LSC Event Descriptions
July 25-26, 2003 |
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Rated R |
The Quiet American (2002) A graceful, contemplative film. Fowler may be the richest character of Mr. Caine's screen career ... the movie ... does a superb job of evoking the psychological world of Graham Greene in which the truth of any situation tends to be hidden and riddled with ambiguities. **** FOUR STARS **** Wonderful performances ... a world view more mature and knowing than the simplistic pieties that provide the public face of foreign policy. Saigon, French Indochina, 1952. A beautiful woman. An old and lonely English reporter (Michael Caine) who rediscovers love, perhaps for the last time. A quiet young American (Brendan Fraser) who believes in what he's doing. CIA-financed plots. Terrorist bombings. The world must be made safe from Communism. Based on the classic Graham Green novel, first turned into a blacklist-era Hollywood film which made the CIA agent the hero and the reporter the villain. Now, for the first time, the real novel has been filmed by acclaimed director Philip Noyce (Rabbit-Proof Fence, Clear and Present Danger). Originally scheduled for release in fall 2001, the film was pulled from distribution amidst a tide of surging patriotism and a rain of precision-guided missiles. Finally released on fewer than 400 screens in spring of 2003, the film grossed less than half its budget. Plans to show this film at LSC in May also fell through. Now, at last, this critically-acclaimed film, which earned Michael Caine his sixth Oscar nomination, comes to LSC. |
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