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Viewing the film “Chess Story” at the VIFF Theatre followed by dinner together at a local restaurant

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Viewing the film “Chess Story” at the VIFF Theatre followed by dinner together at a local restaurant

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Hey there, You are welcome to join me in attending this film at the VIFF Theatre in Vancouver (Saturday March 25.) The film begins at 3:30pm. Tickets can be purchased in advance or at the door. Let’s aim to meet up around 3:15. Following the film, we can enjoy dinner together. I’ll make a reservation after I know how many will be in our party. And if you’re available, and still feeling energetic, you can stick around for a second VIFF film after dinner. Check out the other film event I’ve posted and rsvp if you’re able. Hope to see you soon! Here’s the VIFF review: “Chess is about grinding down your opponent’s ego,” claims the SS captain interrogating Josef Bartok (Oliver Masucci) the night Vienna is taken over by the Nazis. Bartok, a Jew and a notary public who holds the codes to a treasure trove of private bank accounts in his head is not a chess player, but he’s arrogant, or competitive, or principled enough not to give the German what he wants, and is condemned to indefinite solitary confinement until he should change his mind. Days give way to… months? Bartok loses track and gradually his sanity. Then fate throws him a lifeline, a single book…. a book of chess games… Freely adapted from Stefan Zweig’s novella, and dominated by Oliver Musucci’s multifaceted performance, Philipp Stölzl’s gripping movie is a compelling psychological study of torture, defiance and the kind of mind games no one can hope to control. “Chess Story masterfully confounds expectations as a tautly calibrated, intricately constructed Chinese puzzle of a period drama set during Nazi Germany’s annexation of Austria. Masucci, who appears in every scene, potently conveys a multitude of unspoken emotions with his remarkably expressive face…. He’s never less than riveting….” ~Michael Rechtshaffen, Los Angeles Times “A diabolically knotted psychological thriller… Thanks to an outstanding performance by Mr. Masucci, who recalls Mads Mikkelsen’s haunted intensity; an elegant turn by Mr. Schuch as his genteel torturer; and charged direction by Mr. Stölzl, who parsimoniously hands out each clue, the film remains breathless throughout.” ~Kyle Smith, The Wall Street Journal “Stölzl craftily melds the genres of period drama and psychological thriller, not for the purposes of reheated nostalgia, but to shed a cold light on the recursions of historical trauma.” ~William Repass, Slant Magazine

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Lee

I’ve made us a reservation at Sushi Mugen for 5:45 (903 Davie St, Vancouver, BC V6Z 1B9). Please confirm if you think you’ll be joining us for dinner after the film. Thanks! :)

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Susan

Hi, Lee I will be joining you for dinner after the film. Thx for arranging this!

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Lee

That’s great, Susan. Glad you can make it.

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Lee

Hi All! Apart from Susan and Natalie (from the second film group), will anyone else be joining us for dinner after we see “Chess Story”? I’ll be finalizing the reservation early this week. Thanks! 🙏

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Joanne

Thanks for organizing, Lee! I would like to attend the dinner portion as well.

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Sandra

Hey there! Count me in for the dinner, please. P.S. There's a tiny typo in the post, in the date (28th instead of 25th). Pointing it out so that it's as unambiguous as possible 😅

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Lee

Thanks for noticing that, Sandra. Glad you can join us for dinner.

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Lee

I’ll mark you down, Joanne. It’ll be nice to have you there.

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Peter

Too bad I'll have to miss it this time. Been summoned to baby sit grandkids that day, which I gladly accepted.

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Lee

No worries, Peter. Enjoy the grandkids. 🙏

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Aleesa

I'll be there for dinner. Thanks Lee!

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Lee

Cool. With Aleesa, that makes six of us so far.

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