August
28
What’s Anthony Minghella Doing in Atonement?
[Posted by Peter Debruge]
Just stumbled across this preview screening writeup of Atonement, which opens the Venice Film Festival tomorrow. So what does Pride & Prejudice’s Joe Wright make of Ian McEwan’s celebrated novel? Says the spy:
There are parallels with The English Patient, both stories told by a dying narrator, of love and loss against the backdrop of the war. There's even a cameo for Anthony Minghella as an interviewer.
According to IMDb, this is Minghella’s first appearance in front of the camera (does anyone remember another?), so he must’ve had a good reason to accept the gig. Given the crowded season ahead, he could prove a good-luck charm (though Minghella’s own quite wonderful Breaking and Entering didn’t quite catch on last year).
By taking Atonement to Venice, then Toronto, Focus is repeating a strategy that served them well on Brokeback Mountain (the Golden Lion win effectively kicked off six months of accolades for that picture).
Incidentally, Ang Lee’s latest, Lust, Caution is also going to Venice, but something tells me the Mandarin dialogue, NC-17 rating and “what’s it about?” plot could cool its chances (then again, there are those who think the Acad’s just waiting to award Lee for some good, hetero lovemaking).
P.S. Don't miss this video (or these pics, snapped by an extra during Atonement's most audacious scene) revealing the set of the Dunkirk evacuation. There's at least one Oscar nom right there:
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