QPORIT

Director: Richard Linklater
Screenplay:  Richard Linklater, Darryl Ponicsan
Cast:  Bryan Cranston, Steve Carell, Laurence Fishburne 


Three aging Vietnam-era Navy vets—soft-spoken Doc (Steve Carell), unhinged and unfiltered Sal (Bryan Cranston), and quietly measured Mueller (Laurence Fishburne)—reunite to perform a sacred task: the proper burial of Doc’s only child, who has been killed in the early days of the Iraqi Invasion.

Richard Linklater is a 57 year old (by Opening Night) director of such films as Boyhood, Before Sunset, Before Midnight, Before Sunrise, School Of Rock, and Dazed And Confused.







LAST FLAG FLYING - IMDB
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt6018306/

RICHARD LINKLATER - IMDB
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000500

INTERVIEW WITH RICHARD LINKLATER (Hollywoood Reporter 2012)
https://youtu.be/hLl468VZsYU

INTERVIEW WITH AUTHOR DARRYL PONICSAN (Veteran's Forum Network) 
https://youtu.be/pnBlllfm5RQ




2016    13TH (Ava DuVernay, US)
2015    The Walk (Robert Zemeckis, US)
2014    Gone Girl (David Fincher, US)
2013    Captain Phillips (Paul Greengrass, US)
2012    Life of Pi (Ang Lee, US)
2011    Carnage (Roman Polanski, France/Poland)
2010    The Social Network (David Fincher, US)
2009    Wild Grass (Alain Resnais, France)
2008    The Class (Laurent Cantet, France)
2007    The Darjeeling Limited (Wes Anderson, US)
2006    The Queen (Stephen Frears, UK)
2005    Good Night, and Good Luck. (George Clooney, US)
2004    Look at Me (Agnès Jaoui, France)
2003    Mystic River (Clint Eastwood, US)
2002    About Schmidt (Alexander Payne, US)
2001    Va savoir (Jacques Rivette, France)
2000    Dancer in the Dark (Lars von Trier, Denmark)
1999    All About My Mother (Pedro Almodóvar, Spain)
1998    Celebrity (Woody Allen, US)
1997    The Ice Storm (Ang Lee, US)
1996    Secrets & Lies (Mike Leigh, UK)
1995    Shanghai Triad (Zhang Yimou, China)
1994    Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino, US)
1993    Short Cuts (Robert Altman, US)
1992    Olivier Olivier (Agnieszka Holland, France)
1991    The Double Life of Veronique (Krzysztof Kieslowski, Poland/France)
1990    Miller's Crossing (Joel Coen, US)
1989    Too Beautiful for You (Bertrand Blier, France)
1988    Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (Pedro Almodóvar, Spain)
1987    Dark Eyes (Nikita Mikhalkov, Soviet Union)
1986    Down by Law (Jim Jarmusch, US)
1985    Ran (Akira Kurosawa, Japan)
1984    Country (Richard Pearce, US)
1983    The Big Chill (Lawrence Kasdan, US)
1982    Veronika Voss (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, West Germany)
1981    Chariots of Fire (Hugh Hudson, UK)
1980    Melvin and Howard (Jonathan Demme, US)
1979    Luna (Bernardo Bertolucci, Italy/US)
1978    A Wedding (Robert Altman, US)
1977    One Sings, the Other Doesn’t (Agnès Varda, France)
1976    Small Change (François Truffaut, France)
1975    Conversation Piece (Luchino Visconti, Italy)
1974    Don’t Cry with Your Mouth Full (Pascal Thomas, France)
1973    Day for Night (François Truffaut, France)
1972    Chloe in the Afternoon (Eric Rohmer, France)
1971    The Debut (Gleb Panfilov, Soviet Union)
1970    The Wild Child (François Truffaut, France)
1969    Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (Paul Mazursky, US)
1968    Capricious Summer (Jiri Menzel, Czechoslovakia)
1967    The Battle of Algiers (Gillo Pontecorvo, Italy/Algeria)
1966    Loves of a Blonde (Milos Forman, Czechoslovakia)
1965    Alphaville (Jean-Luc Godard, France)
1964    Hamlet (Grigori Kozintsev, USSR)
1963    The Exterminating Angel (Luis Buñuel, Mexico)

Labels: Bryan Cranston, Darryl Ponicsan, LAST FLAG FLYING, Laurence Fishburne, New York Film Festival, NYFF 55, Opening Night, Richard Linklater, Steve Carell

The acceptance speeches this year seemed more interesting than usual, and the performances from the shows were very well chosen and well performed.  

The awards were nicely distributed among a lot of shows.

Previewing future shows is a great idea, but the heavy-handed plugs were not.

The opening number was disappointing. Probably the best host is a talk-show host and comedian with experience on Broadway and a strong interest in all kinds of theater. Kevin Spacey boasts many of these skills, but not much as an improvising comedian. In fact, his best moments as a host came when he channeled Johnny Carson. Given his skill set, it's a little disappointing that he did not boost serious theater as much as he might have.

All in all, though, I enjoyed the show! (And it's refreshing to have this award after a long break from the excessive film award season.)

(Note: A quick shout-out about THEATER TALK on Public TV (in NY, it's usually 2 AM Sat on channel 13 or https://theatertalk.org/) which has had interesting discussions in the last few weeks with many of the nominated and winning actors, directors and writers!)


Here are the winners in the top categories...

Labels: Ben Platt, Bette Midler, DEAR EVAN HANSEN, HELLO DOLLY, James Earl Jones, JITNEY, Kevin Kline, OSLO, Theater Talk, Tony Awards

CBS - 8 to 11 - TONY AWARDS - hosted by Kevin Spacey

• Come from Away, Dear Evan Hanson, Hello Dolly, Groundhog Day, Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet...

NBC - 8 to 11 - STANLEY CUP - Pittsburgh Penguins vs Nashville Predators

• Going into game 6, Penguins, leading 3 to 2, seem more predatory than Predators, so far.

WNET - 7-11 - SECRETS OF THE SIX WIVES - Henry VIII

• Divorced; Beheaded, Died; Divorced, Beheaded, Survived.

Labels: Henry VIII, History, Hockey, Kevin Spacey, Penguins, Predators, Stanley Cup, theater, Tony Awards, TV