2008 Fall/Holiday Preview: #12. Burn After Reading

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#12. Burn After Reading

Director/Writer:
Ethan Coen and Joel Coen
Producers: Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner and the Coens.
Distributor: Focus Features

The Gist: The Coen Bros. script is loosely based on the novel “Burn Before Reading: Presidents, CIA Directors, and Secret Intelligence,” by Admiral Stansfield Turner, who served as director of the CIA from 1977 to 1981. The contemporary East Coast caper is about a CIA agent who is writing a book and he loses the disc.

Fact: Deakins was replaced by Children of Men‘s Emmanuel Lubezki (cinematographer).

See It: Everyone expecting the second-coming of No Country for Old Men, should instead count on a zany piece filled with plenty of dumb people. The ensemble of A-list actors steal the show.

Release Date/Status?: Venice and TIFF premieres followed by a wide September 12th release. 

 
Eric Lavallée
Eric Lavalléehttps://www.ericlavallee.com
Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist, and critic at IONCINEMA.com, established in 2000. A regular at Sundance, Cannes, and Venice, Eric holds a BFA in film studies from the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013, he served on the narrative competition jury at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson’s "This Teacher" (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). He is a Golden Globes Voter, member of the ICS (International Cinephile Society) and AQCC (Association québécoise des critiques de cinéma).

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