Ryan Gosling plays Neil Armstrong in Damien Chazelle’s new film, First Man. Did her performance convince?
Finally a first Oscar for Ryan Gosling? For his new film in which he lends his features to the astronaut Neil Armstrong, the actor remade team with Damien Chazelle, the director who offered him the role of Sebastian in La La Land . The two men attacked in First Man in a biopic that traces a momentous year in the life of Neil Armstrong, but also for all humanity: the one where the man walked for the first time on the moon . The film premiered yesterday at the Venice Film Festival and the first critics are unanimous: Ryan Gosling delivers a remarkable performance and the work of Damien Chazelle is great.
Here’s what The Hollywood Reporter shared about the film: “It’s an extremely intelligent treatment of a momentous moment for America, which showcases Chazelle’s flexible talent after Whiplash and La La Land. completely in the skin of Neil Armstrong and offers us an intimate portrait of a man focused on his mission and who refuses to develop. As for The Guardian’s reporter, he describes Ryan Gosling’s performance as “very intelligent and dignified” when Damien Chazelle’s work is “of a revealing, courageous realism and that we discover an exciting drama about the danger and the obsession”. They have October 17, 2018 in French theaters to discover First Man!