Edens is a manic depressive. He's gone before Clayton can get his friend back on his medication and he has taken a damaging report on what the company knew about its products. Tony Gilroy's writing has become more confident since he started working on scripts for Matt Damon's Jason Bourne series. Gilroy says he got the idea for Michael Clayton while researching big law firms for his script, The Devil's Advocate.
That was not half the script this is. There are still some things to quibble about, mainly to do with Tilda Swinton's character, but even the weaknesses are interesting. Crowder is ambitious and resourceful, but she spends her evenings nervously rehearsing at home what she'll say at work the next day. In the middle of major discussions at the New York law firm, she's in the women's room throwing up. Clayton is not in control of himself most of the time either, hence his gambling problem.
Edens is so stressed he thinks he's Shiva, the God of Destruction. None of these people believes in what they're doing - not even Bach.
Michael Clayton is about ordinary people, mostly of good intention, who end up a long way from where they began, doing things they never thought they would. By the end, we all know what the scene with the horses was about.
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Steve Hoffman Music Forums. We just rented it and my wife and I had a long discussion about the horses. Is this something that was explained in more detail in the book? It's certainly a handy plot device, but is there a deeper meaning? We're going back and forth over several possible symbolic things, but I'd like to hear what others think. The Panda , Sep 12, Known Geist likes this.
Unless there is a novelization, there is no book. Tony Gilroy wrote and directed this original film. I always thought that the horses represented simplicity for him--they were free of all sorts of the conventions that Clayton himself was bound by but, more importantly, they had a calming effect on him. Location: Baystate. The difference is that while the contents of the case is not critical to the plot of Ronin, it is absolutely pivotal to driving the action of Michael Clayton.
Anyone have any thoughts? Comment by Al - November 1, at am I too am wondering about the significance of the book Realm Conquest. Did the child talk of three horses in discussing the book. Comment by crk - November 1, at am The horses are on a page of the book in the loft that Clayton notices when he breaks in. He notices the book because he has a copy that his son has given him to read.
The plot resonates with his job. When he sees the horses he stops and approaches them. What he sees in them is unclear. Does he see his friend? Is it significant that all three have bridles but no saddles? ATR , Sep 12, Location: Near Pittsburgh Pa. Im probably going to be in the minority here, but I watched that movie several months ago, and guess I just didnt see the appeal of it. I was expecting something totally different or much more engaging perhaps, I dont know. Did those of you that saw it, find it slow and somewhat boring?
I found the beginning great, and a few parts were good here and there, but overall, it seemed dull to me, As if everyone saw a different movie than I did. ATR , Sep 14, And sometimes you miss a credit cookie. In your review of " Grindhouse ," you wrote about an "inexplicable" shot in " Beyond the Valley of the Dolls " of a boot crushing an egg. You were there when Meyer filmed it. How can you call any shot in it "inexplicable"? Carl Fink, Glenwood Landing, N. The entire montage of the Carrie Nations' journey to L.
Oil pumps, street signs, all of it. Then assembled by the editor. By the way, that was recognizably his boot crushing the egg.
I imagine him setting up the shot and then walking in front of the camera to step on the egg. Talk about an auteur. Your review mentioned that you were expecting reader mail about the house used as a shooting location in " Dan in Real Life.
Morgan Harris, Chicago. I found by tracing your lead that the magnificent house on the seaside is indeed real.
Did the version of " The Darjeeling Limited " you reviewed have the short subject "Hotel Chevalier" prologue attached to it? I understand that the "Hotel Chevalier" section was attached to the film on the festival circuit, removed for the limited release, and restored to the print for the wider theatrical release.
I was wondering if you'd seen it and what you thought about it. Chris Upchurch, Salt Lake City. What happens between them goes some way toward explaining his character's malaise during the Indian journey he takes with his brothers.
The director, Wes Anderson , does an interesting thing here: Instead of trying to work the material into the film, where there is no place for it, or dismissing it as a "deleted scene," he makes a brilliant short film that helps set up some of the feelings that will be expressed later. He also shows that a gifted director can make a film interesting when ostensibly nothing is happening except a character moving around in a hotel room.
By the way, "Hotel Chevalier" has been added to all theatrical screenings of "Darjeeling" as of now, and is available as a free download from iTunes. In your AM item about " 30 Days of Night ," you suggest locating Barrow, Alaska, on a Google map, and "just for fun ask for driving instructions from Barrow to anywhere.
Is that the joke? Scott Collette, Los Angeles. I was reviewing your 10 best lists since and noticed an anomaly. From through , foreign films by great directors like Bergman, Fellini and Bunuel dominated your 10 best lists. After , and especially after , they do not appear as much.
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