Monday, 15 February 2016

The Notebook (2004 Nick Cassavetes)

Nicholas Sparks' novel adapted by Jan Serdi and Jeremy Leven.

Having spent so many years being directed by his father, do you think Gena Rowlands directed herself? It's a well directed picture. Rachel McAdams is very fresh and youthful, Ryan is more of a smoulderer. But it's in that devastating scene in the home when Gena regresses and flips out and we see James Garner looking really emotionally troubled - that's the shot that kicks you in the heart.

I would have given Gena the Oscar. With Sam Shepherd, Kevin Connolly. Shot by Robert Fraisse in Panavision.

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