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A Letter to True

  • 2004
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 18min
NOTE IMDb
6,4/10
171
MA NOTE
A Letter to True (2004)
Trailer 1
Lire trailer2:07
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Documentary

Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueFilmmaker Bruce Weber is a professed animal lover, and his newest film centers on his own dogs, a family of gorgeous golden retrievers, including "True."Filmmaker Bruce Weber is a professed animal lover, and his newest film centers on his own dogs, a family of gorgeous golden retrievers, including "True."Filmmaker Bruce Weber is a professed animal lover, and his newest film centers on his own dogs, a family of gorgeous golden retrievers, including "True."

  • Réalisation
    • Bruce Weber
  • Scénario
    • Bruce Weber
  • Casting principal
    • Julie Christie
    • Marianne Faithfull
    • Bruce Weber
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  • NOTE IMDb
    6,4/10
    171
    MA NOTE
    • Réalisation
      • Bruce Weber
    • Scénario
      • Bruce Weber
    • Casting principal
      • Julie Christie
      • Marianne Faithfull
      • Bruce Weber
    • 7avis d'utilisateurs
    • 24avis des critiques
    • 51Métascore
  • Voir les informations de production sur IMDbPro
    • Récompenses
      • 1 nomination au total

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    Trailer 2:07
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    Rôles principaux23

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    Julie Christie
    Julie Christie
    • Narrator
    Marianne Faithfull
    Marianne Faithfull
    • Narrator
    Bruce Weber
    Bruce Weber
    • Narrator
    Thomas Sessa
    • Self
    • (as Dr. Thomas Sessa)
    Gerald Johnson
    • Self
    • (as Dr. Gerald Johnson)
    Marleine Bastein
    • Self
    Tully Jensen
    • Self
    Will Tant
    • Self
    John Martin
    • Self
    Reinaldo Posada
    • Self
    Iedo Ivo Lins Lima
    • Self
    Kelly Ammann
    • Self
    Anthony Auello
    • Self
    Bill Casey
    • Self
    Charles Binyan
    • Self
    Robert Cote
    • Self
    Shannon Defricke
    • Self
    Matthew Lancaster
    • Self
    • Réalisation
      • Bruce Weber
    • Scénario
      • Bruce Weber
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    10ruth-v-ackerman

    If people had the soul of a Golden Retriever the world might be a better place.

    This is wonderful film that I just happened to come across while flipping channels on the TV -- and was immediately drawn in. I am now trying to find it on DVD but fear that it has not been released. I was captivated by the soulful images of the Goldens and other animals, the water and the overall feeling of peace and good will it seemed to convey. I was totally relaxed by the time the film ended and left wanting to see more, which is why I'm trying to learn whether it is available on DVD yet. I was not previously familiar with any of Bruce Weber's work but will now certainly be looking for more films and photos by him.
    5reel_reviewer

    A dog's life is not so bad if you're a dog named 'True'

    This is one of those movies that will make dog-lovers smile even though it takes a very diverse approach to its material. Photographer Bruce Weber has led an interesting life over the years and this film allows him to share these moments with documentary audiences using a letter-writing device to connect the varied material. Scenes from dog movies like "Lassie" are contrasted both with Weber's own dogs and famous people who are similarly connected to their canine pals. Anecdotes range from Dirk Bogarde's cancer-infected lover forcing a move out of Provence to Elizabeth Taylor's heartfelt call to man dying of AIDS, neither of which seem to connect to life with dogs in any way except that Bogarde owned Corgi's and Taylor her constant companion 'Sugar'. But Weber seems sure of his material and weaves it together with a wonderful source music score of jazz standards belted out by Ella Fitzgerald, Doris Day, and Joni James. Kind of an odd duck for a dog movie but those that own man's best friend should enjoy this ode to the gorgeous Irish Setter 'True'.
    8Zenny-190-496269

    A Scrappy Scrapbook

    First off, don't even attempt to watch this if you're not an avid dog lover. To be a true dog lover (excuse the pun... 'True' is also the name of the dog in the film's title) one not only feels an affection and admiration of dogs; they compulsorily get in tune with the mind of dogs with their patience, their gentleness, their playfulness, their wildness, their intelligence, their loyalty and their sense of wonder, amusement and dare I say, inherent Buddha Nature (living in the moment, being non-judgmental...). As one who has learned a lot about the inherent philosophy of dogs and has had the great luck to know the pure joy of their loving company, I can say that I loved this film. I also cried harder than I ever have for my dearest pooch who died over 25 years ago. I miss her every day.

    Still, this film will have its detractors and I will say that I can understand why people might find this film 'difficult' or even unwatchable. It starts with a B&W vignette of a naked woman lounging around her parlor, then there's a vignette about Dirk Bogarde that seems to veer away from the subject of dogs, a vignette about a redneck family who raise dogs, horses and other animals, segments about war, surfing, Haiti, Liz Taylor, 9/11 and Martin Luther King, all interwoven with home movies of Weber's dogs and occasional clips form classic dog movies like Lassie & Rin Tin Tin. Is there something to this seemingly incoherent mess?

    I think for most people it will be a giant headache. It worked for me because A) as a Dirk Bogarde fan (!) and a lover of home movies, I could have watched that vignette forever (Bogarde also presents some of the film's theme: "being me is being the person I always was... that child in the meadow... having that innocence again, the freedom, that possibility of life before you, to exist to live as simply and as happily as I can") and B) I somehow watched this movie from the perspective of True, the addressee of the proposed letter. How does life sum up in the mind of a dog? When I go shopping for food or go surfing or gardening or watching a movie, I think of my dog and I try to share that experience with her. I show her pictures in magazines and read her poetry so indeed, I feel a kinship to Bruce Weber for essentially doing the same with his dogs in this film (and I cradle my pooch in my arms and sway when I listen to music as I did while watching this film). This is a symbiotic vision of man and dog of this crazy often beautiful and often tragic world that we live in. From a dog's perspective, it's pretty crazy, sad and funny. Maybe if more humans could see how unnecessary our prejudices and our need to bend the world into our selfish desires really are, we'd have a better world. The movie invites us to let go of our instinctive prejudices (got a problem with nudity? Your dog is naked... what's the big deal?) and just see the world through dog eyes. Maybe happiness isn't as illusive as we think it is.
    7hicuff@aol.com

    OK Movie but what's with the people mistreating donkeys and horses?

    This was an OK movie, but in the scenes with the ranch family, the "boys" are abusing the donkeys and horses by first, carrying the donkey over his shoulders and then riding the horse backwards, with the horse running and bucking to get the guy off and the donkey squirming to get off the guy's shoulders. Where were the animals rights people when this segment was being filmed? I don't see the relevance for this segment at all. There also should have been more stories about the dogs, rather than the people. Also, what did the actor Dirk Bogarde do with his Corgis when he had to move to take care of his lover? There were a lot of unanswered questions in this movie.
    jnpritchard

    Bruce Weber's slapdash, post-9/11 introspection via a letter to his dog.

    'Letter to True,' is fashion photographer Bruce Weber's peculiar, slapdash, often ostentatious cinematic documentary postcard to his wife, Nan, as narrated in a letter to his dog, True. Weber's documentary style here is devoid of any leash law.

    We see Weber's penmanship unfold across the screen in shaky images, all the while attempting to follow the text despite the fact that its words are included in the audio. It is a difficult and rather tragic narrative device, but tragedy is one of the films main themes.

    For Weber, a soundtrack of old Jazz crooners link loosely collected clips of early Elizabeth Taylor films, scenes from 'Rin Tin Tin,' a brief encounter with a ruckus family on a horse farm, and sequences of swimming (even surfing) golden retrievers, to yield, somehow, a poignant reflection of the September 11th terrorist attacks and a somber remembrance of their victims.

    This atypical tribute has also been called a film for dog lovers. Yet Weber's dogs are hardly lovable neighborhood mutts, unless perhaps your dog is pretty enough for the cover of Italian Vogue. The rowdy canine throng, which is essentially the focal point of the film, is impressively well trained, gorgeously groomed, and free to wreak havoc on all their surroundings.

    Weber's pets seem to be better off than the wrongfully incarcerated Haitian political prisoners whose struggle he clumsily and mysteriously refers to. They are privy to play dates with African elephants and promises of cross country jaunts in his custom rebuilt antique cars, complete with newly installed audio systems.

    One hopes that True the dog, who we are told still struggles with his solemn memories of that horrible day in September, is not trained to open the mail.

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      Edited from Le courage de Lassie (1946)
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      Written by Marion Merrick

      Performed by Richard Hayman and His Symphony Orchestra

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    • Date de sortie
      • 1 août 2008 (Royaume-Uni)
    • Pays d’origine
      • États-Unis
    • Langue
      • Anglais
    • Aussi connu sous le nom de
      • Pismo Žući
    • Lieux de tournage
      • Long Island, New York, États-Unis
    • Sociétés de production
      • Just Blue Films Inc.
      • Little Bear Productions
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    • Montant brut aux États-Unis et au Canada
      • 15 635 $US
    • Week-end de sortie aux États-Unis et au Canada
      • 4 395 $US
      • 12 sept. 2004
    • Montant brut mondial
      • 15 635 $US
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      1 heure 18 minutes
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      • Black and White
    • Mixage
      • Dolby Digital
    • Rapport de forme
      • 1.85 : 1

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