The Envelope In Print: The Writing / Directing Issue (Dec. 12, 2007)
December 12, 2007
MOVIES
No time for cigars for director Denzel
DENZEL WASHINGTON has the slightly dazed look of a man in the home stretch.
December 12, 2007
A MOMENT WITH . . .
Robert Redford: Up for the challenge
AS the title suggests, "Lions for Lambs" is a film about sacrifice and bravery and its director, Robert Redford, has not been coy regarding the film's decidedly unhappy ending and the climactic scene that plays out on a bleak Afghanistan battlefield.
December 12, 2007
THE BIG PICTURE CONVERSATION
Sean Penn's go-to guy
ART LINSON is a throwback, the kind of producer who avoids making pre-masticated sequels, doesn't worry about being on power lists and isn't afraid of mixing it up with the studio suits. He's been producing movies for 30 years, having worked with an all-star team of talent that includes Bill Murray, Cameron Crowe, Michael Mann, Brian De Palma, Robert De Niro, David Mamet and David Fincher.
December 12, 2007
CONTENDER Q & A
The real woman behind 'Lars'
FOR decades, Nancy Oliver wrote plays that her old Florida State University pal, screenwriter Alan Ball ("American Beauty"), occasionally produced on small stages. Oliver put obscurity behind her with a critically acclaimed television series and an Oscar buzzworthy screenplay in "Lars and the Real Girl." And it all came not a moment too soon.
December 12, 2007
CONTENDER Q & A: STYLE
'Atonement': The past made new
IF the '30s costumes in "Atonement" look a little too good to be true to the period, Jacqueline Durran has done her job well. A far cry from a stuffy period drama, "Atonement," based on Ian McEwan's novel, opens on a singularly sweltering summer day in 1935.
December 12, 2007
MOVIES
Writers reveal scenes that made their scripts
FOR some, it happens years before the script has been started. For others, it follows weeks of ignoring a blank screen and a producer's frantic calls. An idea for a scene, or even a line comes up and something ineffable clicks into place, like a tumbler on a lock, setting the story free.
December 12, 2007
LIGHTS, CAMERA . . .
One bear of a scene
In Lights, Camera . . ., a below-the-line craftsperson talks about his or her current film. This week: Michael Fink on the hardest part of the visual effects for "The Golden Compass."
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