#joel edgerton
The King (2019)
Hal (Timothee Chalamet), wayward prince and reluctant heir to the English throne, has turned his back on royal life and is living among the people. But when his tyrannical father dies, Hal is crowned King Henry V and is forced to embrace the life he had previously tried to escape. Now the young king must navigate the palace politics, chaos and war his father left behind, and the emotional strings of his past life – including his relationship with his closest friend and mentor, the ageing alcoholic knight, John Falstaff (Joel Edgerton).
Directed by: David Michod
Starring: Timothee Chalamet, Robert Pattinson, Ben Mendelsohn, Joel Edgerton, Lily-Rose Depp, Sean Harris, Dean-Charles Chapman, Thomasin McKenzie
Release date: Fall 2019
“Loving” writer/director Jeff Nichols has mentioned how perfectly suited to the character of Richard Loving Joel Edgerton’s large, weathered hands are, and it’s very apparent by the way he focuses on those rough, workmanlike hands in the film that he is using them as signifiers of the inner thoughts and emotions of the taciturn Richard.
Those capable hands are the way in which Richard provides for his family as he designs a home for them and expertly lays brick and block. They provide comfort to Mildred when they completely envelope her tiny hand when she reaches out to him for comfort; and they express his fear and frustration as he nervously worries at them in the presence of lawyers. Confronted with the vicious face of the law, they hang still and impotent at his sides.
My favourite “hand” moment though occurs near the end of the film when Richard and Mildred are sitting at their kitchen table across from the two lawyers who are about to argue their case before the US Supreme Court. It’s a moment of great contrast as we see the rather stiff Bernie Cohen in his suit and tie juxtaposed to the much larger Richard in his homey, red plaid jacket, but it’s the difference in their hands that catches the eye.
The sight of Cohen’s slender, office-work hand around his coffee cup contrasted to Richard’s enormous labourer’s hand which completely swallows up his mug, is Nichols’ way of subtly reinforcing the wonder that men from two such utterly dissimilar worlds were able to come together to achieve so much good; and once again displays Nichols’ unmatched talent for restrained but emotionally charged filmmaking.
Note: Final photo shows the hands of the real Richard and Mildred Loving as photographed by Grey Villet
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Director David Lowery, Dev Patel and Joel Edgerton on location during the making of The Green Knight.
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ZERO DARK THIRTY
Director: Kathryn Bigelow
Writer: Mark Boal
Stars: Chris Pratt, Jessica Chastain and Joel Edgerton
Synopsis:
Zero Dark Thirty focuses on the black ops mission to capture or kill Osama bin Laden, which culminated in his death in May 2011 during a high-stakes raid on his compound in Pakistan.
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“We’re all insecure, vain, egotistical and needy.”
– Joel Edgerton casting some lighthearted aspersions on himself and his fellow actors
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Joel at the Cannes Film Festival
This scene gave me shivers!! The music, the cinematography! Stunning all around!
(042) → Zero Dark Thirty (2012)
director: Kathryn Bigelow
starring: Jessica Chastain, Joel Edgerton, Chris Pratt, Jason Clarke, Reda Kateb
rated: R
synopsis: A chronicle of the decade-long hunt for al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden after the September 2001 attacks, and his death at the hands of the Navy S.E.A.L. Team 6 in May 2011.
tomatometer: 93%; 80% (fresh!)
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Tikka is too funny & adorable haha.
We have to protect her at ALL COST!!!!!
