Sometimes sleep isn't even an option until you find out whodunnit. Tell us what you think of the books that have our staffers hooked - and let us know what you're reading. Betsy Gleick, Executive Editor Her Pick: The Cuckoo's Calling by John Galbraith (aka J.K. Rowling) I've been completely sucked in by Rowling's new book (written under a pseudonym) - I wish it weren't too heavy to carry on the subway every day. As if we didn't know it already, the woman knows how to tell a story. And this one is just fun, an old-fashioned detective tale about...
- 7/25/2013
- PEOPLE.com
Roman Polanski's new film The Ghost Writer uses a long tradition of referencing political events – namely a former British Pm who took the country to war, but will it stand the test of time?
As many readers will know, Roman Polanski's new film, The Ghost Writer, based on the Robert Harris novel, involves an unrepentant former British prime minister who took Britain into the war in Iraq. There are thinly disguised portraits of Cherie Blair and Robin Cook, and a coincidental allusion to Polanski himself in that the former Pm is held under quasi house arrest in Cape Cod and is afraid to leave the USA in case he is arrested for war crimes. All this caused some giggles of recognition among the audience at the Berlinale.
There is a long tradition of works of art that reference current events, as any reading of the footnotes to the...
As many readers will know, Roman Polanski's new film, The Ghost Writer, based on the Robert Harris novel, involves an unrepentant former British prime minister who took Britain into the war in Iraq. There are thinly disguised portraits of Cherie Blair and Robin Cook, and a coincidental allusion to Polanski himself in that the former Pm is held under quasi house arrest in Cape Cod and is afraid to leave the USA in case he is arrested for war crimes. All this caused some giggles of recognition among the audience at the Berlinale.
There is a long tradition of works of art that reference current events, as any reading of the footnotes to the...
- 2/16/2010
- by Ronald Bergan
- The Guardian - Film News
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