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Post by RhodoraO on Feb 17, 2017 6:16:19 GMT
Discussion, reviews, news, pics, etc.
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Post by RhodoraO on Feb 24, 2017 9:40:30 GMT
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Post by RhodoraO on Feb 28, 2017 22:15:39 GMT
Some production pictures:
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Post by RhodoraO on Mar 4, 2017 7:16:53 GMT
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Post by RhodoraO on Mar 10, 2017 5:14:00 GMT
This fall, he will play two more willful men. In the Western 3:10 to Yuma, he’s a desperate cattleman determined to bring a flashy crook (Russell Crowe) to justice, no matter the obvious consequences to both himself and his children. While Crowe philosophizes, flirts, and twiddles his fancy hat, Bale’s quiet focus undermines all that scenery-chewing—to such an extent that the film becomes more about why this cattleman won’t stop than what will happen when good guy and bad guy finally have their showdown. “Even Jesus, we’re told, was never a father,” says Bale, bluntly describing the rancher’s predicament. “Well, it’s one thing to sacrifice yourself when nobody else is going to suffer for it. But is he doing this because he wants to do the right thing? Or is it pure pride?”nymag.com/guides/fallpreview/2007/movies/36619/
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Post by Admin on Mar 14, 2017 22:59:56 GMT
Elmore Leonard’s Men of Few Words, in a Few Words
An interesting article on Elmore's style of characterization and how well it has been carried over in past Westerns, touching upon the upcoming 3:10 to Yuma 2007 remake: www.nytimes.com/2007/09/02/movies/02raff.html
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Post by Admin on Mar 14, 2017 23:02:00 GMT
A video review by NYtimes' A.O. Scott: Link: www.nytimes.com/video/movies/1194817097989/movie-minutes-3-10-to-yuma.htmlQuotes from his printed review: www.nytimes.com/2007/09/07/movies/07yuma.html- Mr. Mangold, whose previous films include “Girl, Interrupted” and “Walk the Line,” is not the kind of director who indulges in stylistic showboating. The action sequences in “3:10 to Yuma” are effective and coherent, but it is ultimately the actors who carry the movie.
- Mr. Bale is one of the few screen actors who can convincingly shed the trappings of modernity. Dan is much more than a movie star in costume: with his gaunt, haggard face and wide, awe-struck eyes, he seems to have stepped out of a daguerreotype or a murder ballad.
- Ben and Dan discover an unlikely bond, or at least some common enemies, and Mr. Bale’s haunted reticence plays well against Mr. Crowe’s roguish relish. Their characters open up a bit too much toward the end, in confessional moments that soften the clean, hard contours of the story and bring to the surface themes that would have been more interesting if they had been left half-buried.
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Post by Admin on Mar 14, 2017 23:26:33 GMT
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Post by Admin on Mar 14, 2017 23:28:54 GMT
Debut weekend box-office: Filmgoers Make ‘Yuma’ The Top Stop
In a battle of remakes for box office supremacy over the weekend, the western “3:10 to Yuma,” distributed by Lionsgate and starring Russell Crowe and Christian Bale, took in $14.1 million in its debut. It toppled “Halloween” (MGM), with $10 million, from a week’s reign atop the chart compiled by the tracking company Media by Numbers. Third place and $8 million went to “Superbad” (Sony), followed by “Balls of Fury” (Focus/Rogue) with $5.6 million and, in its sixth week, “The Bourne Ultimatum” (Universal) with $5.4 million.
www.nytimes.com/2007/09/10/arts/10arts.html
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Post by RhodoraO on Mar 17, 2017 5:22:53 GMT
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Post by RhodoraO on Mar 17, 2017 5:28:31 GMT
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Post by RhodoraO on Mar 17, 2017 5:37:56 GMT
Thanks again to @johnsant87 for digging this up for us: This is Gold, Mangold! /Cross-posted: Industry mentions!
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Post by Tuulia on Aug 15, 2017 21:54:55 GMT
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Post by RhodoraO on Dec 22, 2020 0:00:50 GMT
Interesting stuff from a back-then write up and talk with Bale: ew.com/article/2007/08/31/spotlight-christian-bale/"Christian Bale is a man who enjoys a challenge, and damn near drools over the prospect of an adventure. He lost 63 pounds to play a disturbed insomniac in 2004’s The Machinist; was the first Brit to portray Bruce Wayne, in 2005’s hugely successful franchise reboot Batman Begins; and ate live worms while filming this year’s Rescue Dawn, directed in the jungles of Thailand by Werner Herzog. There were those, however, who felt Bale had bitten off more than he could chew when he accepted his latest mission: acting in a movie with Russell Crowe. ”Everybody seemed to think I was going to be having fistfights with Russell,” explains Bale, 33. ”But it was the easiest damn thing ever. He’s just no-nonsense, that’s all.”
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Post by RhodoraO on Jan 25, 2021 14:59:11 GMT
From the brief WSJ review: www.wsj.com/articles/SB118911720903119886"The starting point of the plot is a conflict of interests that turns into a clash of values. After the infamous Wade is captured by lawmen, Evans, who is broke and about to lose his ranch, volunteers for a few hundred dollars to deliver the outlaw to a train that will take him to trial. Wade's interest is in escaping, of course, or buying his escape. Evans, anything but an idealist, is interested only in the reward. The question is whether the rancher can be bought, but it's not the only question in a film, originally based on a story by Elmore Leonard, that explores issues of morality and integrity. Does every man have his price, as Wade believes, or can something more govern human behavior? (Hint: Keep an eye out for something more.) Russell Crowe, looking cheerfully dissolute with a smirk beneath an obligatory black hat, keeps all eyes riveted on him, even when the mind games Ben Wade plays with his captor wear thin. Wade is a villain, by his own admission -- indeed, by his own insistence -- but a complex, seductive one who quotes the Bible and does an admirable pencil sketch of a woman he admires. Christian Bale, a specialist in mutedness, risks painting Dan Evans as a dislikable weasel as well as a mercenary, but there's ample room for the character's growth, and the actor fills it. (Now and then, though, both men grow so muted that they seem to be trying to outminimalize one another.)"
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