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November 04, 2008
Of Kings and a Queen: Why Can't More Films Be This Good?
My first night in LA for AFI Fest, I went to a screening of A Christmas Tale director Arnaud Desplechin's 2004 film, Kings and Queen, which was one of those films that's been on my "geez, I need to see that" list for a while now; the opportunity to catch it on a big screen, with Desplechin in attendance and doing a talk about the film prior to its screening with LA Weekly's Scott Foundas, was too enticing to pass up. I'm so glad I carved out the time to see it, because it was thoughtful and complex and touched on truths about people and the way in which they chose to present and reveal themselves to others in a more honest, complicated way that most films care -- or dare -- to.
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Posted by kvoynar at November 4, 2008 07:41 AM
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