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The Ghost Writer
Saw this last night and recommend it highly.
A superbly crafted old-school type mystery/thriller. No endless explosions. No animation. Just a great story beautifully directed and filmed. And quite possibly true! (I won't spoil it for you.)
Great cast too. Ewan McGregor, Pierce Brosnan, Tom Wilkinson, Tim Hutton, James Belushi. Even Kim Cattrall—and she looks great.
You want to see a great director at the peak of his game—this would be the film.
I kept thinking 'Orson Welles' as I was watching it. Great stuff.
Maybe its the European in me, but I would love to see more emphasis on serious craftsmanship in cinema—strong screenplay, direction, camera work and acting—and a step back from the currently popular comic book genre that relies on endless gimmicks and computer animation. Good luck with that—I know.
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