Comments on: Revolutionary Road Press Conference http://blog.spout.com/2008/12/03/revolutionary-road-press-conference/ Daily coverage of what is truly interesting in the film world Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:37:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: danielle29 http://blog.spout.com/2008/12/03/revolutionary-road-press-conference/#comment-118090 danielle29 Tue, 09 Dec 2008 20:22:18 +0000 http://blog.spout.com/?p=7879#comment-118090 Just watched a clip from the new movie Revolutionary Road, and it looks like it should be pretty cool. I've been a huge fan of director Sam Mendes for some time now, and it's good to see Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio share the screen again! The movie opens on Dec. 26, and you can find the clip here: http://www.viddler.com/explore/soulblade08/videos/44/ Just watched a clip from the new movie Revolutionary Road, and it looks like it should be pretty cool. I’ve been a huge fan of director Sam Mendes for some time now, and it’s good to see Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio share the screen again! The movie opens on Dec. 26, and you can find the clip here:
http://www.viddler.com/explore/soulblade08/videos/44/

]]> By: Kate on Kate v. Kate - Carpetbagger Blog - NYTimes.com http://blog.spout.com/2008/12/03/revolutionary-road-press-conference/#comment-117877 Kate on Kate v. Kate - Carpetbagger Blog - NYTimes.com Thu, 04 Dec 2008 15:22:27 +0000 http://blog.spout.com/?p=7879#comment-117877 [...] Wednesday’s press conference for “Revolutionary Road,” but Karina Longworth made it and brings back a very tangy dispatch from the frontier of Kate vs. Kate. Ms. Winslet, so far, has accomplished the delicate and perilous [...] [...] Wednesday’s press conference for “Revolutionary Road,” but Karina Longworth made it and brings back a very tangy dispatch from the frontier of Kate vs. Kate. Ms. Winslet, so far, has accomplished the delicate and perilous [...]

]]> By: 12/4 Oscarweb Round-up | In Contention http://blog.spout.com/2008/12/03/revolutionary-road-press-conference/#comment-117861 12/4 Oscarweb Round-up | In Contention Thu, 04 Dec 2008 07:32:26 +0000 http://blog.spout.com/?p=7879#comment-117861 [...] • Karina Longworth reports from a New York press conference for “Revolutionary Road.” [Spout Blog] [...] [...] • Karina Longworth reports from a New York press conference for “Revolutionary Road.” [Spout Blog] [...]

]]> By: Peanut http://blog.spout.com/2008/12/03/revolutionary-road-press-conference/#comment-117851 Peanut Thu, 04 Dec 2008 02:51:42 +0000 http://blog.spout.com/?p=7879#comment-117851 Karina, As to Frank and April , I never felt their 'problem' was their envt. either. I always felt the problem lie within their internal emotional makeup . That they both never got the emotional nuturing they needed as children, and thus grew into emotionally 'needy' adults that went through life looking for some external be it a job, spouse, etc to fill in the emotional hole within them. To me their claim that they desired to be 'special' was really a desire to feel loved /wanted. And even if they had moved to Paris, they still would not have been happy, as their 'internal emotional problems' would have traveled with them. Karina,

As to Frank and April , I never felt their ‘problem’ was their envt. either.

I always felt the problem lie within their internal emotional makeup . That they both never got the emotional nuturing they needed as children, and thus grew into emotionally ‘needy’ adults that went through life looking for some external be it a job, spouse, etc to fill in the emotional hole within them.

To me their claim that they desired to be ’special’ was really a desire to feel loved /wanted.

And even if they had moved to Paris, they still would not have been happy, as their ‘internal emotional problems’ would have traveled with them.

]]> By: Glenn Kenny http://blog.spout.com/2008/12/03/revolutionary-road-press-conference/#comment-117850 Glenn Kenny Thu, 04 Dec 2008 01:57:21 +0000 http://blog.spout.com/?p=7879#comment-117850 No, actually, Karina, you're right, and Leo's wrong. (And if I'm telling you that, you know you can take it to the bank.) Yates understood the stifling character of certain environments, sure, but what really kills about "Revolutionary Road" is that it's about people who just can't face the fact that they aren't all that special...and that, finally, in a way, no one is really entirely exempt from that condition. It's a theme that runs through much of Yates' work. Part of what makes it so much fun. But whadya want? Leo's an actor, not a literary critic. Actually, playing it as if Frank was just a "product of his environment" is kind of a Frank-ish thing to do, so whatever works... No, actually, Karina, you’re right, and Leo’s wrong. (And if I’m telling you that, you know you can take it to the bank.) Yates understood the stifling character of certain environments, sure, but what really kills about “Revolutionary Road” is that it’s about people who just can’t face the fact that they aren’t all that special…and that, finally, in a way, no one is really entirely exempt from that condition. It’s a theme that runs through much of Yates’ work. Part of what makes it so much fun.

But whadya want? Leo’s an actor, not a literary critic. Actually, playing it as if Frank was just a “product of his environment” is kind of a Frank-ish thing to do, so whatever works…

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