11/20/06
I had a private showing (meaning no one else bought tickets to the 9:25 PM showing) of Stephen Frears new film, The Queen. The Queen tells the story of Elizabeth II (Helen Mirren) royal mishandeling of events following the death of Princess Diana in 1997. Michael Sheen, who is the spitting image of Tony Blair, plays the then new Prime Minister, who is despretly trying to convince the royals to show some grieff after the death of their former daughter-in-law. It's a quietly moving picture that contrasts two very different styles of dealing with death, and indeed of dealing with life, with the stoic Windsors cast in harsh releaf against the modern Blairs and emotional British public. Not the kind of story you'd think would make it to film, but I'm glad it did.
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