{"id":590647,"date":"2023-09-11T00:15:36","date_gmt":"2023-09-10T21:15:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/lee-review-kate-winslet-energizes-a-glossy-biopic-of-vogue-photographer\/"},"modified":"2023-09-11T00:15:36","modified_gmt":"2023-09-10T21:15:36","slug":"lee-review-kate-winslet-energizes-a-glossy-biopic-of-vogue-photographer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/lee-review-kate-winslet-energizes-a-glossy-biopic-of-vogue-photographer\/","title":{"rendered":"#\u2018Lee\u2019 Review: Kate Winslet Energizes a Glossy Biopic of Vogue Photographer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a23b595aaeb7\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a23b595aaeb7\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/lee-review-kate-winslet-energizes-a-glossy-biopic-of-vogue-photographer\/#Lee\" >Lee<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/lee-review-kate-winslet-energizes-a-glossy-biopic-of-vogue-photographer\/#Full_credits\" >Full credits<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/lee-review-kate-winslet-energizes-a-glossy-biopic-of-vogue-photographer\/#THR_Newsletters\" >THR Newsletters<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    In <em>Lee, <\/em>Kate Winslet transforms into Lee Miller, a model turned photographer whose World War II images forced those outside of the conflict to confront the brutality of fascism. The actress injects award-winning cinematographer Ellen Kuras\u2019 glossy and conventional biopic with an energy that ushers an enigmatic figure to the foreground.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    The real life Miller has had a quiet resurgence in the last few decades. In 2005, Australian writer Carolyn Burke penned a biography that meticulously chronicled Miller\u2019s path to becoming a war photographer. Exhibitions in the U.S. and Britain in 2015 displayed her striking photographs of the Blitz and the aftermath of D-Day. Miller <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>roached her war images with a kind of radical subjectivity, choosing to capture moments of deep empathy and pain. Considering the discomfort her photos inspired, one can only imagine how a firsthand experience of combat textured Miller\u2019s interior life.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"review-summary-card\">\n<div class=\" lrv-u-flex lrv-u-flex-direction-column@mobile-max lrv-u-padding-a-125 u-background-color-honey-light \">\n<div class=\"lrv-u-flex lrv-u-flex-direction-column u-width-275@tablet u-border-b-1@mobile-max u-border-r-1@tablet u-border-dotted lrv-u-margin-r-150 lrv-u-padding-r-150 lrv-u-margin-r-00@mobile-max lrv-u-padding-r-00@mobile-max lrv-u-padding-b-125@mobile-max lrv-u-margin-b-075@mobile-max\">\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  lrv-u-font-family-primary u-font-size-34 u-font-size-38@desktop-xl lrv-u-line-height-small lrv-u-margin-b-125 \"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Lee\"><\/span>\n<p>                    Lee     <\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>                    <span class=\"lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase lrv-u-font-family-accent lrv-u-font-weight-bold lrv-u-color-brand-primary lrv-u-font-size-16 lrv-u-display-block\">The Bottom Line<\/span><br \/>\n                    <span class=\"c-span  u-font-size-22@tablet u-font-style-italic lrv-u-font-family-secondary\"><\/p>\n<p>    A tidy portrait of a complicated subject.<br \/>\n    <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    Winslet has this question on her mind, too. Her portrayal of Lee is marked by the subtlety of change, highlighting how trauma can subdue or contort people until they are unrecognizable to themselves. The moving portrayal, at times, scuffs against the glossiness of <em>Lee<\/em>. Kuras\u2019 film is competent, polished and awards-ready. And while that all makes for a fine viewing experience, the movie also feels at odds with its subject \u2014\u00a0a restless woman whose passion and hurt drove her to action.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    Kuras structures the film as a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> of flashbacks initiated by a conversation between an older Lee (also played by Winslet) and a young journalist (Josh O\u2019Connor). It\u2019s 1977 in an English village, where Lee lived in her final years. She\u2019s suspicious of the man sitting across from her who wants to know about her work. \u201cThey\u2019re just pictures,\u201d she says.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    Lee\u2019s style is plain and matter-of-fact, and the film\u2019s spare and often muted visual language (cinematography is by Pawel Edelman) matches that mood. Taking a sip of her drink, the photographer starts her story in France, 1938, where she spent days lounging in the sun and having lunch with friends. The threat of war loomed in the air with Hitler\u2019s Third Reich gaining more influence, but Lee and her friends didn\u2019t think their lives would change so soon. Back then, Solange (Marion Cotillard), Nusch (No\u00e9mie Merlant) and Roland (Alexander Skarsgard) reserved their care for each other.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    That sentiment changes when the war comes closer to home. Lee moves back to London with Roland, whom she has taken as a lover in France. Their relationship is fueled, in equal parts, by lust and tenderness. As the war revs up, Lee itches to fight. Liz Hannah (<em>The Post)<\/em>, John Collee (<em>Master and Commander<\/em>) and Marion Hume\u2019s screenplay moves efficiently through the beats of Lee\u2019s life during these years. The sun-kissed moments in France slip nicely into the bleakness of her days in England.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    The film really gets going when Lee starts taking photographs for <em>Vogue<\/em>. Her editor Audrey (an ace Andrea Riseborough) commissions her to capture the war on the homefront, but Lee yearns to be in the field. She eventually gets to the battleground, using independent methods to become an accredited U.S. journalist. She heads off to Europe alone, but once embedded with the troops she meets David Scherman (Andy Samberg), a <em>LIFE<\/em> photographer who becomes a friend.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    Their relationship helps us understand the extent to which witnessing war changes Lee. Samberg holds his own against Winslet, whose character comes to rely heavily on her friend for comfort and advice. They also help each other take photographs. As much as <em>Lee<\/em> is a portrait of one chapter in its subject\u2019s life, it is also a process film about capturing images. Edelman trains the camera on moments that would go on to become indelible images, helping audiences understand the surrealist bent of Lee\u2019s vision. She takes photographs of hosiery drying on a line in a woman\u2019s barrack as well as a striking picture of a young girl tortured by Nazis. It\u2019s when Lee looks at that last image that a torrent of memories come back to her. Winslet wears the weight of that emotion in her face, which quivers as her character processes unseen and unknown (to us) traumas.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    It\u2019s also both in that moment and in a major revelation tucked into the last act that <em>Lee<\/em>\u2019s structure, although effective, seems incongruous with its subject. Miller spent her life searching. It was a disordered quest that also lent her photographs a profound clarity. In <em>Lee<\/em>\u2019s attempt to make Miller\u2019s life more legible, it irons out the contradictions and tidies up a mess that would have made for a spikier, more interesting film.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"review-full-cast \/\/ \">\n<h2 id=\"section-heading\" class=\"c-heading larva  a-font-primary-xs lrv-u-border-b-1 lrv-u-border-color-grey lrv-u-padding-tb-050\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Full_credits\"><\/span>\n<p>        Full credits<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>            Venue: Toronto International Film Festival (Gala Presentations)<br \/>Production companies: Brouhaha Entertainment, Juggle Films<br \/>Cast: Kate Winslet, Alexander Skarsg\u00e5rd, Andrea Riseborough, Marion Cotillard, Josh O&#8217;Connor, Andy Samberg<br \/>Director: Ellen Kuras<br \/>Screenwriters: Liz Hannah, John Collee, Marion Hume<br \/>Producers: Kate Solomon, Kate Winslet, Troy Lum, Andrew Mason, Marie Savare, Lauren Hantz<br \/>Executive producers: Finola Dwyer, P.J. 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