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besleybean · August 31, 2014 7:29 am

I know, pathetic.

Titania · August 31, 2014 9:04 am

BreathingIsBoring wrote:
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!!!

I needed to hear that thank you^^ I just came back from an another forum with nearly 2 pages of Cumberbatch bashing...frightening

besleybean · August 31, 2014 9:48 am

WHICH forum?(Dons combat gear!)

Titania · August 31, 2014 10:16 am

it's not worth mentioning it^^....trust me on this

besleybean · August 31, 2014 10:20 am

Tee Hee.

SusiGo · August 31, 2014 10:26 am

besleybean wrote:
WHICH forum?(Dons combat gear!)

Would love to see you in your Benedict defense combat gear.

And here is one of the best reviews so far:

http://www.firstshowing.net/2014/telluride-2014-cumberbatch-is-remarkable-in-the-imitation-game/

besleybean · August 31, 2014 10:29 am

Ah Susi, my brain and eloquence are enough!

tonnaree · August 31, 2014 10:40 am

Everyone is mentioning the score! I expect to shiver.

SolarSystem · August 31, 2014 10:51 am

I have no doubt that Alexandre Desplat has done a wonderful job with the score... he's done some beautiful scores in the past, for example for "The King's Speech".

miriel68 · August 31, 2014 1:48 pm

Oh, I love Desplat, he is so subtle He and Glass are my favourite film composers.

This Is The Phantom Lady · August 31, 2014 2:02 pm

Lovely reviews! Thanks for the links!

I expect to take extra tissues with me when I get the chance my self... I bet the film is going to be heartbreaking even if it had another actor... but knowing Ben's talent for this sort of thing *gulps* I might never stop crying!

SusiGo · September 8, 2014 6:46 am

Here is a very interesting interview with the scriptwriter Graham Moore:

http://www.hitfix.com/in-contention/imitation-game-writer-graham-moore-has-wanted-to-tell-alan-turings-story-since-he-was-14/1

SolarSystem · September 8, 2014 7:24 am

Oh my god, I am sooooooo looking forward to that "job interview" scene now that's eight pages long in the script. I'm not surprised that everyone told Moore that you can't have two people sitting at a table and just talking for eight pages - because oh my, the audience will fall asleep after two pages, right?
I hope they've kept every single word in. Benedict will be brilliant, I just know it. Listening to that conversation will be wonderful.

SusiGo · September 8, 2014 7:29 am

I really like this article. How Moore does not want not to reduce Turing to his sexuality but to integrate it into the overall characterisation. And how alone Turing was all his life. It was an impression I got when reading Hodges so I think it is quite accurate.

Liberty · September 8, 2014 8:03 am

Yes, his sexuality became an issue because of the homophobia of the time, not because it was the focus of his life.

I was surprised that one of the producers hadn't heard of Turing. I suppose he's part of British history - is he not so well known outside of the UK?

SusiGo · September 8, 2014 8:10 am

I think he became British history quite late. And in other countries he may be even less known outside the scientific and gay communities. Hodges's book first was published in 1983 when Turing was completely forgotten. And I suppose after that it took quite some time to make him known and appreciated.

September 8, 2014 8:18 am

Liberty wrote:
... I suppose he's part of British history - is he not so well known outside of the UK?

I didn't hear about Alan Turing before this film. I don't know how other Germans think about it, but in my opinion he is not very well known here.

I'm very excited now about this film. I can't wait to see it in the cinema. It sounds really interesting and I think Benedict will be performing Turing perfectly.

Liberty · September 8, 2014 8:21 am

I think I read it in the early '90s and now I can't remember what I'd heard about Turing before then, or why I was interested in the book. I had a relative who'd worked at Bletchley Park, so it maybe seemed more pertinent. I know my son has grown up knowing about Turing, and he was in the news in the past few years, so I'd thought of him as very well-known.

gently69 · September 8, 2014 8:23 am

I wonder if anybody will complain that there is not enough of Turing sexuality in this film.

SusiGo · September 8, 2014 8:30 am

That is one reason why I posted the interview link. Graham Moore speaks about this very subject and I share his view.

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