by Nathaniel R
Netflix has released the poster and the first clip from Nyad, the true story of open water swimmer Diana Nyad's attempt to swim from Cuba to Florida at 60 years of age. The film is the first narrative feature from Oscar-winning documentarians Elisabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin and it's based on the memoir "Find a Way". The film hits theaters on October 20th for two weeks before landing on Netflix. As for myself, I'll see it on the big screen not just for the always amazing Annette Bening but also because the cinematographer is Oscar winner Claudio Miranda so maybe there are gorgeous images of the open water?
See the poster and the clip after the jump...
The following clip is basically introducing both the synopsis of the film and the two leads, Annette Bening as Diana Nyad and Jodie Foster as her friend/coach Bonnie Stoll. So it must be a moment from the first ten minutes.
Thoughts?
At first this felt a little flat to me but I readily acknowledge that I am usually underwhelmed by seeing random clips from films; Context is everything. I don't have much else to say other than that I really miss The Bening and I hope this is a big success for her (aka a fifth Oscar nomination).
Oh and also very randomly I played ping-pong just two days ago so I giggled at the setting because ping pong is not something I ever think about.
When was the last time you played ping pong? And when you did, did you also pitch a crazy idea to your friend/opponent/former love interest?