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The ATONEMENT of James McAvoy & Joe Wright

September 1, 2014 By 2 Comments

The ATONEMENT of James McAvoy & Joe Wright

The power of words, the questioning of received wisdom, and the reasons behind a recurring porcine motif were all on the table when I talked with James McAvoy and Joe Wright about ATONEMENT on November 28, 2007.  They were by turns philosophical and whimsical while discussing how to use naughty words in an elegant film, filming the… Read More »

Tagged With: book to screen, British Cinema, director, duet, Dunkirk, Ian McEwan, James McAvoy, Joe Wright, narrative, naughty words, porcine, sound design

Laura Linney & THE SAVAGES

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Laura Linney & THE SAVAGES

Laura Linney can raise the cinematic IQ of any film in which she appears by at least 50 points. The same ravishing blend of smarts, wit, and sponteneity is equally apparent in person. When I talked with her on October 5, 2007, about THE SAVAGES, I was finally able to ask her about something I’d always… Read More »

Tagged With: aging parent, cinema, death scene, end-of-life decisions, film, Laura Linney, movie, narrative, plastic bag, risks, suffocation, THE SAVAGES

Marjane Satrapi Creates PERSEPOLIS

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Marjane Satrapi Creates PERSEPOLIS

When I talked with Marjane Satrapi on December 12, 2007, the national news was full of the latest example of gun violence in the United States. Before getting down to talking about PERSEPOLIS, based on her autobiographical graphic novel of the same name, she asked me why the pundits were talking about the shooter’s psychology… Read More »

Tagged With: animation, artist, autobiographical, black and white cinematography, book to screen, conservative culture, director, exile, expatriate, forgiveness, graphic novel, gun control, gun violence, Iran, Iranian Revolution, Marjane Satrapi, narrative, writer

Tony Gilroy Pulls the Strings on MICHAEL CLAYTON

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Tony Gilroy Pulls the Strings on MICHAEL CLAYTON

Tony Gilroy is no stranger to the inner workings of law firms. He researched how things operated while writing the screenplay for THE DEVIL’S ADVOCATE, but with MICHAEL CLAYTON, which marks his directorial debut, he kept things strictly out of the supernatural realm while still exploring the evil at work in the world. When we… Read More »

Tagged With: cinema, corporate ethics, director, directorial debut, drama, film, George Clooney, law firms, lawsuits, lies, loneliness, madness, madness as sanity, MICHAEL CLAYTON, movie, narrative, sanity, Tilda Swinton, Tony Gilroy, truth, writer

Mitchell Lichtenstein Sharpens His TEETH

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Mitchell Lichtenstein Sharpens His TEETH

If there is any truth to the old saying that any publicity is good publicity, Mitchell Lichtenstein is on to something with his feature film debut, TEETH. The writer/director and erstwhile actor decided to go beyond the metaphor of the vagina dentata, and deal directly with that myth, the one that has haunted men though… Read More »

Tagged With: castration, cinema, director, fantasy, feature film debut, film, folklore, gender attitudtes, metaphor, Mitchell Lichetenstein, movie, narrative, nightmare, TEETH, vagina dentata, writer

IN BRUGES with Martin McDonagh

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IN BRUGES with Martin McDonagh

Martin McDonagh has the same sort of dark, yet whimsical sense of humor with which his film IN BRUGES, is rife. When I talked with him on January 30, 2008, the twisted way in which he examines morality was top of my list of thing I wanted to discuss, as well as the redefinition of… Read More »

Tagged With: Belgium, black comedy, Brendan Gleeson, cinema, Colin Farrell, crime, director, ethics, film, Heironymous Bosch, hitmen, IN BRUGES, Irish Cinema, Martin McDonagh, masculinity, morality, movie, murder, narrative, philosophy, thriller

Tom McCarthy Introduces THE VISITOR

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Tom McCarthy Introduces THE VISITOR

Tom McCarthy is not a man to be rushed, hence the five years between his debut as a writer/director, THE STATION AGENT, and his second effort, THE VISITOR. In between he continued his flourishing career as a working actor until the right inspiration struck. When we spoke on April 7, 2008, the conversation ranged from… Read More »

Tagged With: cinema, civil rights, cultural tours, director, drama, film, immigration reform, Middle East, narrative, retired professor, Richard Jenkins, screenwriter, sound design, State Department, Tom McCarthy

David Schwimmer Says RUN FATBOY RUN

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David Schwimmer Says RUN FATBOY RUN

When I spoke to David Schwimmer on March 5, 2008, his directorial debut was the reason for the interview, but it was his working relationship with radio legend Studs Terkel that I wanted to start with. Schwimmer’s reminiscence about the man, and the effect he had on his theater career that shed a whole new… Read More »

Tagged With: Band of Brothers, comedy, David Schwimmer, directorial debut, film. movie director, mid-budget film, narrative, rolling with the punches, Simon Pegg, Studs Terkel, theater career

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