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Miller was denied access to Hitler’s apartment because it was «for officers only»
Narrative
Based on "The Life of Lee Miller" the only authorized biography of Lee Miller’s life, written by her own son, Anthony Penrose, and published in 1985. Based on "The Life of Lee Miller," the only authorized biography of Lee Miller’s life, written by her own son, Anthony Penrose, and published in 1985. " War correspondents were given the rank of captain, so technically US Army security had to accept it.. Lee Miller: [Hands a knife to a girl he’s just saved from rape] Next time cut it..
Holy shit, that was DARK
The closing credits have some " ;what happened to" explanations; and some of Lee’s original photos, often alongside those that were recreated for the film.. Featured on The 7PM Project: Episode 21 October 2024 (2024). Just got home from watching "LEE" at my local Picture House. Well, it’s not quite dark, but by the time you get to the last half hour…
Let’s just say that "I feel good" not a term anyone would ever apply to this one
ooooh. It’s not like I went in unprepared: having seen Kate Winslet appear on promotional chat shows, and being already a huge fan of Lee Miller’s photojournalism, I knew what subject we’d inevitably be exploring, but still…don’t say you weren’t warned. This film presents you with the hideous fact of the Nazi genocide, very convincingly as the revelation it must have been in the moment, without (thankfully) an ounce of sentimentality. Winslet is magnificent in the title role – as are everyone else, to be fair: there are no bad performances – and, speaking as a Rolleiflex TLR user, it was clear that she had done her homework on how to operate this wonderful machine convincingly.
My only really negative criticism has to do with one, frankly odd, piece of casting
There were times when the picky photography pedant in me did wonder if some of the interior shots were taken in such low light that they were unlikely to have left any usable impression on the relatively slow film stock available in the 1940s, but let& #39;It’s not a fairy tale! It’s quite a long film and the events are presented in a simple, linear fashion (through a series of chronological flashbacks) with a fairly even pace throughout – personally I would have preferred a bit more variation in pace; your taste may differ. The role of Englishman Roland Penrose has been given to Swedish star Alexander Skarsgård – whose brave attempt at an English accent is …think "variable" is the kindest word for it. It was hard to tell what part of England he was supposed to be from or what social class, and there were a few moments where he didn’t sound English at all.
let us judge!
I had to hang my disbelief on some pretty sturdy rubber band when he opened his mouth. Oh well…