RT Interview: Reading The Reader with Stephen Daldry
Summary
In bringing the best-selling German novel The Reader to the big screen, director Stephen Daldry (Billy Elliot, The Hours) had more than a few hurdles to overcome -- breaks in production, the recasting of his lead character, headline-grabbing in-fighting between executive producers Scott Rudin and Harvey Weinstein, and the tragic loss of producers and mentors Sydney Pollack and Anthony Minghella. But somehow, the veteran stage director and self-professed Superman (who more closely resembles a distinguished, British Clark Kent) pulled it all together to earn a Best Director nomination for this weekend's Academy Awards, where his film is up for honors in five major categories. Back to Article
In bringing the best-selling German novel The Reader to the big screen, director Stephen Daldry (Billy Elliot, The Hours) had more than a few hurdles to overcome -- breaks in production, the recasting of his lead character, headline-grabbing in-fighting between executive producers Scott Rudin and Harvey Weinstein, and the tragic loss of producers and mentors Sydney Pollack and Anthony Minghella. But somehow, the veteran stage director and self-professed Superman (who more closely resembles a distinguished, British Clark Kent) pulled it all together to earn a Best Director nomination for this weekend's Academy Awards, where his film is up for honors in five major categories. Back to Article
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on Feb 17 2009 06:13 PM Good interview, pretty good movie too. (Reply to this) |
on Feb 17 2009 07:04 PM Great interview and great film. (Reply to this) |
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on Feb 17 2009 08:41 PM I still say Hanna's a rapist... (Reply to this) |
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on Feb 17 2009 09:26 PM In reply to this comment (#2328171) AHahahaA, your still on that!... but yeah she is. (Reply to this) |
on Feb 17 2009 09:26 PM In reply to this comment (#2328171) But do you like it? (Reply to this) |
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on Feb 17 2009 09:33 PM Anyway, my rants about "TDK" may have given some the idea that I have no interest in this. Let me just say that's not the case, when this hits DVD, I plan on seeing it. I'm a fan of Winslet, she is the best actress of her time. Her alone makes it worth seeing, even if the rest of the film sucks except her. I have yet to see a weak performance out of her. (Reply to this) |
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on Feb 17 2009 09:41 PM I've been trying to explain to my friends that The Reader wasn't a holocaust film... but for some reason having the holocaust mentioned in a film makes it a holocaust film, I guess. I thought of it as an intense character-driven drama that dealt with how relationships can screw with you your whole life, especially when the person ended up being someone you thought was horrible. Whatever, I liked it. If it won, I'd enjoy a hearty laugh and drink a beer. (Reply to this) |
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on Feb 18 2009 12:05 PM Of course "The Reader" is a Holocaust film. It's not ON the Holocaust but it's ABOUT it and its consequences. They're just TRYING (seriously, who do they think they're kidding?) to cover that fact up because they were unexpectedly nominated for major Oscars and the AMPAS' absolute LOVE for this type of film, no matter how bad they are, is too damn obvious. It's become such a stereotype that it's a joke, literally. Ricky Gervais told Kate Wislet when she guest-starred in his show "Extras": "Do a Holocaust film and the awards will come". Bam, right on. She goes on and does "The Reader" and she's now the frontrunner to win that Oscar on Sunday. Gervais even mentioned that when he took the stage at the Golden Globes and she had already won her first one for this movie. "The Reader" is not a bad film by any means. It's just... middling. (Reply to this) |
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