Monday, October 16, 2006




From Variety:

After steering clear of political controversy with 9/11 heroism tale "World Trade Center," Oliver Stone and Paramount Pictures are venturing into edgier territory with "Jawbreaker." Pic will focus on America's response to the terrorist attacks with the invasion of Afghanistan and hunt for 9/11 mastermind Osama Bin Laden.


"Edgier territory", huh? Are we sure this isn't just the sequel to World Trade Center, hinted at in that one scene where the mysterious marine guy stands on a pile of rubble and announces that there is evil that needs avenging? Regardless of what you think of Stone's movies, it's hard to argue with his talent for revising history; it's interesting that the process here seems to be 1) Take a politically thorny historical event in desperate need of artistic confrontation and remake it into a highly commercial product roughly the consistency of oatmeal; 2) Cash large checks; 3) repeat.

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