see a movie for the first time ever when I was a child (The Little Mermaid), so it was kind of cool to return there after all these years.

The plot basically revolves around two aged English ladies who find an unconscious young man at the beach one day and who turns out to be a)not understanding the English language and b)a gifted violinist.

I must admit that my main reason to watch this was the young musician, or more Daniel Brühl, who played him. And I will also confess that yes, I really do like Daniel Brühl, though most of my fellow Germans don't seem to... ^^ I dunno what he's like in real life and frankly I don't care, but I like him as an actor and find him quite handsome as well, so there you go. (And the chance to see him in 1930's clothes playing the violin? How was I suppose to resist? :o) ) By the way, that's him as in the film I watched today:



When I then found out Maggie Smith and Judi Dench were going to be in it as well I just knew I had to see this one. I love Maggie Smith, she's one of those old dignified ladies, I don't know how to express it else, and she's simply great.

I really liked the film, and would have loved it hadn't it been for the dubbing. I'm used to Maggie Smith's voice because I watch Harry Potter in English only, and to see Daniel Brühl dubbed with a put on dubbed Polish accent was...weird to say the least ^^

I reckon I shall this one on DVD when it comes out and watch it in English.


Also? Daniel Brühl's new film will premiere in my hometown next month, I must see whether I can get hold of tickets...