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SusiGo · August 23, 2014 5:06 pm

Brilliant.

This Is The Phantom Lady · August 23, 2014 6:13 pm

At least it is coming to Denmark... I was a bit worried it wouldn't even come.

I still remember waiting ages for a Cillian Murphy film to come... emailing several theaters to get confirmation that it was running at all and was promised it would. Only to find out it was only a DVD release here...

But like I said, an early Birthday present isn't too bad either... I could always wish for a theater ticket for my Birthday and rewatch it to get all the details!

SusiGo · August 28, 2014 2:14 pm

The film will have its world premiere at this years's Telluride Festival:

http://www.telluridefilmfestival.org

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-telluride-film-festival-birdman-rosewater-wild-20140827-story.html

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tonnaree · August 28, 2014 2:26 pm

Nervous and excited for reviews to start coming out.

gently69 · August 28, 2014 2:26 pm

Far far away ... why always out of reach???

SusiGo · August 29, 2014 11:43 am

Here is a link to the programme (p. 15). I take it that Benedict will not be there, just the director Morten Tyldum.

http://www.telluridefilmfestival.org/pdfs/41st_TFF_program_guide_FINAL.pdf

SolarSystem · August 29, 2014 11:53 am

gently69 wrote:
Far far away ... why always out of reach???

Because then once he's finally within reach, it'll be all the more special.

SolarSystem · August 30, 2014 8:38 am

Great reactions after the screening at Telluride, apparently. Well... I knew it.

This review is not spoiler-free:
http://cumbertrekky.tumblr.com/post/96155984021/the-imitation-game-telluride-review

Another one:
http://anindoorkitty.tumblr.com/post/96152674834/imitation-game-demands-oscars-attention-analysis

SusiGo · August 30, 2014 8:53 am

This is brilliant. I am so very happy.

SolarSystem · August 30, 2014 8:56 am

Oh, you're not the only one.
Trouble is, I'm now getting even more impatient to finally see the film! Can't wait, can't wait, can't wait..!!!

SolarSystem · August 30, 2014 9:03 am

....and here is a review that praises Benedict but is a bit more critical with the movie as a whole:

http://www.hitfix.com/in-contention/review-benedict-cumberbatch-is-the-only-puzzle-worth-solving-in-the-imitation-game?hf_source=HitFixUserShare&hf_medium=Twitter&hf_campaign=gregel&hf_exp=social_title_off&title=Review%3A%20Benedict%20Cumberbatch%20is%20the%20only%20puzzle%20worth%20solving%20in%20%27The%20Imitation%20Game%27

Harriet · August 30, 2014 9:55 am

Thanks for sharing, Solar, a good read that raises important questions. We got to see

SolarSystem · August 30, 2014 3:04 pm

And another one. You'll find this in the review:
But it is Cumberbatch’s show, despite the strong supporting cast. You can’t take your eyes off him. It will be counted as one of the best performances of the year.

http://www.awardsdaily.com/blog/2014/08/true-stories-of-political-oppression-grief-recovery-and-imitation-games/

SusiGo · August 30, 2014 3:35 pm

The last review mentions something I thought when reading the more critical review above: We should not reduce Turing to his sexuality. He was gay but the thing for which he mainly should be remembered is his work. He was a genius and did research on so many important subjects in biology, mathematics, and computer science. And it is a tragic fact that he never had a stable, loving relationship with anyone. I think this may be the saddest fact about his personal life. He was punished for sexual relations with a young man he had met in the street and who stole money from him because he did not love Turing but was just interested in him financially. And yet this resulted in his hormone treatment and probably later on his death.
Someone criticised that he is shown dancing with Joan Clarke. Well - in fact shortly before his death he dreamed of going to Norway because he had heard that there were club in which men could dance with each other. In his home country he was not even allowed to do that.

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besleybean · August 30, 2014 3:50 pm

Sob.

Harriet · August 30, 2014 4:07 pm

While in the neighbour country France, since 1791 with the French Revolution, homosexual acts between consenting adults were no more considered a crime nor an offence.

SusiGo · August 30, 2014 4:08 pm

Yes, in some ways the French were quite progressive.

SolarSystem · August 30, 2014 6:07 pm

SusiGo wrote:
The last review mentions something I thought when reading the more critical review above: We should not reduce Turing to his sexuality. He was gay but the thing for which he mainly should be remembered is his work. He was a genius and did research on so many important subjects in biology, mathematics, and computer science. And it is a tragic fact that he never had a stable, loving relationship with anyone. I think this may be the saddest fact about his personal life. He was punished for sexual relations with a young man he had met in the street and who stole money from him because he did not love Turing but was just interested in him financially. And yet this resulted in his hormone treatment and probably later on his death.
Someone criticised that he is shown dancing with Joan Clarke. Well - in fact shortly before his death he dreamed of going to Norway because he had heard that there were club in which men could dance with each other. In his home country he was not even allowed to do that.

I agree with everything you say here, Susi.
Furthermore, we are talking about a movie here that, as far as I know, does not want to be a biopic about Alan Turing. And even if it might have a lot of elements that a biopioc usually has, every biopic leaves certain things out and has to decide for certain details and against others. What ultimately will count for me is the flow of the story and whether or not I feel that the movie works as a movie, if you know what I mean. I don't want them to tick off every last detail of Alan's life. And let's face it: movies just don't work like that.

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BreathingIsBoring · August 30, 2014 8:36 pm

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/race/telluride-benedict-cumberbatch-leads-weinsteins-729266

'For a film made by a director whom few in America have ever heard of, The Imitation Game=certainly came into the Telluride Film Festival with a lot of buzz -- having Sherlock's newly-minted Emmy winner Benedict Cumberbatch as its star and marketing maven Harvey Weinstein's Weinstein Co. as its distributor certainly didn't hurt -- but it will be leaving here with even more, thanks to a very well received world premiere on Friday evening at the Werner Herzog Theatre.'

'But the best thing that it has in its favor is the performance of Cumberbatch as Alan Turing, the British mathematician who was recruited by MI6 during World War II to try to decode intercepted German communications. The good news for "Cumberbitches" (the self-ascribed nickname adopted by some of his legions of fans) is that, at least on the big screen, their man has never been better.'

Guys. GUYS. GUYS!!!

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tonnaree · August 31, 2014 2:12 am

Excellent.
But did they not get the memo about the B word?