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...marriage counselor in the sky, the father-son conversation takes place in a field beside a giant wooden cross. If the scene works for audiences, it's because everyone involved - the director, Cameron, the rest of the cast, even the church ladies who served the tuna casserole at the craft services table - sincerely believes it. "Marriage has been attacked and watered down and called a piece of paper," says Alex Kendrick. "We wanted to say, Hey, marriage is a beautiful thing and it's worth fighting...
...control and removing all agency from Marcus, and in so doing plunges the audience into the darkness. The final pages of “Indignation,” while attempting the complete reframing that Ian McEwan managed in “Atonement,” lack that subtlety of craft, and instead of leaving the characters in uncertainty, it simply leaves them.Whatever the resonance of the ending, the main action is of little value. Roth’s dry style lends itself well to the book’s first few pages, running breezily through Marcus’s perfect...
...friendship that grew out of the experience of making that film and The Sting four years later had its genesis in the fact that although there was an age difference, we both came from a tradition of theater and live TV. We were respectful of craft and focused on digging into the characters we were going to play. Both of us were fundamentally American actors, with the qualities and virtues that characterize American actors: irreverence, playing on the other's flaws for fun, one-upmanship - but always with an underlying affection. Those were also at the core of our relationship...
...Sept. 29. For all the difficulties the Bush Administration has encountered as it tries to push through that package, there's a crucial difference between the U.S. response and the European one: in Washington, Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson has been working closely with Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke to craft a systemic response to what has turned into a systemic crisis. In the 27-nation European Union, by comparison, there is no single bank regulator and no mechanisms by which to craft a comprehensive solution that crosses national borders. The result is what Daniel Gros of the Centre for European Policy...
...After the compromise bill he subsequently helped craft went down to defeat in the House on Monday, sparking a stock market meltdown, Boehner fully expected to be attacked by Democrats. But he has quickly found himself the target of harsh criticism from within his own party. Some members derided Boehner's own (albeit grudging) support of the unpopular bill as a betrayal of conservative free-market principles, while others called him incompetent for letting such a high-profile piece of legislation fail...