I went to see "The Last Duel" because Nicole Holofcener shares the screenwriting credit with Matt Damon and Ben Affleck.
(Fun factoid: I was once Nicole Holofcener’s babysitter. This is because Nicole Holofcener was Charlie Joffee’s stepdaughter, and Charlie Joffee was Woody Allen’s agent, and my mother was Woody Allen’s secretary.)
I _assume_ the film’s Roshomon story structure was Nicole Holofcener’s contribution while the awful dialogue anachronisms—I gotta go to war! I’m going broke!—were all Damon/Affleck.
Ben Affleck looks surprisingly like Peter O’Toole’s younger brother when his hair is bleached.
And Ridley Scott is always an interesting director because he has a way of making the movies he’s associated with much bigger than their screenplays. Ridley Scott was not into making into making a medieval #MeToo movie! No, Ridley Scott was into making a movie about the Little Ice Age. "The Last Duel" is shot really darkly, and snow is falling in practically every scene. When time travel becomes a reality, "The Last Duel" will not be a very attractive advertisement for visiting the late 14th century!
Unfortunately from the perspective of historical accuracy, the Little Ice Age did not take place in Europe until the middle of the 17th century. (Of course, I scurried home so I could Google it!). But the film clearly depicts a time and place where winter reigns even in the warmer months, and watching it, you suddenly realize what "Game of Thrones" got entirely wrong: the quality of winter light.
I went to see "The Last Duel" because Nicole Holofcener shares the screenwriting credit with Matt Damon and Ben Affleck.
(Fun factoid: I was once Nicole Holofcener’s babysitter. This is because Nicole Holofcener was Charlie Joffee’s stepdaughter, and Charlie Joffee was Woody Allen’s agent, and my mother was Woody Allen’s secretary.)
I _assume_ the film’s Roshomon story structure was Nicole Holofcener’s contribution while the awful dialogue anachronisms—I gotta go to war! I’m going broke!—were all Damon/Affleck.
Ben Affleck looks surprisingly like Peter O’Toole’s younger brother when his hair is bleached.
And Ridley Scott is always an interesting director because he has a way of making the movies he’s associated with much bigger than their screenplays. Ridley Scott was not into making into making a medieval #MeToo movie! No, Ridley Scott was into making a movie about the Little Ice Age. "The Last Duel" is shot really darkly, and snow is falling in practically every scene. When time travel becomes a reality, "The Last Duel" will not be a very attractive advertisement for visiting the late 14th century!
Unfortunately from the perspective of historical accuracy, the Little Ice Age did not take place in Europe until the middle of the 17th century. (Of course, I scurried home so I could Google it!). But the film clearly depicts a time and place where winter reigns even in the warmer months, and watching it, you suddenly realize what "Game of Thrones" got entirely wrong: the quality of winter light.