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MONSTER

October 21, 2014 By Leave a Comment

MONSTER

Patty Jenkins’’ film, MONSTER, is brilliant, breathtaking, and completely unforgettable. Those are words that are sorely overused in the land of crit-speak, and yet there are few films that are so very deserving of them. Jenkins’ biographical story of Aileen Wournos, convicted serial killer, has all the earmarks of a tabloid tale from one of… Read More »

Tagged With: Aileen Wournos, based on a true story, Charlize Theron, director, Oscar-winning performance, Patty Jenkins, serial killer, weight gain

KINSEY

October 21, 2014 By Leave a Comment

KINSEY opens with the face of Peter Sarsgaard in close-up looking directly into the camera and asking questions of a sexual nature. An offscreen voice stops him when he uses a euphemism for a sexual act. No, says the voice that we will shortly learn is Kinsey’s, it won’t work unless you are completely straightforward,… Read More »

Tagged With: based on a true story, Bill Condon, bio-pic. drama, class structure, director, history, human sexuality, interview, Laura Linney, Liam Neeson, narrative, prudery, social attitudes, study of human sexuality, weight gain, writer

Bill Condon Studies KINSEY

September 1, 2014 By Leave a Comment

Bill Condon Studies KINSEY

A word of warning. Like KINSEY, the film he wrote and directed, Bill Condon is direct when discussing the research that his title character carried out on human sexuality. Also like the film, it’s done with erudition, insight, and spiced with a pointed wit. When we spoke on October 28, 2004, the converstation naturally turned to… Read More »

Tagged With: based on a true story, Bill Condon, bio-pic. drama, class structure, director, history, human sexuality, interview, Laura Linney, Liam Neeson, narrative, prudery, social attitudes, study of human sexuality, weight gain, writer

Patty Jenkins Dissects MONSTER

September 1, 2014 By Leave a Comment

Patty Jenkins Dissects MONSTER

For Patty Jenkins, MONSTER was more than a movie, it was a mission. The writer/director took a lot of risks, including the casting against type of the film’s star, Charlize Theron, as real-life serial killer Aileen Wournos. It paid off big time, and did so with a smart film that raises more questions about society than… Read More »

Tagged With: Aileen Wournos, based on a true story, Charlize Theron, director, Oscar-winning performance, Patty Jenkins, serial killer, weight gain

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