My Tribeca Film Festival Diary: Day 2

I started off day 2 of the Tribeca Film Festival with another movie about an awkward family, Bitter & Twisted. The film, which begins with the death of a young man and then flashes forward three years to see the toll his loss of life took on his family, was a good movie. It didn't have much of a storyline—there was no beginning, middle and end—instead it felt like a snapshot into a family's life.

E_JohnCusack_89.jpgNext up I went to a more "star-studded" film—War, Inc.. John Cusack wrote, produced and starred in the movie, along with Hilary Duff, Marisa Tomei, Sir Ben Kingsley and Dan Akroyd. War, Inc. is a satirical movie about the first war to be completely outsourced to a private company. It could be considered a bit heavy for the times we're in, but it also says a lot about the way war is handled. Get ready for more on this film soon—I interviewed Marisa Tomei and Hilary Duff, and will have all the deets on that for you soon!
The last film of day 2 was the documentary Two Mothers. It turns out that this documentary was one of the most interesting films I'd seen so far at the Festival. In it, Rosa, a 58-year-old man, discovers he was adopted. His search for his biological mother sends him on a journey throughout Germany, as he learns about the Nazi occupation, prison hospitals and the SS. It was extraordinary to see what Rosa was able to discover, even though he had little to no information regarding his mother's identity. I really recommend this movie.

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