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THE 9TH LIFE OF LOUIS DRAX

August 31, 2016 By Leave a Comment

THE 9TH LIFE OF LOUIS DRAX

THE 9TH LIFE OF LOUIS DRAX uses the perspective of a child to tell a very mature, very troubling story. It’s a device that could be precious if handled with less sensitivity, less intelligence than is found in Max Minghella’s wondrous adaptation, directed by Alexandre Aja,  of Liz Johnson’s novel of the same name.  It… Read More »

Tagged With: accident, coma, falling off a cliff, magical realism

EVERY THING WILL BE FINE

December 14, 2015 By 1 Comment

EVERY THING WILL BE FINE

Tragedy is complicated. Guilt and anger, acceptance and forgiveness don’t fall into neat pigeonholes in Wim Wender’s EVERY THING WILL BE FINE, a title that is what everyone aspires to in this small but powerful tale of searching for redemption. The central character is Tomas (James Franco), a good writer with a middling career and… Read More »

Tagged With: accident, child's death, forgiveness, guilt, novelist, suicide attempt

127 HOURS

October 21, 2014 By Leave a Comment

Danny Boyle doesn’’t make it easy for himself. After exploring the teeming slums of India with SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE, he’’s turned in a different direction with 127 HOURS. In it, James Franco, as intrepid hiker Aron Ralston, spends most of the film trapped in a sliver of a crevice carved very deep into one of the… Read More »

Tagged With: 127 HOURS, accident, Aron Ralston, based on a true story, Between A Rock and A Hard Place, book to screen, cinema, Danny Boyle, drama, film, hiking, James Franco, movie, narrative, slot canyon

Danny Boyle’s 127 HOURS

September 1, 2014 By Leave a Comment

Danny Boyle’s 127 HOURS

Based on Between A Rock and A Hard Place, the book Aron Ralston wrote about his ordeal of being trapped in a slot canyon by a massive boulder pinning his hand, 127 HOURS was conceived by director/co-screenwriter Danny Boyle as a spiritual journey of a man forced to confront the solitary existence he had chosen for himself.… Read More »

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