Word: biopic
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Unlike earlier Stone films “JFK” and “Nixon,” “W.” fails to provoke debate or shed new light on an already over-exposed political figure. Instead, Stone settles for a hastily-constructed biopic of George W. Bush that unskillfully combines a sometimes comedic tone with serious subject matter. “W.” is neither provocative nor riveting; it’s simply dull and conventional...
...failure that lies at the heart of “W.” No matter how deeply Stone delves into Junior’s psychology, the unavoidable fact remains that Stone has neither anything new to say nor a novel way to say it. A gripping presidential biopic needs insight and nuanced, thorough storytelling, but Stone’s decision to rush the movie to release before the election—it was shot in a mere 46 days—certainly shows...
What a pity Doris Day is not around to play Palin in the inevitable biopic. Picture the scene in the Boeing as she is sworn in on the way to the White House. The dream scene for America's hockey moms and B-movie fans. Please, America, for the sake of the free world in complex and troubled times - get real! Brenda Cherwell, BEVERLEY, ENGLAND
...film is called W., and for a lot of moviegoers, hearing that Oliver Stone was directing a biopic of the still President of the U.S., the W. could have stood for a pleased or outraged What!? Stone made his rep, or his rap sheet, with ferocious retakes of recent American history: the Vietnam War in Platoon, Born on the Fourth of July and Heaven and Earth; the investigation of the John F. Kennedy assassination in JFK; and, in Nixon, the life of the only President to resign his office. All those subjects allowed for a certain ambiguity, but Stone...
...harris directed and starred in Pollock, a biopic of the Abstract Expressionist. Jackson Pollock splattered paint on canvas; Virgil and Everett splatter bad guys against the saloon wall. Their medium is an eight-gauge shotgun, but they're as dedicated to their craft as any other artist...