'Annette' with Adam Driver and Marion Cotillard
I saw 'Annette', the motion picture musical written by Sparks and starring Adam Driver and Marion Cotillard. It is beautifully done and the actors give great performances, but it is hard to love. I do recommend everyone to go and try, though, as it is worth it. The film has the form of a fairy tale. This point is emphasised by the opening and closing segments, where the actors introduce and close the narrative as themselves, not in role. These segments also help to lighten the mood, quite necessarily, as the fairy tale is a dark one. Adam Driver plays a hard-hitting 'comedy' man, very popular in spite of his dark humour and audience insulting. Marion Cotillard is his contrast, a sweet opera star, who sings, sings, sings and dies, dies, dies every night - which turns out to be an omen. Their marriage is a major showbiz event. In the beginning of the fairy tale, Adam Driver sings about how easy it is to love her and understand why, but about himself he is not so sure. He ...