Is America Ready for a Trade Center Movie?
Oliver Stone speaks out about his 9-11 movie:However, when asked whether the world in general and America in particular was ready for a drama about the 9/11 attacks, the director was dismissive.Given his earlier statements, I have difficulty believing Stone of all people will be telling an austere version of this story. I don't know if I'd want Stone to tell a austere version of this story. Austere isn't what Stone does. He does over-the-top, Shakespearean, crazy-film-stock conspiratorial hallucinations. Is America ready? Screw that. America hasn't ever been ready for great filmmaking. Citizen Kane, anyone?
"I would hate that to be the main question about the movie, though I sense that is what's going to happen," he told the BBC News website.
"I'm not in the business of knowing whether America is ready. You just hope it will be."
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The film, he added, was "a very austere, technical attempt to be realistic about what happened - to show it as it really was".
But God help Stone if he makes a bad film. For those who lived through this tragedy, and those of us who were there in New York when it happened, this is one scab that should probably never be picked. A bad movie is only going to exacerbate things.
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posted by J. Ott @ 2/24/2006 09:46:00 AM
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This is a tough subject to tackle and I can't really comment on what Stone will do with it until I actually see the film. There are films out there dealing with post-9/11 New York, good ones. Spike's 25th Hour was interesting. There is a good buzz with The Great New Wonderful. I'm even planning on writing a screenplay with that as the back-drop.
From what I know about the film it seems like an intimate portrait of these two guys, a survivors-among-the-wreckage story. Just have to wait and see I guess.
No matter what, the movie is going to offend somebody somewhere. I'd like to see it, and I don't think its too soon. President Bush has been capitalizing on 9/11 for years...why can't Stone?
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