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A member of the W. team who's been on the set of the Oliver Stone film says that Josh Brolin, who's playing George W. Bush, "is giving a stellar performance -- acting without a speck of irony, a purely interpretive performance. I also think that Elizabeth Banks, as Laura Bush, will turn some heads." He wrote because W. is "presumed to be a comedy in some quarters, which it isn't. Yes, it is rife with black humor here and there -- how could it not be? -- but it is not a lampoon of Bush, but an exploration of the man’s psyche and an attempt to capture his essence."
Posted by Jeffrey Wells on June 13, 2008 at 4:30 PM
comment #1
Geoff
says ...
Thanks Jeff. I'll take any news I can get on this thing. I hope it's great.
Posted by Geoff
at June 13, 2008 5:44 PM
comment #2
SmilingPolitely
says ...
Stone has said in several interviews that "W" is going to be a satire.
Posted by SmilingPolitely
at June 13, 2008 8:14 PM
comment #3
Craptastic
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I've got a feeling this is going to be his Strangelove
Posted by Craptastic
at June 13, 2008 8:40 PM
comment #4
SmilingPolitely
says ...
From a Screen Daily interview with Stone:
Stone says the tone of the film is "ideally in the vein of Network or Dr Strangelove. I was a young man when I saw Dr Strangelove and it still stays with me. It took a very grim subject and turned it into a serio-comic story and it worked. So those would be great models for the movie to live by."
Posted by SmilingPolitely
at June 13, 2008 10:06 PM
comment #5
markj
says ...
Let's hope it's better than World Trade Center. That was one of the worst movies i've ever seen, TV movie-bad. I still can't believe Stone was behind the camera on that one.
Posted by markj
at June 14, 2008 12:52 AM
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Rich S.
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Alexander was one of the funniest movies I've seen in awhile. Sadly, only Val Kilmer seemed to be in on the joke.
Posted by Rich S.
at June 14, 2008 4:24 AM
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Mgmax
says ...
"I've got a feeling this is going to be his Strangelove"
I've got a feeling this is going to be his Wrong Is Right
Posted by Mgmax
at June 14, 2008 5:52 AM
comment #8
The Pope
says ...
If W is satire and Brolin is playing it without a hint of irony, it is the right way to go. Jokes are always funnier when the character is unaware of the humour. Strangelove was blissfully ignorant as to how silly he sounded.
Posted by The Pope
at June 14, 2008 6:21 AM
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Josh Massey
says ...
I've got a feeling this is going to be his Salvador.
Posted by Josh Massey
at June 14, 2008 6:43 AM
comment #10
polarbear2
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If Stone really announced that this is going to be a satire, he has already made his first mistake. He should read Twain's introduction to Huck Finn. Great Satire always pretends to be something other than satire, and it never announces its intention up front.
Stone's Strangelove? "Burn, Hollywood, Burn" was once somebody's Strangelove too.
Posted by polarbear2
at June 14, 2008 10:34 AM
comment #11
/3rtfu11
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"I've got a feeling this is going to be his Wrong Is Right"
And that's a bad thing because?
Posted by /3rtfu11
at June 14, 2008 10:46 AM
comment #12
SaveFarris
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I've got a feeling this is going to be his Lions for Lambs
Posted by SaveFarris
at June 14, 2008 4:45 PM
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