AFI -- European Union Film Showcase (2021) -- "The Most Beautiful Boy in the World" (w/Kristina Lindström and Kristian Petri):
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Special Features: Q&A with filmmakers Kristina Lindström and Kristian Petri on Dec. 7
At the world premiere of DEATH IN VENICE in 1971, Italian director Luchino Visconti proclaimed Björn Andrésen, the teen star of his latest film, "the most beautiful boy in the world." Thrust into international stardom at a young age for his good looks, it might seem Andrésen's life was all glamor, but Kristina Lindström and Kristian Petri's probing, haunting documentary reveals that trauma and tragedy were ever-present. Now 50 years later, Andrésen (who most recently had a small role in Ari Aster's MIDSOMMAR) reflects on his personal history and recounts how he tried to overcome the whirlwind of adoration mixed with objectification and lead a normal life — a struggle still faced by young actors to this day. DIR/SCR Kristina Lindström, Kristian Petri; PROD Stina Gardell. Sweden, 2021, color, 94 min. In English, Swedish, French and Japanese with English subtitles. NOT RATED
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2021 photos: This year was filled with hope. Yes, the COVID-19 pandemic is still with us but it was hoped that restoring sanity to the White House. the rapid vaccine role-out, and a government that finally cared would put things back to normal again. But the force was strong in the evil anti-vaxxer movement and the virus variants made quick use of that so we're still dealing with this crap. Plus the continued impact of the Trump putsch attempt... Sigh.
Trips this year:
(May, October) After getting fully vaccinated, I made two trips down to Asheville, NC to visit my dad and his wife Dixie, and
(mid-July) I made a quick trip up to Stockbridge, MA to see the Norman Rockwell Museum again as well as Daniel Chester French's place @ Chesterwood.
Number of photos taken this year: about 283,000, slightly up from 2020 but still really low.