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Even more perverse, from the Hollywood packager's point of view, the film's stars do not have big-time chic and guaranteed box-office appeal, and, Hopper aside, they work in an intense but minimalist vein. Meanwhile, the director, John Dahl (who wrote the screenplay with his brother Rick) is young and virtually unknown...
...Chinese authorities, The Blue Kite was nothing more than an incendiary insult. They approved the script but, when Tian diverged from it, refused to let him edit his film; it languished for a year and was completed abroad by others working from the director's screenplay and notes. The film was banned in China, and last month Tian and six other prominent directors were forbidden to make films in their homeland...
...film, directed by Brain Gibson, is a what-she-went-through-to get-where-she-is chronicle of the professional and personal life of the renowned star. It is a justifiably sympathetic portrayal of a talented woman's inner journey to find her strength of character. The screenplay which is based upon the autobiography I, Tina, traces Turner's rise to stardom through the partnership with her husband, Ike. The book explains how she survived Ike's abusive behavior using her belief in Buddhist spirituality, and recounts the circumstances that taught her to stand on her own both mentally...
This film could easily have degenerated into a sensationalist docudrama of Turner's life. Instead, the adapted screenplay displays keen insight into the struggle that comes whit the increasing responsibilities of any fastpaced career. The cleverness of the film comes from this appeal to an audience broader than Tina Turner fans and voyeurs of the rich and famous. It convinces the audience that any one of us could be Tina Turner; one doesn't need to have to be a rock star or have an abusive relationship to understand the complications that a lack of self-esteem can bring...
...believable. His dual nature as wife beater taskmaster , and needy husband are clearly conveyed. The irony of their parallel fears--his fear of his wife's success and overarching name recognition and Tina's own trepidation that come with the increasing responsibilities--is cleverly evoked through the acting, the screenplay and the director's choreography of the dialogue...