What I love is
What I love is how pissed off Jane Eyre is. She’s in a rage for the whole novel and the payoff is she gets to marry this blind guy who’s toasted his wife in the attic.\” -Angela Argo \”Blue Angel Francine Prose
Argo
Argo might well be
Argo might well be studied as a bait-and-switch masterwork: In showing the capture of the American Embassy in Tehran, Ben Affleck first made a fetish of authenticity, then served up a shamelessly Hollywood, and wholly fictional climax, then capped the whole thing off with a coda that was essentially a tribute to his movie’s authenticity, … Read more
The nation of Iran
The nation of Iran is threatening to sue the makers of the movie Argo. They say the movie was an unrealistic portrayal of their country. You can’t do that! That would be like Scotland suing over the movie Shrek. Craig Ferguson
I’ve consciously taken on
I’ve consciously taken on material that’s a bit too much for me but not an overreach. The first movie, just about performances. ‘The Town,’ I learned how to work broader material, develop tension, direct bigger scenes, action sequences. ‘Argo,’ I experimented with film stock, widened the scope of my geography. Ben Affleck