October 25, 2024 • 8 mins
Lee
The story of photographer Elizabeth `Lee' Miller, a fashion model who became an acclaimed war correspondent for Vogue magazine during World War II.
Venom: The Last Dance
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Speaker 1 (00:07):
You're listening to the Saturday Morning with Jack Tame podcast
from News Talks at b.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
It's twenty three to ten, which means it's time to
catch up with our film reviewer, Francisca Rudkin Kilda.
Speaker 3 (00:18):
Good morning, So.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
Two different films to work through this morning. Let's start off.
But the first one, this one is showing in cinemas
starring Kate Winslet. Let's have a listen to Lee.
Speaker 3 (00:30):
Question, what are you going to do? Bemeta send medi Europe.
I just want to do my part. I'm with Vogue magazine.
Speaker 1 (00:41):
No women allowed in the press briefing. You got to
be kidding me.
Speaker 3 (00:43):
We don't assume women to combat. Well that's a problem
because I'm here. Why should the man get to the side.
Speaker 2 (00:50):
So that is Lee's starring Kate Winslet. Tell us about
a Francisca Yes look.
Speaker 3 (00:55):
A couple of weeks ago, I spoke about Social Roman's
performance in a film called Outrun and mentioned that it's
very much an award worthy performance. And this is probably
the second award deservingly award performance that I have seen.
Heading into next year, Kate Winsord is really fantastic in
(01:16):
the film. She produced it as well. She spent about
nine years getting this film onto the big screen. It
was adapted from a book called The Lives of Lean
Miller and it was written by Lee's son, Anthony Penrose,
and she really throws herself into this role. Lean Miller
was an American model and a fine art photographer. She
was amused of Man Ray. She taught photography in the
(01:38):
nineteen thirties. She was in Europe. She was in France
with a group of friends and like a lot of
people talking about Hitler, but not really aware of the
horror that lies ahead. And with this story we very
much pack up her life during World War Two when
she wanted to head to the front line and be
a war photographer. She was working for Vogue magazine at
the time, but women were not allowed to go to
(01:59):
the front, but she managed to find a few loopholes
and really pushed back so of against the rules and
boundaries that she had done her whole life. And she
was one of the first photographers to uncover the reality
of the Holocaust. Documentary documenting the horror that she found
at concentration camps, which interestingly Vogue, the British Vague refused
(02:24):
to print because they thought it would be upsetting, but
the American magazine did pick them up. I'm endlessly fascinated
by what drives war correspondence, and this film very much
looks at that through the eyes of Lee. We see
we learn a lot more about her, We see the
(02:45):
impact that this experience had on her. We sort of
learn about how her own personal life and experience has
contributed to the way she saw the world and therefore
what she was able to capture through the lens. This
is a female team is behind this film, and in
a way, it's a female team giving a sort of
(03:05):
putting the female game on a female perspective of war.
And I think this is one of the reasons which
why her photographs had become this era had become so famous.
She was often relegated to having to photograph women's experience
of war and things like that, and had a beautiful
understanding of what it means to take a photo of
(03:26):
somebody at a very traumatic time in their life. She
was a real, no nonsense, practical woman, a trailblazer. She Yeah,
she's a great character and you can just totally probably
imagine how Kate Winslet steps into her shoes. The film
also takes a look though, at the power of photojournalism
(03:49):
and war correspondence and the importance jack of actually being
on the ground and witnessing it for yourself, which I
think in this day and age we talk a lot
about also the power of photography. So the way this
story is told is a young a young journalist comes
to interview her about her career. She's very reluctant to
talk about and it gets to the point where that
(04:11):
she slowly opens up more and more and she shows
him photos of these concentration camps. And these are actually
wordless scenes, like nothing needs to be said in this
film at all. It's a little bit like the zone
of interest. Just the power of the image says it all,
and so you sort of the film very much kind
of takes a look at the power of photography and
(04:34):
what it can say, and really there are no words.
So yeah, great, great performance by Kate Winslet. Lee is
going to be definitely a film not to be missed
this year.
Speaker 2 (04:43):
Yeah, that sounds amazing. Okay, I'm really looking forward to
seeing that. Sounds incredible. So that is Lee. It is
showing in cinemas. Now, your next film is also showing
in cinemas. This is Venom the Last Dance.
Speaker 3 (04:55):
Who sent that there.
Speaker 1 (05:11):
A freciously?
Speaker 2 (05:14):
I know that is Venom the Last Dance? Tell us
about it, so so Jack, We're going.
Speaker 3 (05:19):
From this serious to the ridiculous here, but almost intentionally ridiculous.
Probably one of the best things about Venom The Last Dances.
It's one hundred and nine minutes long.
Speaker 4 (05:29):
Good on you, Thank you for providing us with a short,
sort of precise slice of entertainment that's perfect to eat
some popcorn and then head off and get back.
Speaker 3 (05:39):
To your lives. This is the third and supposedly final
film in the Venom trilogy. The Venom films are a
little bit of this that they took it the one
by surprise. The first one was released in twenty eighteen,
and maybe because there weren't a lot of other superhero
films released around that period, it did really, really well.
It cost about one hundred million to make and it
(05:59):
grossed about eight hundred and fifty five minute, so it
was like one of the biggest box office surprise hits
of the year. It's a since thing. They've gone. It's
just about a few more and I kind of in
a way. I quite like the way these films are
quite bad. They feel very sort of half hearted. They're
a little bit ridiculous. The plot's really simple but still
didn't make a huge amount of sense. But Tom Hardy
(06:20):
just carries this character of this another journalist, a journalist
who you know, has a this symbiotic relationship with an alien,
and the two of them are just whacking and off
they go, and it's sort of a spin off of
Spider Man, but Spiderban doesn't really exist in this film.
They crack a few gags which do not work with
some quite good sort of special effects, and you kind
(06:41):
of just sit there going on this ride, going okay,
I kind of I almost admire you guys managing to
make you know, a success out of this, and good
on you. But yeah, it probably is time to wrap
it up.
Speaker 2 (06:55):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, okay, it sounds good. Yeah, but I'm
not sure that one's for me. I'm going to go
with Lee. That was your first film, so that is
our venom. The last dance. Lee was Francesca's first film.
It's the one with Kate Winslet, and both of those
films will be up on the news talks. He'd be website.
The easiest way to find all the stuff from our
show is to go to the website, find our show
page and everything goes up there just as soon as
(07:17):
it's been on the radio. And if you don't really
feel like going along to the cinema this week, you
just think for a quiet night at home after the
All Blacks, maybe after the keywis Tomorrow Night good News
after Pop This Morning got three new shows to recommend
you in our screen time segment, including Simone Biles Rising
Part two. You might remember before the Olympics they put
(07:38):
out like a couple of weeks before the Olympics, Netflix
put out a documentary series about Simone Biles about her
experience at the last Olympics, the way she was trying
to rebuild her gymnastics career and then compete in the
Olympics this year. Well, of course there was going to
be a part two. So now that she has competed
in those Olympics very very successfully, triumphantly, even they've put
(08:01):
out the part two. So we'll tell you a bit
more about that after ten o'clock.
Speaker 1 (08:04):
For more from Saturday Morning with Jack Tame, listen live
to news Talks at b from nine am Saturday, or
follow the podcast on iHeartRadio
You're listening to the Saturday Morning with Jack Tame podcast
from News Talks at b.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
It's twenty three to ten, which means it's time to
catch up with our film reviewer, Francisca Rudkin Kilda.
Speaker 3 (00:18):
Good morning, So.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
Two different films to work through this morning. Let's start off.
But the first one, this one is showing in cinemas
starring Kate Winslet. Let's have a listen to Lee.
Speaker 3 (00:30):
Question, what are you going to do? Bemeta send medi Europe.
I just want to do my part. I'm with Vogue magazine.
Speaker 1 (00:41):
No women allowed in the press briefing. You got to
be kidding me.
Speaker 3 (00:43):
We don't assume women to combat. Well that's a problem
because I'm here. Why should the man get to the side.
Speaker 2 (00:50):
So that is Lee's starring Kate Winslet. Tell us about
a Francisca Yes look.
Speaker 3 (00:55):
A couple of weeks ago, I spoke about Social Roman's
performance in a film called Outrun and mentioned that it's
very much an award worthy performance. And this is probably
the second award deservingly award performance that I have seen.
Heading into next year, Kate Winsord is really fantastic in
(01:16):
the film. She produced it as well. She spent about
nine years getting this film onto the big screen. It
was adapted from a book called The Lives of Lean
Miller and it was written by Lee's son, Anthony Penrose,
and she really throws herself into this role. Lean Miller
was an American model and a fine art photographer. She
was amused of Man Ray. She taught photography in the
(01:38):
nineteen thirties. She was in Europe. She was in France
with a group of friends and like a lot of
people talking about Hitler, but not really aware of the
horror that lies ahead. And with this story we very
much pack up her life during World War Two when
she wanted to head to the front line and be
a war photographer. She was working for Vogue magazine at
the time, but women were not allowed to go to
(01:59):
the front, but she managed to find a few loopholes
and really pushed back so of against the rules and
boundaries that she had done her whole life. And she
was one of the first photographers to uncover the reality
of the Holocaust. Documentary documenting the horror that she found
at concentration camps, which interestingly Vogue, the British Vague refused
(02:24):
to print because they thought it would be upsetting, but
the American magazine did pick them up. I'm endlessly fascinated
by what drives war correspondence, and this film very much
looks at that through the eyes of Lee. We see
we learn a lot more about her, We see the
(02:45):
impact that this experience had on her. We sort of
learn about how her own personal life and experience has
contributed to the way she saw the world and therefore
what she was able to capture through the lens. This
is a female team is behind this film, and in
a way, it's a female team giving a sort of
(03:05):
putting the female game on a female perspective of war.
And I think this is one of the reasons which
why her photographs had become this era had become so famous.
She was often relegated to having to photograph women's experience
of war and things like that, and had a beautiful
understanding of what it means to take a photo of
(03:26):
somebody at a very traumatic time in their life. She
was a real, no nonsense, practical woman, a trailblazer. She Yeah,
she's a great character and you can just totally probably
imagine how Kate Winslet steps into her shoes. The film
also takes a look though, at the power of photojournalism
(03:49):
and war correspondence and the importance jack of actually being
on the ground and witnessing it for yourself, which I
think in this day and age we talk a lot
about also the power of photography. So the way this
story is told is a young a young journalist comes
to interview her about her career. She's very reluctant to
talk about and it gets to the point where that
(04:11):
she slowly opens up more and more and she shows
him photos of these concentration camps. And these are actually
wordless scenes, like nothing needs to be said in this
film at all. It's a little bit like the zone
of interest. Just the power of the image says it all,
and so you sort of the film very much kind
of takes a look at the power of photography and
(04:34):
what it can say, and really there are no words.
So yeah, great, great performance by Kate Winslet. Lee is
going to be definitely a film not to be missed
this year.
Speaker 2 (04:43):
Yeah, that sounds amazing. Okay, I'm really looking forward to
seeing that. Sounds incredible. So that is Lee. It is
showing in cinemas. Now, your next film is also showing
in cinemas. This is Venom the Last Dance.
Speaker 3 (04:55):
Who sent that there.
Speaker 1 (05:11):
A freciously?
Speaker 2 (05:14):
I know that is Venom the Last Dance? Tell us
about it, so so Jack, We're going.
Speaker 3 (05:19):
From this serious to the ridiculous here, but almost intentionally ridiculous.
Probably one of the best things about Venom The Last Dances.
It's one hundred and nine minutes long.
Speaker 4 (05:29):
Good on you, Thank you for providing us with a short,
sort of precise slice of entertainment that's perfect to eat
some popcorn and then head off and get back.
Speaker 3 (05:39):
To your lives. This is the third and supposedly final
film in the Venom trilogy. The Venom films are a
little bit of this that they took it the one
by surprise. The first one was released in twenty eighteen,
and maybe because there weren't a lot of other superhero
films released around that period, it did really, really well.
It cost about one hundred million to make and it
(05:59):
grossed about eight hundred and fifty five minute, so it
was like one of the biggest box office surprise hits
of the year. It's a since thing. They've gone. It's
just about a few more and I kind of in
a way. I quite like the way these films are
quite bad. They feel very sort of half hearted. They're
a little bit ridiculous. The plot's really simple but still
didn't make a huge amount of sense. But Tom Hardy
(06:20):
just carries this character of this another journalist, a journalist
who you know, has a this symbiotic relationship with an alien,
and the two of them are just whacking and off
they go, and it's sort of a spin off of
Spider Man, but Spiderban doesn't really exist in this film.
They crack a few gags which do not work with
some quite good sort of special effects, and you kind
(06:41):
of just sit there going on this ride, going okay,
I kind of I almost admire you guys managing to
make you know, a success out of this, and good
on you. But yeah, it probably is time to wrap
it up.
Speaker 2 (06:55):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, okay, it sounds good. Yeah, but I'm
not sure that one's for me. I'm going to go
with Lee. That was your first film, so that is
our venom. The last dance. Lee was Francesca's first film.
It's the one with Kate Winslet, and both of those
films will be up on the news talks. He'd be website.
The easiest way to find all the stuff from our
show is to go to the website, find our show
page and everything goes up there just as soon as
(07:17):
it's been on the radio. And if you don't really
feel like going along to the cinema this week, you
just think for a quiet night at home after the
All Blacks, maybe after the keywis Tomorrow Night good News
after Pop This Morning got three new shows to recommend
you in our screen time segment, including Simone Biles Rising
Part two. You might remember before the Olympics they put
(07:38):
out like a couple of weeks before the Olympics, Netflix
put out a documentary series about Simone Biles about her
experience at the last Olympics, the way she was trying
to rebuild her gymnastics career and then compete in the
Olympics this year. Well, of course there was going to
be a part two. So now that she has competed
in those Olympics very very successfully, triumphantly, even they've put
(08:01):
out the part two. So we'll tell you a bit
more about that after ten o'clock.
Speaker 1 (08:04):
For more from Saturday Morning with Jack Tame, listen live
to news Talks at b from nine am Saturday, or
follow the podcast on iHeartRadio
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