The Ghost (2010)
(The Ghost Writer)
Country: FR/GER/GB
Technical: col/2.35:1 128m
Director: Roman Polanski
Cast: Ewan McGregor, Jon Bernthal, Kim Cattrall, Pierce Brosnan, Olivia Williams, Timothy Hutton, Tom Wilkinson, James Belushi
Synopsis:
A ghost writer is hired to rewrite the memoirs of a former British Prime Minister while holed up on an island off the New England coast where his predecessor on the book met an untimely death.
Review:
A return to form for Polanski; with a number of reminiscences of earlier successes (Chinatown and The Tenant in particular), not to mention a strong Hitchcockian aura, and a tight script and excellent cast, the thriller is shot with total assurance, and a macabre sense of fun. The final shot is an inspiration and perfectly encapsulates how film does such things differently to the printed page (the screenplay was drawn from Robert Harris�s own novel, clearly based on Tony Blair and the rendition furore). Jutland appears to do service for Martha�s Vineyard, or some such, filmed wonderfully out of season: the director still cannot film in the US, indeed he was almost extradited from Switzerland soon after the film was completed.
(The Ghost Writer)
Country: FR/GER/GB
Technical: col/2.35:1 128m
Director: Roman Polanski
Cast: Ewan McGregor, Jon Bernthal, Kim Cattrall, Pierce Brosnan, Olivia Williams, Timothy Hutton, Tom Wilkinson, James Belushi
Synopsis:
A ghost writer is hired to rewrite the memoirs of a former British Prime Minister while holed up on an island off the New England coast where his predecessor on the book met an untimely death.
Review:
A return to form for Polanski; with a number of reminiscences of earlier successes (Chinatown and The Tenant in particular), not to mention a strong Hitchcockian aura, and a tight script and excellent cast, the thriller is shot with total assurance, and a macabre sense of fun. The final shot is an inspiration and perfectly encapsulates how film does such things differently to the printed page (the screenplay was drawn from Robert Harris�s own novel, clearly based on Tony Blair and the rendition furore). Jutland appears to do service for Martha�s Vineyard, or some such, filmed wonderfully out of season: the director still cannot film in the US, indeed he was almost extradited from Switzerland soon after the film was completed.
(The Ghost Writer)
Country: FR/GER/GB
Technical: col/2.35:1 128m
Director: Roman Polanski
Cast: Ewan McGregor, Jon Bernthal, Kim Cattrall, Pierce Brosnan, Olivia Williams, Timothy Hutton, Tom Wilkinson, James Belushi
Synopsis:
A ghost writer is hired to rewrite the memoirs of a former British Prime Minister while holed up on an island off the New England coast where his predecessor on the book met an untimely death.
Review:
A return to form for Polanski; with a number of reminiscences of earlier successes (Chinatown and The Tenant in particular), not to mention a strong Hitchcockian aura, and a tight script and excellent cast, the thriller is shot with total assurance, and a macabre sense of fun. The final shot is an inspiration and perfectly encapsulates how film does such things differently to the printed page (the screenplay was drawn from Robert Harris�s own novel, clearly based on Tony Blair and the rendition furore). Jutland appears to do service for Martha�s Vineyard, or some such, filmed wonderfully out of season: the director still cannot film in the US, indeed he was almost extradited from Switzerland soon after the film was completed.