A still from the film
Saturday 11.28.15
Carol
We had a chance to go to an early screening of the film Carol, Todd Haynes’ romantic period film starring Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara. The film has dominated the Film Independent Spirit Award nominations announced Tuesday, earning six major nominations and is likely to earn Blanchett an Oscar nomination. It’s a lesbian love story, based on the 1952 book called The Price of Salt, which was trailblazing in that it gave the gay characters a relatively happy ending, something that was unheard of in the 50s (gays normally ended up dead or in jail — thanks for that straight people!). The plot of Carol begins when “Therese Belivet (Rooney Mara) spots the beautiful, elegant Carol (Cate Blanchett) perusing the doll displays in a 1950s Manhattan department store. The two women develop a fast bond that becomes a love with complicated consequences.” When we left the room, we realized it was too early in the day to see this film — we got sort of sad and confused whether the film was invigorating or depressing. At 2pm we went to have a few glasses of red wine to process how we really felt about this film. It was a straightforward story, filled with real emotions, elegantly shot, subtlety touching, a tad long but Miss Carol turned us out.
