tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post117029873997018974..comments2024-03-17T10:11:46.952-04:00Comments on Film Experience Blog: We Can't Wait #19 RenditionNATHANIEL Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11597109147678235399noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-20667481472512022742007-09-17T21:23:00.000-04:002007-09-17T21:23:00.000-04:00Thanks for the nice post!Thanks for the nice post!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-23293664906041532872007-06-02T17:19:00.000-04:002007-06-02T17:19:00.000-04:00Hello, Kelley Sane here. I just wanted to comment ...Hello, Kelley Sane here. I just wanted to comment on some of your posts. I wrote Rendition in 2006. It sold a month after being on the market. it was nover on a list of unproduced scripts. (I wish some of my earlier works were.) Rendition isn't an anti-western or Muslim work. I simply tried to put a window on the practise of rendition and allow the viewer to decide if its right or wrong. thanks. Kelleyksanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00906760395058184871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-41077832405828537902007-03-18T15:18:00.000-04:002007-03-18T15:18:00.000-04:00Guys,How can you be so critical for a script u hav...Guys,<BR/><BR/>How can you be so critical for a script u havnt read yet or a movie u didnt see yet, Ive read the script , it is well written , very deep and rich and its talking World Wide Crisis about terrorism,torture, human rights.....it is presented in a very modern way of alterning between 2 differents life in 2 differents wolrd...... u have my world it will be a good movie and remember Gavin Hood is an oscar winner.....Remember my words , time will reveal,Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-1170520447029504852007-02-03T11:34:00.000-05:002007-02-03T11:34:00.000-05:00Sorry to disappoint, but Reese Witherspoon's role ...Sorry to disappoint, but Reese Witherspoon's role in Rendition allows her to do a lot of hand wringing, worrying, crying, snapping at her child because of the "tension" she's suffering, and little else. Oh. There's one scenery-chewing scene where she gets to scream at the Evil CIA boss (Streep) in front of the media. It's not a meaty part. <BR/><BR/>It's really all Jake's movie. At least in the script, that is.<BR/><BR/>Saarsgard plays another in his line of kindly appearing scumbags. Not a big role.<BR/><BR/>I'm surprised to learn that the script was once considered one of the 10 best unproduced scripts in Hollywood. It's riddled with cliche and generalization about "bad" Western culture (i.e., Reese Witherspoon lies to her kid about his father's whereabouts and gets gently lectured about how bad lies are from her muslim relative-in-law) and "good" Middle Eastern culture (i.e., a young suicide bomber in love with a non-fundamentalist girl is "conflicted" about his duty to his cause). The script weirdly ascribes all kinds of Western moral values to its Eastern characters, so the whole tends to feel like a very "Hollywood" take on cultural mores.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-1170482706913860102007-02-03T01:05:00.000-05:002007-02-03T01:05:00.000-05:00I just found something terrifying.Go to the Film B...I just found something terrifying.<BR/><BR/>Go to the Film Bitch Awards '04 Best Supporting Actor and roll your mouse over David Carradine.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-1170475531463261962007-02-02T23:05:00.000-05:002007-02-02T23:05:00.000-05:00Ugh, I want to see this so bad! The cast is to die...Ugh, I want to see this so bad! The cast is to die for. It had better live up to the hype.<BR/><BR/>Also Nat, how many are you planning to add a day? I gotta see if some of MY most anticipated films(Margot at the Wedding, I'm Not There, My Blueberry Nights) get on your list. They better!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-1170474329642604652007-02-02T22:45:00.000-05:002007-02-02T22:45:00.000-05:00The screenplay of Rendition has been going around ...The screenplay of Rendition has been going around hollywood for a while. I believe it made the list of 10 best unproduced scripts a few years ago.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-1170460489687948782007-02-02T18:54:00.000-05:002007-02-02T18:54:00.000-05:00Count me in for a copy!Count me in for a copy!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com