17 WEEKENDREVIEW October 2024 | East Gippsland News Weekend Ideal for everyday Grandin Méthode Traditionnelle Brut is the perfect apertif style sparkling wine ideal for everyday drinking or entertaining. With a persistent and fine bead complimented by a soft and textured palate, Grandin also has notes of apple and pear to create a truly refreshing experience that without breaking the bank allows you to enjoy a sought after French TIME WITH BRETT Wine Grandin Methode Traditionnelle Brut NV Price: $19.99 Rating: Brett Stewart Store Manager, Dan Murphy's Bairnsdale TOYTALK with Evie, 12 years old The Aerobie Sprint Ring is amazing with its thin design that lets it fly super far, almost twice as far as regular frisbees! It’s small enough to fit in my backpack, so I can take it to the park or playground. The open centre is so cool because I can catch it with my hand, arm, or even foot and show off my signature moves. The Aerobie Pro Lite Mini Disc is another favourite. It’s mini-sized but can still soar up to 200 feet. It’s soft and flexible, and fits right in my pocket. It’s perfect for epic outdoor games with friends, and it’s great for both right and left-handed throws. And then there’s the Aerobie Pro Ring. This one set a world record for the farthest throw. It can go 1333 feet! It’s big, with a 13-inch diameter, and the soft edge makes it easy to catch. The open centre is fun for all sorts of catching styles. Overall, Aerobie discs are super fun and perfect for showing off cool tricks with friends! sparkling moment. Santé! Take outdoor play to new heights "Even when I wanted to look away, I know I couldn't." Elizabeth (Lee) Miller was a model for US Vogue magazine. Her American career ended when she modelled for a feminine hygiene product, Kotex, in 1927 considered a no-no for public discourse. Miller went to France where she worked with motion picture director Jean Cocteau on Blood of a Poet (1932) as a moving statue. To achieve the effect, Miller was covered in butter which melted under hot Klieg lights. She performed effectively, but was like a smelly pastry. These events are not included in the movie. Just 10 years are covered: France just before the onslaught of WWII until sometime after the war. Miller knew the vulnerability of being a woman in front of a camera. Her experiences taught her that taking a picture is a form of theft. The person photographed gives something of themselves and in return receives little. Her days in France with friends, including Solange D'Ayen (Marion Cotillard) were a charmed life. Watching a newsreel of Hitler, Lee (Kate Winslet) remarks to artist friend Alexander Penrose (Alexander Skarsgård), "Not everyone can believe this. Surely they can see what he is." Lee goes to London's Vogue magazine. She introduces her well-known self to editor Audrey Withers (Andrea Riseborough), "I hear you're the woman to see about a job." She photographed London during the Blitz for British Vogue. These were propaganda pieces to help women adjust "fashion-wise" to factory war work. She meets an American correspondent for Life magazine, Davy Scherman (Andy Samberg, SNL, Saturday Night Live). Lee, an American, Davy recommends she work with US Armed Forces. A woman with a camera, a female war correspondent, Lee isn't exactly welcomed with open arms. She should have been. War correspondents are designated the rank of Captain. First duty was photography in an Army hospital, men with gory wounds. The Rolleiflex Winslet uses is the same camera that had been used by Lee Miller. Practice shows Winslet's handling expertise. Lee and Davy are with American soldiers when concentration camp Dachau is liberated. Cinematographer Pawel Edelman desaturated colours which make everything darker, almost monochromatic. The exception of a single violin subtly played, silence is used effectively where dialogue would obstruct conveyance of Nazi atrocities. What odours they must smell, so can we. Cinematographer-turned-director Ellen Kuras Movie: Lee Duration: 117 mins Writer/director: Ellen Kuras Starring: Kate Winslet, Andy Samberg, Alexander Skarsgård, Marion Cotillard, Andrea Riseborough, Josh O’Connor Rating: Reviewed by Lawrenty WEEKENDMOVIE doesn't show us the horrors Lee and Davy observe, Davy's voice practically a whisper, "All those people. They were my people." Later we are shown Lee's actual photographs. That same day at Dachau, Lee and Davy enter Hitler's apartment in Munich, Hitler having already suicided in his Berlin bunker. In the bathroom Miller wipes Dachau dirt on her boots onto a pristine bathmat and resorts to a staged photo of herself in Hitler's bathtub. Over end credits, we see the re-created photo alongside the original. After the war, Lee didn't talk about it. She was raised to keep secrets, a traumatic experience from her youth kept hidden, heartbreakingly revealed to her British Vogue editor. This partial biography shows Miller as gruff, unapproachable, and impassive. We seldom see what she's thinking and feeling. It is like "this happened" and "then this happened" instead of who Miller was, why she did what she did, how it all affected her. Still, it is all Kate Winslet's movie. She's superb portraying Lee Miller. An end twist shows Miller "world weary" in the 1970s as she's interviewed by a young man (Josh O'Connor), but then it isn't as impactful as it should be. Miller remains, as a person to us, frustratingly blurred. British Vogue wouldn't print her photographs of Dachau because, "These images will disturb people." American Vogue published her story and photographs of Dachau's Nazi harvest titled, "Believe It." "I would rather take a photograph than be one." Lee Miller's camera captured the truth. 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