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THE HANDMAIDEN (Ah-ga-ss)

November 1, 2016 By 1 Comment

THE HANDMAIDEN (Ah-ga-ss)

Based on Sarah Water’s novel Fingersmith, Chan-Wook Park’s THE HANDMAIDEN hornswaggles its audience with its opening scenes, and then continues on for its running time to continually confound, shock, and gratify that same audience. Told in four separate chapters that each covers roughly the same action, reality becomes a series of preconceived notions that are… Read More »

Tagged With: book to screen, Fingersmith, Japanese occupation of Korea, Korea, mystery, Sarah Waters

AMERICAN PASTORAL — Ewan McGregor Interview

October 20, 2016 By Leave a Comment

AMERICAN PASTORAL — Ewan McGregor Interview

Ewan McGregor had just spent the previous 24 hours flying in from London and then hosting a Q&A for his film, AMERICAN PASTORAL, at the Mill Valley Film Festival, but adrenalin got the better of fatigue when I spoke with him on October 10, 2016. The film charts the life of a Jewish-American golden boy… Read More »

Tagged With: 1960s, book to screen, director, father-daughter relationship, Philip Roth, politics, Twin Towers

A MAN CALLED OVE (En man som heter Ove)

October 19, 2016 By Leave a Comment

A MAN CALLED OVE (En man som heter Ove)

When we meet the title character of A MAN CALLED OVE, he is having a very bad day. Squabbling with shop clerks, policing his neighbors regarding littering and pets, and being fired at almost 60 from the job he’s had since he was 16. Ove’s face is a study in dour dyspepsia, and his attitude… Read More »

Tagged With: book to screen, depression, suicide attempts, Sweden, widower

MISS PEREGRINE’S SCHOOL FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN

September 26, 2016 By Leave a Comment

MISS PEREGRINE’S SCHOOL FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN

I have not read the eponymous novel on which MISS PEREGRINE’S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN Is based, but a quick check of the of the Wikipedia entry for it reveals that for the screen adaptation many of the characters have been modified and plot point changed. This is not uncommon, and when the original source… Read More »

Tagged With: book to screen, grandfather-grandson, monsters, needle-like teeth, Peculiars, supernatural, time travel

THE LEGEND OF TARZAN

July 3, 2016 By Leave a Comment

THE LEGEND OF TARZAN

Credit where it’s due.  THE LEGEND OF TARZAN doesn’t get everything wrong. For one, It has the virtue of addressing why a perfectly capable, perfectly intelligent black man with a Ph.D., George Washington Harris (Samuel L. Jackson as an actual historical character) needs a white man, that would be Lord Greystoke aka Tarzan (Alexander Skarsgård)… Read More »

Tagged With: 19th century, Africa, Belgian Congo, book to screen, Congo, diamonds, diplomatic mission, hippopotamus, King Leopold, ostriches, slavery, Tarzan

OUR KIND OF TRAITOR

July 2, 2016 By Leave a Comment

OUR KIND OF TRAITOR

John le Carré writes espionage stories in which the action is cerebral and the suspense comes from a keen observation of each protagonist’s character. Thus, the stakes in OUR KIND OF TRAITOR involve much more than the list of names that will topple those in power. They involve the people caught up in the intrigue… Read More »

Tagged With: book to screen, British Government, espionage, John le Carré, Marrakech, MI6, spies, unlikely allies

HIGH-RISE

April 30, 2016 By 1 Comment

HIGH-RISE

There is nothing subtle about HIGH-RISE, a savage allegorical satire of manic energy and pointed symbolism. Based on the novel of the same name by J.G. Ballard, it stars Tom Hiddleston as an urbane neurologist about to discover his place in the social order, and Jeremy Irons as The Architect (how Masonic?), the emotionally constipated… Read More »

Tagged With: Allegory, anarchy, book to screen, class struggle, J G. Ballard, revolution, Sci-fi, speculative fiction, symbolism

A HOLOGRAM FOR THE KING

April 21, 2016 By Leave a Comment

A HOLOGRAM FOR THE KING

Tom Hanks once again reminds us that he is the quintessential American Everyman with a deeply affecting turn as the symbol of modern American enterprise in A HOLOGRAM FOR THE KING, based on the novel of the same name by Dave Eggers, and adapted by Tom Tykwer. Think of it as an updated version of… Read More »

Tagged With: book to screen, desert, international business, IT, romance, Saudi Arabia, suspicious lump

Jeffrey D. Brown & Sushmita Mukherjee Talk How SOLD Changed Their Lives

April 15, 2016 By Leave a Comment

Jeffrey D. Brown & Sushmita Mukherjee Talk How SOLD Changed Their Lives

Director Jeffrey D. Brown and co-star Sushmita Mukherjee wanted to do more than make a film, they wanted to make a difference for the kids like the one depicted in SOLD. That’s why they have partnered with NGOs, and are aiming for more than a run-of-the-mill theatrical release. In that spirit, there are links to several of… Read More »

Tagged With: activism, Assam, book to screen, brothels, Calcutta, child sex trade, Dehli rape case. APNE AAP, economic status of women, Human trafficking, India, modern slavery, Nepal, NGO, Patricia McCormick, re-ensoulment, Ruchira Gupta, Sacred Feminine, Save the Children, sex slaves, spirituality, UN Commission on the Status of Women

I SAW THE LIGHT — Tom Hiddleston & Marc Abraham Interview

April 3, 2016 By Leave a Comment

I SAW THE LIGHT — Tom Hiddleston & Marc Abraham Interview

When I spoke with Tom Hiddleston and Marc Abraham on April 1, 2016, I was less interested in how Hiddleston pared even more weight from his already slender frame to better approximate Hank Williams skeletal build, or the five weeks he spent with a country music artist Rodney Crowell in order to absorb the atmosphere of… Read More »

Tagged With: Aristotelian tragedy, back pain, based on a true story, book to screen, catharsis, Country Music, Grand Ole Opry, grits, Hank Williams, music, opening night, Rodney Crowell

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