On 03/21/2012 10:29 AM, Rick Archer wrote: > From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com] > On Behalf Of Bhairitu > Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2012 11:16 AM > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [FairfieldLife] "Carnage": FFL as a movie > > > > > > "Carnage" is Roman Polanski's film version of a popular play by Yasmina > Reza. It's about two pairs of parents who hold a cordial meeting after > their sons get involved in a fight. It's a comedy about manners and how > the evening devolves into chaos. It stars Jodie Foster, Kate Winslet, > John C. Reilly and Christopher Waltz. It couldn't help remind me of > FFL. :-D > > http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1692486/ > > Available now for rent on Bluray and DVD. Streaming on Vudu.com, > YouTube movies, etc. > > Saw it last night. I liked it. It was interesting to see how being trapped > in one's individuality causes so many problems. Another way of putting it > is, how hard you have to work to maintain the ego structure, and how > conflict helps accomplish that. That, of course, is very germane to FFL. > Great acting.
Did you have a chance to watch the extras? There's a great interview with Reilly and Waltz. Reilly had a chance to do the play in London but schedules didn't work out. BTW, the movie was all shot in Paris (or just outside). The park? That was a parking lot outside the studio with a huge green screen behind where they keyed in the NY harbor.
