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Up once again, with the whole life pretty much flashing before one s eyes before the story even begins. Once that s done, it s time to sit back and relax, bringing out a much gentler side to the Finnish director, writer, politician – you name it – so devoted to the persona of an “arrogant, self-centred bastard” that it has turned into its own entity.
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But people do mellow with time, after all, and Donner was clearly aware that not much of it was left while filming – he passed away in January 2020. And so he reflects away, led by questions reportedly inspired by his own chat with Bergman, admitting to getting to know Visconti “just like that, with no press agents” or confessing his sins, be they a spotty parental record or the fact that even when he made films, “it was never at 100%”. Save for an odd moment of televised glory – when he accepted the Academ
10/02/2021 - John Webster’s film, which won the Finnish Competition at the Helsinki-based DocPoint, tries to look beyond the “arrogant, self-centred bastard”. Their words, not ours