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...men’s episodes of torment are so repetitive and exasperating that they destroy the verisimilitude Stone and his screenwriter Andrea Berloff establish in the precious moments prior to the towers’ collapse.In “United 93,” on the other hand, writer/director Paul Greengrass maintains a terrifying sense of reality, even though his film relies on flimsier “facts” than “World Trade Center.” Somehow, a quasi-fictional portrayal of the hijackings seems less offensive than one offering constant, visceral detail.Greengrass’ characters...
...Sept. 11, 2001, the day that triggered the so-called war on terror. And how diminished is the movie industry's response to it. Hollywood has produced just two films that are directly about the conflict, and both deal with the immediate response to the al-Qaeda assault. Paul Greengrass' United 93, released in April, dramatized the commotion and heroism on the one hijacked plane that didn't reach its landmark target. Now Oliver Stone has directed World Trade Center, Andrea Berloff's script about two Port Authority cops who were among the last of 20 people saved from...
Instead, Stone and first-time screenwriter Andrea Berloff’s efforts to humanize 9/11 are tainted by a sense of crass opportunism, which Paul Greengrass was able to avoid in this year’s “United...
...recent interview with The Crimson, “United 93” director Paul Greengrass explains the emotional difficulty, yet spiritual necessity, of making a film about an event so painful for so many. He points to the fact that that the many people who made the film possible, “would not have come together in front of the camera to reenact what they did and interact with a group of unknown actors if they didn’t feel, as I know they do, that it was a necessary, though very painful, and ultimately inspiring, to look...
Directed by Paul Greengrass Universal Pictures 5 stars How do you make a movie about a day most people will never forget? In “United 93,” director and screenwriter Paul Greengrass tells the tale, already becoming an integral part of the American psyche, of a few short hours on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001. Sitting in my seat before the movie started, I was already tense. As a resident of lower Manhattan, I, like other New Yorkers, felt deeply touched by that day. Indeed, I had found it hard to even watch the trailer...