October 18, 2010No Comments
The reviewer nails the fact the story only presents the dark side of the gospel, something I told director John Curran when I had lunch with him. Here are the significant graphs:
Throughout the film, we hear snippets from the steady diet of talk radio Jack favors during his commute. Prognosticators offer doom-and-gloom assessments of the [...]
October 14, 2010No Comments
Roger Ebert reviews Stone:
“Stone” could have been some sort of a procedural, a straightforward crime movie, but it’s too complex for that. It is actually interested in the minds of these characters, and how they react to a dangerous situation. De Niro is so good at playing a man who has essentially emasculated himself because [...]
October 9, 2010No Comments
And seems to imply that by making “Christian talk-back radio” a key plot element, Christianity is portrayed in a negative light:
[Director John] Curran mentioned that the film’s near constant use of Christian talk-back radio as part of the soundtrack was a late addition because the director felt that De Niro is a very closed actor [...]
October 9, 2010No Comments
The interviewer, Chris Tinkham, asks Curran about the radio show the DeNiro character is listening to throughout the film:
Throughout the film there’s radio commentary. Was that part of the original screenplay?
No, that wasn’t even indicated in the screenplay. That was an idea that was borne out of desire to kind of place it in a [...]
October 9, 2010No Comments
Steve Prokopy, Chicago Editor of Ain’t It Cool, reviews Stone. I’m including his entire review below because he gets it.
The scene opens with a flashback to 30-some years earlier, with a young couple sitting quietly at home. The husband is watching golf on TV, the wife is making him a drink, as she has clearly [...]
